An increase in Covid-19 cases means a pause of the NZ/Australian travel bubble. Chris Hipkins on the AM show demonstrated how little thought went into the government’s preparation for handling an entirely predictable event. When asked if New Zealanders in Melbourne should come home now, Hipkins outright
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
The battle against the robbing effects of inflation had been largely won for more than 30 years, delivering wealth into people’s pockets. Now, as a result of the profligate spending by this Government, the inflation Kraken has awoken again: Annual inflation has hit a near 10-year high of
ACT Party Parliament might be in recess, we have kept our foot on the accelerator. This week we released the first of three new policy discussion documents, the media described ACT as “a force,” we exposed more wasteful Government spending, David Seymour raised $24,800 for child cancer and our
The New Zealand Government is getting ready to hunt people down if they do not submit to the experimental covid-19 vaccinations (and the upcoming booster shots). New Zealand’s Minister for COVID-19 Response, Chris Hipkins, is openly saying it now: The government will “go out and find you”
The BFD staff attended as many of the protests on Friday as possible. We ran and updated this post continually throughout the day in order to keep those that couldn’t be there informed in order to highlight the magnitude of unrest around the country, and also to provide a
New Zealanders abroad who can’t get a MIQ spot for love or money will be outraged to hear that Covid-19 positive mariners are getting a free ride on the taxpayer, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “If mariners are going to take up valuable MIQ space,
Since coming to power, the Labour Government has managed to make the average Kiwi family about $9000 worse off, or more than $170 a week, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “A combination of poor policy, direct tax increases, and economic mismanagement has seen the cost of living soar,
Damien Smith ACT Associate Finance spokesperson It’s no wonder the very areas the Government has piled taxes on are driving the largest increase to inflation in 10 years. Housing costs are up, so are housing taxes. Petrol costs are up, so are petrol taxes. Rents are up, so are
The Immigration Minister’s announcement today has only been made to give him more time to fix the complete mess he has made of the new business accreditation process, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “While this is a good, practical step to address the issue businesses are having
Chris Sellars One of the many aims I have in writing is to document and preserve New Zealand colloquial idioms like ‘she’ll be right’, ‘Bob’s your uncle’ and the slightly pejorative. “What are ya?’ I do this because language, like all culture changes and some things can be
Judith Collins Leader Farmers helped New Zealand get through COVID-19 and today their protests around the country demonstrate how out of touch the Government is with rural New Zealand. We’ve had unprecedented support for our ‘Demand the Debate’ campaign, and today we’ve released a new video highlighting
Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says National’s ‘Demand the Debate’ campaign has received unprecedented support since its launch on Sunday and has today released a video highlighting the effect the Government’s Ute Tax will have on the rural sector. “The Government’s Ute Tax unfairly penalises farmers,
Dark Jester A political scholar with an interest in foreign interference. Traditional conservative. Came out of a family that fled communism and improved themselves thanks to capitalism but would consider myself a distributionist. The issues of the Treaty and Maori rights have been a sensitive topic in New Zealand. Some
Elsie Gee On Wednesday, on the radio, I heard a female voice expressing her dismay at the “trampling over of democracy” in Myanmar. As I was driving at the time, I quickly had to refocus my attention on the road, such was my stunned reaction that these words were coming
