NZ Politics
Female Olympians Told: Shut up and Know Your Place
Back in the bad, old days, women knew their place – which meant keeping their pretty little mouths shut and not interrupting the menfolk. Men took care of the serious business, while women obediently had babies. We’ve come a long way since then, though. Nowadays, we’re firmly on the
‘Indigenous Voice’ Is Australia’s He Puapua
As New Zealand slowly wakes up to the fact that its government is attempting to impose racial separatism by stealth, it may be cold comfort to Kiwis to know that it’s being done more or less openly in Australia. In New Zealand, the separatist agenda has been exposed – for
Manawatu District Council Must Not Defer Maori Wards to 2024
Teanau Tuiono Green Party MP A successful hikoi in Manawatu has challenged the decision by the Manawatu District Council to defer introducing Maori Wards to 2024. “Today I walked with iwi, hapu and whanau from across the Manawatu to protest against Manawatu District Council deferring of Maori wards to 2024”
Party Time
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COVID-19 Response Deserves Proper Scrutiny
David Seymour ACT Leader David Seymour The Health Select Committee’s refusal to have regular constructive debates about our response to COVID-19 is an indictment of this Government. The Government should be doing everything it can to foster open debate and continuous improvement of our response to COVID. Instead,
Foreshore and Seabed Issue Re-Ignites
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 Using flawed reasoning to give 44km of the Bay of Plenty coastal and marine area to a few private individuals and groups is not what is expected of
ACT’s Budget for the Battlers
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party has today released our alternative budget, a budget for middle New Zealand, the Kiwis who work hard but are being squeezed from every direction. Rents are increasing rapidly following decades of poor decisions by successive Governments. This has put home ownership out of
Beneficiaries to Be Unionised
Information Satire Michael Wood explainer Editor: The Minister of Unions Michael Wood announced today that beneficiaries would be unionised under his Fair Pay legislation. Michael Wood said, “Fair Pay Agreements are about investing in our people – beneficiaries – which is part of the Government’s COVID-19 recovery plan. “A team
He Pua Pua? Or Should That Be “Hey! Poor Poor”?
If, like me, you are a tragically addicted aficionado of politics, there are two political commentators you should make an immediate beeline for in their respective publications: Jane Clifton in The Listener and Chris Trotter on this Newsline, The BFD. In her latest offering for Listener, May 15-21, Clifton
Officious Information Acts
Worzel mangawhaifocus.co.nz In these mad, bad and sad, days where we get fiction not from novels but from newspapers. Where name-calling and pejorative dismissive idioms like white supremacist, conspiracy nut, transphobic and anti-vaxxer are deemed sufficient argument to refute evidential based logical discourse. So it is
Daily News Roundup – 12 May 2021
Public sector pay freeze Claire Trevett (Herald): PM steps in, the melting of the pay freeze begins (paywalled) Jordan Bond (RNZ): Public sector pay freeze: Nurses warming to strike action plan – union Henry Cooke (Stuff): Thawing freeze: Jacinda Ardern says Government is open to introducing step-based pay for more
Tell Her She’s Dreaming
The Government has announced some draconian new laws, that will apparently deprive gang members of guns. No one has bothered to stop and think it through, or to use even joined-up thinking: The Government will make it illegal for “high-risk people” including gang members and serious criminals to
The Red Wedding
Menu by Wibble Illustration by Pixy Information Satire Wedding Menu 2 (1) by Juana Atkins on Scribd This satirical article is too good not to share so please share it widely.