Eliora An ad was seen on SunLive and The Weekend Sun, inviting Tauranga residents to the launch of the Tauranga Ratepayers’ Alliance. This is being set up because of an exorbitant rate hike of 22% proposed by newly appointed commissioners. Local Government Minister, Nanaia Mahuta, appointed 4 commissioners replacing the
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
After losing two elections in a row you’d think Peter Goodfellow would have fallen on his sword in shame. He’s still there but now the Jake Bezzant fallout might finally have claimed his scalp: Newshub understands the National Party leadership wanted Jake Bezzant gone during the election, but
Simon Court ACT’s Transport spokesperson Transport Minister Michael Wood needs to release the cost-benefit analysis for the walking/cycling bridge he’s proposing for Auckland. This is essentially Sky Path on steroids, driven by climate activists. Taxpayers deserve to know whether this stacks up. We need to see
Dear Editor A work colleague of mine was talking to the local E Tu union rep Red Middlemiss. He was saying some local gang members (don’t know if they are Black Power or Mongrel Mob) were getting paid 100k per annum government funding to run counselling services. I don’
The whinging from the woke wombles in the ears of their Australian counterparts seems to be working. We should get set to witness an avalanche of queue-jumpers heading to our shores if the 150 queue-jumpers on Manus Island and Nauru wind up here: Asylum seekers held in limbo
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon should go on a few ‘ride-along’s’ with frontline police so he can see first-hand how his continued criticisms and accusations of ‘racial profiling’ actually stack up, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing
Today’s face of the day Jacinda Ardern has rocks in her head. How else can you explain her dogged determination to import low lifes into New Zealand? These are not real refugees they are country shoppers. They are the leftover dregs as the rest were offered and accepted homes
Labour’s move to kill a National Member’s Bill to give primary and intermediate schools the tools to teach a second language is narrow-minded and misses a golden opportunity to equip our kids with greater language skills, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. Labour had previously supported
David Seymour ACT Leader Reports released today into the transmission of COVID-19 at the Grand Millennium and Grand Mercure hotels show the Government has been far too complacent. According to the KPMG report, Case B did not report for, or undergo all of their required testing. It should have
Dear Editor I have never in my 72 years seen a Prime Minister such as Jacinda Ardern. This is the same lady who famously said, “I will govern for all New Zealanders,” a statement about bringing the country together. Now she has set about dividing the country in a racial
Golriz Ghahraman Green Party spokesperson for Electoral Reform. The Green Party is calling on the Government to hold Facebook accountable for its role in enabling behaviour which threatens democracy, by strongly regulating data privacy and the spread of dangerous disinformation. “Facebook has admitted it enables a range of harmful practices
Dr Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. June 2, 2021 Today’s Herald editorial isn’t buying all the forced bonhomie, instead lampooning how the rather contrived patching up of differences,
Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins is saddened by the passing of former National Minister, the Honourable Ian Shearer, who died on Tuesday, aged 79. Dr Shearer represented the Hamilton East electorate from 1975 to 1984. He served as Minister for the Environment, Minister of Broadcasting, and the Minister of
