Skip to content

NZ Politics

Prime Minister, a Little Less Conversation Please

Prime Minister, a Little Less Conversation Please

While the rest of the “Team of $55 million” in Big Media were dribbling over a video of Jacinda Ardern walking in Wellington, claiming it went viral, they missed the real viral explosion all over her Facebook page. Quite why she decided to offer up unsolicited medical advice on Facebook

Members Public
Free Press
NZ

Free Press

Free Press ACT Party The Haps ACT’s caucus had a good week. Karen Chhour appeared on TVNZ’s Q+A to make a very simple point. The safety and welfare of children should come before cultural considerations when they are placed in care. That nobody else is saying this

Members Public
Just a PPE Dream

Just a PPE Dream

Chris Penk First published by The BFD 28th June 2020 The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Just a PPE dream As we’ve seen, the perception of widely available testing proved, on closer inspection, to be a

Members Public
Face of the Day

Face of the Day

I am curious, do totalitarian, fascist statements sound any better coming out of Sir John Key’s mouth than they do coming out of PM Ardern’s mouth? John Key backs move to ‘take away liberties’ to make people get Covid jab Read the article in full here. Comment on

Members Public
Siouxsie Wiles the Comedian

Siouxsie Wiles the Comedian

I had a little fun this afternoon, inspired by the excellent work of @JaneyGodley & @saraschaefer1. I give you part 1 of the Dr Siouxsie Wiles Complaints Service. Enjoy! pic.twitter.com/Ko1OBQhqZo — Dr Siouxsie Wiles (@SiouxsieW) September 25, 2021

Members Public
Trendsetter Siouxsie

Trendsetter Siouxsie

September at a sunny Auckland beach. Two weeks later at a sunny Auckland beach. Please share this article so that others can discover The BFD

Members Public
A Significant Distortion of the Truth

A Significant Distortion of the Truth

Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc. sportingshooters.nz Recent statements attributed to the Commissioner of Police, Andrew Coster, have repeated previous allegations from police that gangs acquire their firearms from licensed firearms owners. That is a significant distortion of the truth and by implication Coster maligns a quarter of

Members Public
Discrimination of the Day

Discrimination of the Day

Below is a national missive regarding the change of name for the Ministry of Education (bet you didn’t read about that in the MSM) and the push for Maori greetings for all who answer calls. We have been told using English is “not an option”. The “rebrand” will include

Members Public
Newshub Nation Sinks to New Low

Newshub Nation Sinks to New Low

I was surprised to see Judith Collins on Newshub Nation. I understood that she had decided not to appear because the interviews rarely cover issues important to the viewers. I am now aware that subsequent to that decision, Judith’s chief press secretary was contacted by the producer of Newshub

Members Public
A Dangerous Time for New Zealand

A Dangerous Time for New Zealand

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. Last week, the Maori Party

Members Public
I’m a ‘Muckraker’ and Proud of It

I’m a ‘Muckraker’ and Proud of It

Big media, funded by Big Government, love to hurl insults at me. Usually, they apply the label “right-wing” to anything I do, as in “right-wing blogger” – like that’s an insult. They ramp up the insult, especially after I show them up for the poodles to Big Government

Members Public
Mongrel Mob Meth Programme Gets Dodgier by the Day

Mongrel Mob Meth Programme Gets Dodgier by the Day

The Prime Minister has more questions to answer on the Mongrel Mob meth programme as it’s revealed the time the project would run each year decreased as the overall funding increased, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. In the 71 days between the initial funding application and

Members Public