NZ Politics
Labour Says Aucklanders Are Not Legitimate Ute Drivers
Transport Minister Michael Wood has today clarified the Prime Minister’s comments about who are “legitimate” ute drivers and it seems it’s region-dependent. According to Wood on Newshub Nation this morning, if you live in Auckland you shouldn’t drive a ute but if you’re on the
Taxpayers Are Set to Pay for Hollywood Propaganda
Taxpayers’ Union Taxpayers could fork out millions in subsidies for a new film about Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s response to the Christchurch mosque shootings. It’s been reported that the production team intends to apply for a Screen Production Grant from the New Zealand Film Commission. If Jacinda Ardern
Grant Robertson’s ‘No New Taxes’ Promise Out the Window
Taxpayers’ Union Grant Robertson’s “no new taxes” promise is well and truly out the window. First, it was new taxes on landlords, then it was a levy on wages to fund unemployment insurance, and now there’s a new tax on petrol vehicles: The car tax unfairly hits tradies,
Stormclouds Forming over Skypath 2.0?
Taxpayers’ Union Our petition to withdraw taxpayer funding for the proposed $685 million cycle and pedestrian bridge has now reached 56,000 signatures. That’s incredible, and it shows the depth of public opposition to such a brazenly wasteful vanity project. Our “Stop SkyPath” billboards are currently hammering the message
Letter to the Editor: This Government
Dear Editor I watched with interest the Prime Minister saying she was pleased with the way the vaccination rollout is going. How can she be pleased when we are one of the slowest of any OECD country? I suppose when you look at her and her government’s achievements something
‘They Are Us’ Is Group Think on Steroids
Society is made up of lots of different family units: some are close and strong, others disjointed and alienated. My father once naïvely attempted to heal a long standing family rift by getting parties who had not spoken to each other for years together to talk, hopefully forgive and let
Transcript of Interview with Speak up for Women
David Cumin fsu.nz TRANSCRIPT: Free Speech Union Podcast interview with Beth Johnson, Spokeswoman for Speak Up For Women, June 7 2021 David: Welcome everyone to the Free Speech Union Podcast. It’s David Cumin here as host, and I have with me Beth from Speak Up for Women. Welcome,
Government’s Housing Policies Just Keep on Making It Worse
Salad dodging Minister of Housing Megan Woods, was given her job to pick up the pieces after Phil Twyford was found to have tits for hands. Since taking over things have gotten demonstrably worse: The number of people on the waitlist for public housing reached a record high of 23,
A New Zealand Embassy in Israel
Pastor Nigel Woodley Ph.D. Dear Friends & Supporters of Israel, I have launched a petition on the Parliamentary website calling for a New Zealand Embassy to be established within the State of Israel. Israel, in good faith, has had an Embassy in our country now for many years and
Collins’ Comments
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz The government has announced that six transport projects from the NZ Upgrade Programme announced in January 2020, will not go ahead. Mill Road four lane widening has been cancelled. This project was progressed under a National government so that it should have broken
An Update on Vaccines
Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister This week, we announced the next steps in our COVID-19 vaccination rollout. In case you missed the news, I wanted to send you a quick update on what it means for you and your family. The COVID vaccine rollout is the largest and most complex
Let’s Slaughter a Million Cows and Save the World
Has anyone seen a methane cloud pass his or her window lately? Please let us know. Apparently, there are huge clouds of methane being generated by farting cows and some believe this is destroying the world.
Shut down the Gangs, Not the Streets
Nicole McKee ACT Justice spokesperson Why are Police shutting down streets, stopping Kiwis going about their everyday lives instead of moving an intimidating gang procession along? It says so much about the soft on crime Labour Government that gang members are taking over Central Auckland – facilitated by the Police. The