Peter Joyce lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Peter Joyce is a retired teacher. He campaigns for the victims of false sexual accusations through his website, Blackstone’s Drum. He also wrote a book, Dry Ice, about the false accusation against him. He may be contacted at ppainless@gmail.com. The Sexual Violence
The last election delivered the breathtakingly bizarre results of an MMP election that handed single party government to the most inept group of incompetents in the history of the country. Despite having seen them at “work” for three years. Despite not a single promise kept. Despite the promised transparency disappearing
David Seymour ACT Leader Jacinda Ardern admitted in Parliament yesterday that she hasn’t ruled out including political opinion in her proposed hate speech laws. Ardern is twisting and turning her position on hate speech so much she could almost qualify to represent New Zealand in gymnastics at the Olympics.
Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister Can you believe we’re halfway through 2021 already? The time since last year’s election has flown by, and I’m proud of the work the Labour team has done to make New Zealand a better place for all New Zealanders. We’ve worked to
Stuff’s resident woke Karen, Verity Johnson reckons bashing the woke won’t win elections. I reckon she’s wrong: So despite being woke-ish myself, I understand why everyone finds us so annoying. Even I find us irritating, and I’m a young middle-class leftie. The holier-than-
The Prime Minister did not rule out yesterday that potential hate speech crimes will have a more severe maximum prison sentence than the crime of ‘assault on a child’, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “This is consistent with her Government’s ongoing trend of poor prioritisation and complete
Brooke van Velden ACT Health spokesperson Yesterday I successfully triggered an urgent debate in Parliament about the cyber security breaches at Waikato Hospital. It follows documents from Waikato District Health Board being released onto the dark web after the ransomware attack that crippled five hospitals’ IT systems in May. What’
Labour’s Car Tax is not only forcing hardworking Kiwis to pay more because they can’t switch to an electric vehicle, but it’s pushing up the prices of electric vehicles too, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. “EV importers have seen the price of a used electric
Andrew Little needs to stop making excuses and take ownership on mental health, says National’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention spokesperson, Matt Doocey. “All we’ve heard from the Minister is how everyone else is to blame for his government’s utter failure to deliver on its promises on
You know that when even the Prime Minister’s biggest cheerleader Tova O’Brien turns on her, that the wheels may be falling off this government. Is the honeymoon over? The PM is being accused of misleading New Zealanders over the new hate speech legislation being proposed by making inaccurate
hobsonspledge.nz In a letter on Treaty Settlements Office Ministerial letterhead dated 9 September 2019, Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little, in regards to a pamphlet arguing that everyone ought to be treated equally before the law, stated: “The pamphlet….. curiously ignores the fact that Maori were not treated equally before
The Government needs to act with much more urgency to cut through our complex planning rules and free up housing supply, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The real risk is that at the end of this process we end up with something that is more costly, complicated and
Dear Editor The Maori language will never be part of my life. I’m a fifth-generation New Zealander of European extraction. I attended my schooling at state-funded New Zealand institutions and the Maori language was never taught at any of them. Therefore the language is basically foreign to
David Seymour ACT Leader Tens of thousands of Kiwis have exercised their right to free speech, standing up to Jacinda Ardern and her divisive Hate Speech Laws. The Prime Minister needs to back down and dump this confused initiative. A petition launched by the ACT Party to stop Labour’s
Sensible Sentencing Trust sst.org.nz The Waikeria Prison riot was in the headlines again last week with cabinet signing off on $1.3 million of compensation to prisoners whose property was damaged in the riot. It was clear that without the Labour government even realising it they demonstrated the
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