Labour reckons they know best in many areas, most notably in pandering to the whims of the lycra-wearing, road maggot brigade. They’ve decided to pour millions of dollars into a bike bridge and somehow believe the public will not only support it and them but also be willing
Rachel Poulain Free Speech Union www.fsu.nz My name is Rachel, I’m a member of the Free Speech Union’s Council, and one of our spokespeople. Further to Jordan and David’s articles over the last few days I’m writing to update you on our new case
Labour’s heavy, Willie Jackson, has let the cat out of the bag with regard to the dishonesty of Labour in hiding the divisive He Puapua report from their coalition partner in the last parliament: Maori Development Minister Willie Jackson says he is glad NZ First never saw the contentious
Hobson’s Pledge hobsonspledge.nz Some years ago, the Labour Government refused to take action to clear a channel so that the crater lake on Mount Ruapehu could drain safely, despite failure to do so risking the kind of disaster which destroyed scores of lives at Tangiwai in 1953. Why?
David Seymour ACT Leader If the Government knew at 7.30 pm last night that a Sydney tourist with COVID-19 had visited Wellington, why did it take nearly 12 hours to confirm this with the public? News started break last night about the COVID case but only because the
Louis Houlbrooke Taxpayers’ Union Polling commissioned by the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union shows that nearly two-thirds of Kiwis ‘oppose’ or ‘strongly oppose’ the Government’s planned $685 million cycle and pedestrian bridge for Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour. Meanwhile, just 18 per cent‘ support’ or ‘strongly support’ it. The full
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments Two bits of socio-economic news this last week collided. The first was that as many as 20%
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The unbelievably insane proposed $800 million ‘cycle bridge’ attached to the Auckland harbour bridge, WILL NOT HAPPEN. Why? Because the understandable uproar across the country has been such, no government could survive such craziness and all governments principal motivation is survival. This decision was so
Dear Editor He Puapua is racist pandering propaganda to promote part-Maori as victims with entitlement to equal outcomes, not equal opportunity. By promoting separate government for part-Maori, Labour seeks to divide the nation into factions and then gather the factions together for the benefit of Labour–not for
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. Despite the avalanche of feelings expressed against the They Are Us film being made – something that blogger Martyn
Todd Muller has decided to step down at the next election after nine years as the Member of Parliament for the Bay of Plenty. “This has been a difficult decision because being a Member of Parliament is a huge privilege, but it does come at a cost. I have decided
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Watch for the avalanche of editorials and columnists accusing Winston Peters of dog whistling over his weekend speech. But, indisputably he was 100% right on every assertion and he spoke for the silent majority. I’ve raised the name-change issue before, this initially a
Josh Van Veen Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Josh Van Veen is former member of NZ First and worked as a parliamentary researcher to Winton Peters from 2011 to 2013. He has a Masters in Politics from the University of Auckland. His thesis examined class voting
Labour is pushing through a second car tax that will see Kiwis have to pay $12,000 more for a hilux in 2025, unfairly punishing those who don’t have the option to switch to an EV, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. Under the Government’s Clean Car
