Sensible Shooters Shooters are disgusted with the pantomime of change announced by Minister Poto Williams. Shooters are furious about the Police shell game and the evasiveness of the minister avoiding and not answering questions from the Ombudsman and other MP’s about the independent firearms authority for many months. The
In politics everyone knows that if you have bad news to announce then you do it late on a Friday afternoon. And so it was when Poto Williams announced that Labour’s promised Independent Firearms Authority was not going to be independent and remain under the corrupting influence of the
The Government‘s decision to require tourism businesses to pay DOC fees will be the final straw for many tourism operators near closure and should be reversed, says National’s Associate Tourism spokesperson Joseph Mooney. “For the past two years, concession fees have been waived for tourism businesses operating on
The Government must harden up its policy for managing abusive, anti-social state house tenants after revelations that an innocent pensioner couple is being forced to move home because Kainga Ora refuses to evict their abusive neighbour says National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis. “I was horrified to learn the
After her first video went viral, with more than 165,000 views on Facebook and thousands more shares, my sister Claire has another message for Jacinda Ardern: I have no doubt that the media will ignore this one too. Like What You’ve Read? Become a Member and Directly Support
David Seymour ACT Leader With the onset of widespread vaccine mandates about to create chaos in multiple sectors, it’s time for the Government to apply the approach of the Danish Government, Air New Zealand, and its own requirement for teachers to all mandates. That is, the mandate should allow
Neville Dodd President Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc. sportingshooters.nz SSANZ (Sporting Shooters NZ) is the organisation that fights for the rights of all Licensed Firearm Owners in New Zealand. Sporting Shooters NZ supports all forms of lawful shooting activity and represents a large body of responsible and
Do you sometimes feel as if the world has gone completely mad? Let me assure you that it has. It really has. First let’s start with this. What? Medical exemptions have to be signed off by Reichsfuhrer Bloomfield himself, so there is no chance of this lady faking her
Guy Hatchard Guy Hatchard PhD has expertise in the statistical management of risk. He previously worked for Genetic ID, a global company which tested and certified bulk food shipments as safe. For over a year the Ardern Government had successfully pursued a Covid elimination strategy through tight border controls. Then
Peanut On Monday, many health and education employees and contractors will work their last day in their chosen career. I have friends and colleagues in health who are leaving, including a Maori midwife, a rural GP and a cardiac sonographer. These are roles that health has always crawled over broken
Bryce Edwards Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Right-wing political commentator Matthew Hooton recently tweeted to say that his favourite New Zealand left-wing politicians
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Manly D. Hall. amateurreviewspace.com One of the greatest dangers to the future of democracy and cohesive society is the marriage of the political and healthcare systems. This union is as problematic as the previous bond between Church and State, which corrupted both institutions and took civil wars within State
Murray Bolton Auckland businessman Murray Bolton says he has been “inundated” with requests for assistance from desperate, double-vaccinated and COVID-negative Kiwis trying to get through New Zealand’s broken MIQ system after his own successful court challenge, but that MBIE remains obstructive and “refuses to face reality”. “My
