Mark Cameron ACT Primary Industries spokesperson Associate Environment Minister James Shaw on Friday said it’s okay to carry out a land grab on farms, but not on land owned by iwi. Friday morning ACT congratulated the Government on hitting pause on Significant Natural Areas, where the Government issues a
Geoffrey Miller Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is an international analyst at the Democracy Project. He has lived and travelled extensively in the Middle East and is a fluent Arabic speaker. New Zealand’s new ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Barney Riley, has his work
Information Satire Hat tip Babylonbee.com New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has added NZ dairy cows to the list of world recognised terrorist groups. “This is literally a life or death situation”, she said while wearing a frowny face and frantically waving her arms about. “Cow flatulence is a
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.” President Abraham Lincoln When Jacinda
Jacinda Ardern is big on virtue signaling, and none is bigger than her fanciful grandstanding about climate change. During the 2017 election she said that her father knew about the effects of climate change – he’d seen them in Kiribati – and during her campaign launch speech in Auckland, Ardern called
Looking for deadlocks took me to one of New Zealand’s most iconic shopping streets. This road has become another one-bus gridlock successfully designed by Auckland Council.
Rose Byrne is about to get political in her latest role. The Australian actress, 41, has been cast as New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in upcoming film They Are Us. Fans will see a different side of the Bridesmaids star as she plays the political leader in the wake
Green party politicians are happily virtue signalling getting vaccinated but we are still waiting for PM Jacinda Ardern to publicly get vaccinated and set an example for the rest of New Zealand. Other world leaders have done it. I wonder why Ardern hasn’t? Hmm… If you enjoyed this please
Mark Cameron ACT Primary Industries spokesperson ACT welcomes the Government listening to our concerns about Significant Natural Areas – but there needs to be a complete rethink of this policy not just a pause. Private property rights are under threat thanks to the Government’s directive to councils to identify and
Alwyn Poole What we are told by health professionals: The vaccine is well tested, safe and effective. stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/125386042/nzs-covidfree-status-relies-on-trust-in-the-vaccine Or this: “The researchers found that fully immunised participants were 25 times less likely to test positive
David Seymour ACT Leader Even Jacinda Ardern’s harshest critics never imagined her ‘nuclear-free moment’ would be coal-powered. According to the latest figures from the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE), coal imports are up are up 25 per cent on the same quarter last year. Coal
The arrival of the belated interest deductibility and Brightline rules discussion document brings with it confirmation of what an unprincipled mess the proposed legislation is, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly and Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis say. “National oppose the Government’s ill-advised approach to dealing with the housing
Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? John Lydon Frank Herbert, author of Dune, once said that his most important messages were that governments lie to protect themselves and they make incredibly stupid decisions. We’ve seen that demonstrated in spades for the past 18 months. Governments from Wellington
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Barbara McKenzie stovouno.org Barbara McKenzie has a PhD in German Literature. ‘[…] there are risks that, if done poorly, compulsory history in our schools could veer into the realm of indoctrination. It is no coincidence that one of the first functions authoritarian regimes undertake on assuming power is to produce
Owen Jennings Former National President of Federated Farmers Yesterday Prime Minster Ardern claimed that action on the Climate Commission’s recommendations was “a matter of life and death”. There is zero truth in that statement. It is outrageous and dangerous. All the evidence shows that climate-related deaths – both from
