This Government, through its own, incompetence, stupidity, mandates, obsession with control, fixation with fear and dictatorial rule has all but run out of public goodwill. They are showing, as are other political parties, that they cannot read the room. They seem to have trouble connecting with where public opinion is
It is quite disappointing that you have made a decision to not meet with those protesting outside parliament. I would like to ask you to consider the following: I am hearing two very different reports about the protestors: 1. That they are violent and breaking the law. 2. That they
Three Drams Full Information Satire Diary of a Princess. Entry 1. Friday, February 18. Dear Daddy, I’m feeling cross, very cross. Even when I rumple my brow, lean forward to the camera, and nod my head while using my most convincing voice about the PANDEMIC that is sweeping the
Information Opinion You’ve got to hand it to this Government. Since gaining the Treasury Benches every idea they’ve had to improve any given situation has had the opposite effect i.e made it worse. Think welfare, housing, education, health, transport, RATs, you name it they’ve made it
Information Opinion Some of you will have heard about a protester at the Wellington anti-mandates campaign having his bank accounts frozen by Kiwibank without explanation. Here is the tweet that I saw Friday. We all know that the tyrant Justin Trudeau is doing this to the Canadian truckers, but
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The Freedoms and Rights Coalition As the protest in Wellington stretches to its 12th day, numbers on the grounds of parliament are increasing every day, and there were calls today for the Resignation of the Government and New Elections. Taking centre stage this afternoon on behalf of the Freedoms and
Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz A leftwing Wellingtonian who used to be a student at Victoria University of Wellington laments anonymously about how students now orientate differently towards protest and authority. A response from VUWSA or other students is very welcome. On Monday, the Victoria University
Angus Rush The past three days have been a refreshing slice of life forgotten. My first time walking up the ‘stairs of freedom’ that leads to the ‘Wall of hope’ I stood at the front line talking to my neighbour while they held a sign looking to be seen and
The latest delay in a Three Waters bill being introduced to Parliament all but confirms the Government is quietly putting their unpopular plans out to pasture, National’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Watts says. “The Government has admitted in a Three Waters update email that they now anticipate introducing legislation
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Marie Loretta The New Zealand media are late to the party but are finally reporting events with a semblance of impartiality. They seem baffled at what they see as a myriad of causes and discontent shown by Parliament Protesters and seem to want to know what we are hopping mad
Ananish Chaudhuri shchaudhuri.com Ananish Chaudhuri is Professor of Experimental Economics at the University of Auckland and the author of “Nudged into lockdown? Behavioral Economics, Uncertainty and Covid-19”. The views expressed are his own. The images from the protest in Wellington have been sobering to say the least. All
Mike Highland New Zealand politicians are notoriously tone-deaf, but the recent statements from National’s new leader Chris Luxon on their Covid-19 strategy are beyond ridiculous. Luxon’s positions can be boiled down to: “I’m just like Jacinda, but without the pesky hair.” National has a chance
It’s all about the second sheep. As a kid, I loved watching The Dog Show. I loved the skill and power of the dog and farmer to control the sheep and, ultimately, get them in the pen. But every so often the sheep can defeat the dog despite its
After the excesses of subsequent governments from Muldoon’s to the Lange/Douglas years and then Jim Bolger’s government, New Zealanders embraced MMP, the system designed to ensure totalitarianism could never again rise in Germany. Kiwis were sick of governments winning majorities and then becoming petty dictators for the
