I travelled into Wellington from the Hutt Valley on the train today. The view along the water was delightful. The passengers provided an eclectic mix of people and races – roughly 50% Europeans and 50% Asians – mostly heading into the capital for work. At the station, I took a taxi to
Geoffrey Miller Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is an international analyst at the Democracy Project It was about APEC. And the Indo-Pacific. But most of all, it was about China. Jacinda Ardern’s keynote foreign policy address on Wednesday – at the annual conference
Dear Editor I am a subscriber and farmer and thank you for what you are doing. Coincidentally on Wednesday, the government announced changes to the stock exclusion rules. This has a consultation period that was supposed to open on the 26th of July so it seems that they (MFE and
Today will mark a shock to the system for this government and for Jacinda Ardern in particular. Today will see literally thousands of people venting their anger at the government for their proposed Ute Tax, along with many other reforms that have angered the working people of New Zealand. The
Free Speech Union “Polling commissioned by the Free Speech Union shows that kiwis aren’t interested in the Government’s proposed changes to hate speech laws, saying ‘no’ to policed speech”, says Dr. David Cumin, a Spokesperson for the Free Speech Union. “43% of New Zealander’s oppose the proposed
Alwyn Poole Villa Education Trust Innovative Education Consultants In the last 10 days, I have had the privilege of working alongside two amazing groups of people. 1. Mike King and team – working with us in Russell, Bay of Islands, being involved in three events and doing an incredible job bringing
Police officers have aptly labelled the funding of a rehabilitation programme run by the Mongrel Mob as a successful money laundering scheme and National agrees, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “There is clearly outrage and anger amongst police officers who feel giving taxpayer money to an organised criminal
Free Speech Union Speak Up for Women will hold a public meeting in Wellington tonight at the Michael Fowler Centre. The Council had sent lawyers to the High Court proceedings we supported in Auckland to see if they could get away with cancelling the event. Given the resoundingly strong judgement
It is critical we get to the bottom of why the Minister of Health turned up to a press conference and released a manifestly inaccurate and misleading graph on New Zealand’s vaccination roll out, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins
News today there are almost 70,000 more people on Jobseeker compared to when Labour came to office clearly shows the Government has failed to deliver the jobs plan the Prime Minister promised New Zealanders, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “When in Opposition, Social Development
National understands that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will be announcing a $2.5 billion taxpayer bribe later today in an attempt to save the flailing Three Waters reforms, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “First the Government tried to scare ratepayers by going behind councils’ backs with a taxpayer-
Superwoman Tova seems to get a “stunned mullet” reaction from interviewees on Newshub Nation. This week it was “big fish” Paul Hunt, the Human Rights Commissioner, who was squirming out of the fry-pan trying to avoid Tova’s taser like beam. He, like Justice Minster Faafoi, couldn’t or
The peasants are revolting. A petition that calls for the resignation of PM Jacinda Ardern has already attracted over 21,000 signatures. Enough is enough… The constant and blatant Abuse of Powers by the current Prime Minister and her government has gone too far. From False Promises during election time,
Gerald Bax Last week, it was reported that Paul Hunt, head of the Human Rights Commission, donated two hundred taxpayer dollars to the Mongrel Mob. That in itself was nothing short of disgraceful. It made me sick and ashamed of my government in a way I never had been before.
