Graham Adams 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 During 2017’s election campaign, Prime Minister, Bill English, predicted the “stardust” that surrounded the newly minted
Bob McCoskrie National Director Family First In a shocking display of disrespect towards the democratic process, the Labour MPs on the select committee considering the ‘conversion therapy’ bill have gone against normal protocol regarding public submissions (usually 6 weeks – at least!) and have set a deadline date of less than
Dr Samuel Dennis grounded.nz You may have noticed the recent headlines regarding the Overseer model (used by regional councils to determine farmer compliance with environmental regulation) being severely criticised in a recent independent review. “Major tool for managing farm pollution gets a fail from reviewers”, “Report finds shortcomings in
Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com Rodney Hide is former ACT Party leader, and Minister in the National-ACT Government from 2008 to 2011 This piece first appeared in the NBR in 2017. I have concluded our new Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is clever stupid. She’s quick, has good analytical skills
Someone suggested last week that my lack of medical degrees or appropriate academic credentials invalidates my opinion on Covid-19, ranking me behind the experts. An interesting observation. It is true that I am medically and scientifically unqualified to comment on Covid-19 but equally, I am entitled to hold
Dr James McDowall ACT Immigration spokesperson The 38 Afghan civilians who assisted New Zealand when we served in Afghanistan deserve our loyalty and support. The lives of these people who gave so much to help New Zealand are now at risk and we can’t turn our back on them
ACT Party This week we uncover more wasteful Government spending, this time on artwork, the Olympics have finished but Jacinda Ardern’s Government is still breaking records, and the Government announces its COVID roadmap… even though ACT already announced it five months ago. In the News Skegg Report The Government
Helen Houghton New Conservative Spokeswoman for Education and Family When will we put the needs of our children first and provide the support parents need? Who is representing our families in Parliament? They refuse to consider that every decision, every bill they pass affects our families. Children have a fundamental
Eddie Clark of Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington claims that the Ardern government’s Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill will not land parents in jail if they object to their children “transitioning” their gender or advise them against dangerous medical treatments like puberty blockers. Put simply, this is
Blind panic has set in as it becomes apparent that commuters aren’t as stupid as Jacinda Ardern thinks they are and refuse doggedly to be stuck on a slow train to Papakura when it takes less than an hour to drive the same distance. The Hamilton to Auckland passenger
Jacinda Ardern was on Seven Sharp on Thursday night extolling the virtues of rolling out ankle bracelets for returning Kiwis in order to monitor their compliance with MIQ policies: She repeated this assertion on The Project as well: A trial will be held later this year. Ardern said it will
Why do our children want to self-harm, commit suicide and need the help-lines? Most of the problem for our youngsters is the ill-informed parent, the garbage constantly being announced from the government, irresponsible news broadcasters, a woke education department and the misinformation flow of lies and false
The thing is: I don’t she’s reached anything like peak dishonesty yet, there’s plenty of gas left in that particular tank. Such brazen ‘disinformation’, but at least we know who wanted the portrait moved: Fact: Winston Churchill advocated for bombing dissident groups to assist in putting down
Just watched Shane Reti’s speech during the debate deriding Labour, so funny. Just a thought, would you consider posting it on your blog, as most people don’t watch parliament and don’t see him enough, he is such a talent. He has the ability to add humour to
Michael Plank University of Canterbury Michael Plank is a Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and Principal Investigator at Te Punaha Matatini, New Zealand’s Centre of Research Excellence in Complex Systems and Data Analytics. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has
familyfirst.org.nz Here’s an extract from an article published by The Daily Signal: “Designating sex on birth certificates as male or female, and making that information available on the public portion, perpetuates a view that sex designation is permanent and fails to recognize the medical spectrum of gender
