Never before released data shows there has been a huge increase in the number of people in severe need waiting for a state house, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. At risk applicants on the housing register are ranked on a scale of 1-20, with ‘A-20’ being
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government has once again sneakily changed the dates that vaccines will be available. Originally the Government said that Group 4, the last group to be eligible for vaccines were “being vaccinated from July 28.” That language would make anyone think there would be needles in
Today’s face of the day Martyn Bradbury has been speaking a lot of sense lately on the topic of Free Speech and Labour’s proposed Hate Speech law. No one can be watching the Free Speech vs Hate Speech culture war and not be scared shitless by the most
Dear Editor I ended up in hospital in 2018 because I could not afford to see a doctor. Seeing a dentist is impossible. Cancer of the mouth then becomes a real risk from rotting teeth. What is NOT known but what is commonly assumed, is that if one is unemployed
David Seymour ACT Leader ACT is calling on all parties in Parliament to renounce the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Helen Clark got it right when her Government refused to sign up. John Key got it wrong when his Government signed the Declaration, he may have
Saul Alinsky was an American commie who thought nothing of using and manipulating others for his own ends. To paraphrase his own words, “the ends always justified the means.” Anyway, he wrote a little book called “Rules for Radicals.” Two of the rules are of particular relevance today. The first
When Jacinda Ardern and Kris Faafoi fronted media to explain their new hate speech laws they demonstrated a very sketchy understanding of their own recommendations. They were so bad that the bought and paid for (normally adoring) media were uncharacteristically critical. “Not only is the Prime Minister wrong about the
Jacinda Ardern once said that she’d “never told a lie in politics”. That was, of course, a lie. Since then there have been many instances where her lying ways have been caught out. Kiwibuild, all lies. Light rail to the airport within four years, another lie. MIQ was performing
‘Not in a Democracy’: Maori Party Co-leader Rawiri Waititi Outlines His Vision for a ‘Tiriti-Centric Aotearoa’ Where the Majority Doesn’t Rule over Maori Maori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi thinks Aotearoa could be the “best nation in the world” – but not necessarily as a democracy. His comments
Dear Editor Part-Maori Rawiri Waititi has dredged up the hoary tale of how the tribes ‘lost’ all but 4% of the land they once owned. Anybody less ignorant of our history than he appears to be knows that most of the 96% was sold eagerly by the tribal chiefs
Bryce Edwards Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. This week New Zealand was officially pronounced the second most peaceful nation on earth – just behind Iceland – in
It’s not a silly question to ask how information becomes misinformation when we know a whole lot more about Covid-19 today than we did 18 months ago. Beliefs held back then cannot be relied on today. Some information has become misinformation – without being acknowledged as such. The line
Midge Holding is the co-owner of the small makeup company Minifies in Christchurch. Since she took over the business in 2009, she has been supplying fake blood and other special effects to the New Zealand Defence Force. Now, under the new procurement policy, mandated agencies have to award at
