Siouxsie Wiles continues to defame me and The BFD in her public and email statements. She accuses me in particular and The BFD generally of spreading disinformation about her hypocrisy, something which isn’t even in doubt. A reader has corresponded with Siouxsie Wiles, who continues to spread her own
ACT Party This week, our Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee hits the gangs where it hurts, Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron’s Bill to ensure environmental regulations are taken out of the hands of Wellington bureaucrats has its first reading, ACT Leader David Seymour serves up Mr Whippy ice creams at
Chris Penk First published by The BFD 25th June 2020 The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Stop the press! One of the sectors thrown into considerable chaos by the government’s coronavirus choices is the media. First,
Are you able to buy into this latest Greens Travel plan? James Shaw, thought it too dangerous to go to parliament under Level Four, but he’s going to Scotland with a similar population to New Zealand and yesterday the Scots had 3,833 new cases – and two deaths. Fraud,
Health Minister Andrew Little has serious questions to answer over New Zealand’s Intensive Care Unit capacity, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. Hospital ICU capacity was so under-prepared for this Delta outbreak that the Auckland DHB was forced to issue an urgent callout for 30 ICU
Brooke van Velden ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Andrew Little needs to take some responsibility after blaming the Ministry of Health who “has struggled to achieve as much as we would have liked them to” on mental health. “The Government has allocated billions of dollars towards the issue and
The Government claiming it’s on track to deliver its mental health promises is a kick in the guts to all those New Zealanders desperate for mental health support and can’t access it, National’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention spokesperson Matt Doocey says. “Finance Minister Grant Robertson’s
The shortage of veterinarians in New Zealand is reaching critical heights and is now compromising animal welfare, National’s Animal Welfare spokesperson Tim van de Molen says. “Three months ago the Government attempted to show it was taking the issue seriously by granting a token 50 border exemptions for vets
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. He served on the Waitangi Tribunal from 1994 to 2004. Everywhere in the developed world the payment of
Louis Houlbrooke taxpayers.org.nz That’s the takeaway from today’s massive document dump, which includes an incident management plan that explained: “An intervention approach is not the traditional DOC position that we have taken in the past with marine mammals however the Iwi, public, media and political interests
Andrew Little has announced his appointments for the new health boards, including the race-based Maori Health Authority that will have veto rights over every other New Zealander’s health outcomes: The Government has announced the interim boards of Health New Zealand and the Maori Health Authority. The Government announced
The Reserve Bank’s revised loan-to-value restrictions have made it even harder for first-home buyers to get on the property ladder, says National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly. “LVRs are supposed to be a tool that reduces risks to financial stability – not to shift house prices at
Transport Minister Michael Wood needs to urgently clarify who will be exposed to his Car Tax, National’s Transport spokesperson David Bennett says. “When Minister Wood launched his Car Tax he said it would focus on the highest emitting vehicles. But he also took a paper to Cabinet showing that
The Government’s announcement it will deploy Tactical Prevention Teams is a clear admission that firearms violence and gang membership in New Zealand is out of control, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown. “The Government has wasted months refusing to agree with National that our police need more support. It’
