Call me a cynic, but when I see the Te Maramatanga, Fact-checked posts on public health and wellbeing, The Whole Truth, on Stuff, my immediate reaction is to do more research of my own; the very action the public is being asked not to do in this pseudo-medical
Chatting to friends at dinner in a West Coast town last week, we were discussing the fact that many of the local businesses seem to be struggling. Covid is part of the problem of course, as the virus has finally arrived here but it is obvious that this is not
Jacinda Ardern, being a socialist, loves taxes like a dance party raver loves dexies. She desperately wants new taxes but has cornered herself over introducing a capital gains tax, much to the disappointment of the hard-left commies in her caucus and the wider party. That’s why she has
Hypocrisy instead of democracy. Today, I got served a trespass order relating to my time at the Wellington protest in February – more than two months later. Peaceful protesting (which is what it was when I was there both times), is allowed in the Bill of Rights. I was clear about
Capitalist Information Opinion When a political party in opposition changes its leader and replaces a former prime minister with somebody else, it is seldom successful; only Muldoon replacing Marshall has been the exception, due mainly to the personalities of ‘both’ men. The only people who never understand this truism are,
Karl du Fresne karldufresne.blogspot.com Warning Long read: 4795 words I delivered the following speech (little of which would be new to regular readers of this blog) at a meeting of the Free Speech Union at Victoria University last night. Most of the approximately 80 people who attended were
Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is an in-person private school for years 11 – 13, with a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected, for years 1 – 13. Alwyn Poole New Zealanders should never forget
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce president, her background is in business and education. Warning Long read: 2077 words
I was reading an article at in the NZ Herald yesterday, and I thought to myself, boy this sounds familiar. Then I realised that I had written about this same thing about a month ago. As Deidre Chambers would say, “What a Coincidence“. It looks like The BFD leads with
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Below is Stuart Smith’s response. Overseas PhD students have so much to offer New Zealand, which is why we encourage them to study here. In fact, we help fund their study because of the benefits they bring. These students create jobs; they innovate and
Capitalist In October 2017 a combination of the disgraceful treatment of Todd Barclay by the then PM on the one hand, and Winston installing a socialist government nobody had actually voted for on the other, meant I decided to basically ignore New Zealand politics and news for several years; I
Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc. www.sportingshooters.nz Confusing the misuse of firearms held by licensed firearm owners with misuse by those holding firearms unlawfully is a common error – an error routinely made around the world by agencies when they attempt to reduce firearm crime. Simplistic solutions for
Dark Jester The current extradition case at the time of this writing, involving a Chinese national accused of murder, should scare us. Not that we should be scared of seeing murderers being extradited, but the fact that New Zealand now appears to think it is appropriate to extradite people who
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
