Chris Penk First published by The BFD 7th July 2020 The BFD has serialised National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Today is the final extract. “Instead we can dismiss” Let us finish as we began, observing that it was only supposed
David Seymour ACT Leader ACT has been saying for weeks that the Government has given up on elimination, this morning on the AM Show Jacinda Ardern finally admitted that is the case. The Prime Minister admitted the Government’s latest plan has only just gone before Cabinet. We wonder if
Ted Johnson New Conservative Justice Spokesman New Conservative states that the NZ Labour government’s plans to require vaccinations for employment and access to public and private facilities and amenities is an injust and unnecessary attack on our freedoms. It robs us of our freedom of choice. We have a
Geoffrey Miller democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is the Democracy Project’s international analyst and writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues. He has lived in Germany and the Middle East and is a fluent speaker of German and Arabic. Expo 2020 is a chance to reconsider
Bruce Moon hobsonspledge.nz Bruce Moon is a former member of the staff of the University of Canterbury. He was a member of the Professorial Board with the same status (reader) as an associate professor. Information Opinion “No historian, however detached, works without an ideological framework.” Charles Freeman, “Egypt. Greece
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments Three polls in a row, all saying roughly the same thing. The public is tiring of this Labour
The only people who think level 3 is being observed in Auckland must be the Labour Government and its health advisors. The number of hospitalisations and deaths predicted if we loosen up were about the same as the cars that passed me on my 45-minute walk in rural east
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com The latest political opinion poll confirms support for Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Government is sliding. According to Colmar Brunton, Labour has fallen 3 points to 43 per cent, National has dropped 3 to 26 per cent, ACT has risen 5 to 14 per cent, the
There can be no doubt now that the Prime Minister’s incredibly wasteful and expensive lockdown of Auckland has failed. Even Blind Freddy knew it was never going to work. But it seems the Prime Minister gets her advice from children’s stories and believes she is The Little Engine
David Seymour ACT Leader The real story behind Air New Zealand waiting four months to make vaccination mandatory is that the Government’s ICT is not ready. As Greg Foran told Q+A “In terms of customers, we’re got some operational things still to work through, you know, staying
democracyaction.org.nz There is strong level of opposition across the country to the Government’s proposed Three Waters service delivery programme. Comments from councillors show very serious concerns. In some quarters there appears to be a suspicion that the Government is not being completely open about everything it is
Chris Penk First published by The BFD 6th July 2020 The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Kind of ridiculous Is there anything more absurd than an instruction to “be kind”? For one thing, it’s illogical. The
Tamaki told supporters “society has been restructured in fear” and they’ve had a “gutsful”. “Today we are facing a Government we thought we could trust. Instead they are stripping away the freedoms and rights of everyday Kiwis. “That’s what they give to prisoners. We’ve all gone to
