MSM headlines and articles this week have a consistent thread running through them. Their key talking point is that Vaccine certificates are a ticket to freedom. Stuff: Freedoms shrinking for unvaccinated NZ Herald: Why health officials support vaccinated over unvaccinated people travelling Newstalk ZB: Is the vaccine worth risking your
Dear Editor Edmund Burke said that “the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”. I don’t necessarily think of myself as a “good man” but I can recognise evil when I see it. I’m old enough to remember the days
There is one sure way to ignite much needed debate on the Ardern cabal’s plot to divide New Zealand by transferring rights of co-governance to a minority of extremist Maori elites under the He Puapua plan. Pose this question: has the Waitangi Tribunal fulfilled the purposes for which
NZDSOS Four midwives, NZDSOS and NZTSOS are challenging the order requiring them to be vaccinated against COVID-19. We contend that the order is not legally valid because the Act does not empower it to be made, if interpreted consistently with the right to refuse medical treatment under the Bill
Graham Adams Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Graham Adams is a journalist, columnist and reviewer who has written for many of the country’s media outlets including Metro, North & South, Noted, The Spinoff and Newsroom Jacinda Ardern was very happy to front the Three Waters
Three polls in the last week and they all carry the same message. The tidal wave of support for Jacinda Ardern is receding. If the trend continues it threatens to become something of a dangerous rip. One poll was conducted by a left-leaning organisation, one by an organisation on
Many commenters regularly complain that National (and ACT) aren’t doing enough to oppose vaccine mandates. A recent poll from Colmar Brunton show why that is: A new poll shows strong public support for vaccine mandates continues for certain workforces, even as protests emerge across the country. The latest 1News
On behalf of the National Party, it is with deep sympathy that I acknowledge the passing of former National MP John Luxton. John succeeded his father, Jack, as the Member of Parliament for Matamata in 1987. It was a seat he held until 1996, before holding the reconstituted seat of
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Darryl Betts Recently I made some new acquaintances and had the opportunity to spend some time talking with them on a rainy Saturday. Three intelligent, successful women who love their children, and also care about other people and their children. Like millions more throughout New Zealand – with strong ties to
Donald Digby “You Can Lock Me up but You Can’t Shut Me Up” For ex-pat Kiwis, 2020 was an extraordinary year. Not only were we dealing with Covid outbreaks in our countries of residence but we were trapped overseas, denied our God-given right to return to our
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democracyaction.org.nz Most mainstream news organisations are making hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars a year, off the new Public Interest Journalism Fund. The Public Interest Journalism Fund is a $55m government grant handed out to news media organisations by the Labour government, via NZ On Air.
Information Satire “I call to order this emergency meeting of the People’s,” (short snort of laughter from all at the table), “Committee of Public Fear.” Thus spoke Hellish Quark, who sat at the head of the table, along with the usual suspects on the committee. The proceedings were being
Dear Editor When I was a child terrorism was such a distant thing. 9/11 was when I was at primary school. Such a distant event in a distant place. Even when I was in the military and deployments were wrapped up, NZ seemed free of radicalism. Now under the
