Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com Rodney Hide is former ACT Party leader, and Minister in the National-ACT Government from 2008 to 2011 New Zealand has unravelled. The values and knowledge that underpin a free and prosperous society have been turned inside out, upside down and trashed. It has happened overnight
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Labour’s poll fortunes have taken a dramatic and precipitous fall in recent polls, the latest being the Taxpayers’ Union/Curia poll. Labour has slumped 6.1 points and is now essentially neck and neck with National, who also slumped a little in this poll. PartySupportChange from last monthLabour36.2%
A tale of the motorcyclists’ revolt against a by-law of the then Auckland City Traffic Department that proved that civil disobedience can be a powerful tool. If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would
In case it wasn’t clear enough already, Big Tech isn’t even bothering to pretend any more: it has never been about “hate speech”, only censorship. What I’m talking about is the ever-tightening noose of “Community Standards”. Far from “protecting” anyone from “hate speech”, the rules are
With Auckland past the peak of Omicron and the rest of New Zealand approaching that point, Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon and Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop say the Government should take immediate steps to get New Zealand back to normality. “Life has been tough for Kiwis these past couple
Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi must make New Zealand an attractive destination for working holiday-makers, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “New Zealand is experiencing massive labour shortages. If more isn’t urgently done to attract these workers, tourism and hospitality businesses in places like Queenstown will continue to
Capitalist Information Opinion In recent years we have seen some startling changes to the New Zealand Police. There is the wishy-washy Commissioner, the wokeness and the targeting of non-criminal conservative New Zealanders for expressing opinions. Not to mention failing to target actual major criminals (due to their ethnicity)
Arthur Information Opinion On the MSN news yesterday there is an article about the cost of living crisis. Of course, like everything from the MSM these days, it is hyped with panic-inducing language. The road toll is carnage, a storm is a ‘weather bomb’ etc., and of course, the
Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com In February I submitted an official information act (OIA) request for details of expenditure on Covid-19 advertising and messaging by the New Zealand Government. I received a response on 15 March and not surprisingly it was incomplete. The full response, with my request embedded
Kate Cormack National President voiceforlife.org.nz Two years ago today, Parliament failed in its basic duty of care to the most vulnerable members of the community of Aotearoa New Zealand. In passing Labour’s extreme Abortion Legislation Act 2020, they ushered in a new law that liberalised abortion right
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz The Government has delayed the introduction of its fraught hate speech law reforms, and there’s strong speculation they’ll remain on ice until after the next election. In fact, they may never see the light of day again. This is a win for those who
What do Jacinda Ardern and Volodymyr Zelensky have in common? They’re both authoritarian frauds who play the legacy and social media like a fiddle, and who’ve put their countries through hell for little to no gain. Jacinda Ardern has signalled that New Zealand’s regime of vaccine mandates
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com The term “co-governance” trips off ministerial tongues with ease but it’s clear most people don’t know what it means. Nanaia Mahuta would have us believe it simply means that Maori would be guaranteed some sort of undefined say in decision-making. Fair-minded
