The actions of the Human Rights Commission and its Commissioner Paul Hunt are completely unacceptable. Instead of standing up for freedom of speech, the Human Rights Commission in 2017 sought a form of ‘hate speech’ laws for New Zealand in a submission to the United Nations. To make matters even
As we embark on Phase 3 of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out plan, new data shows New Zealand is ranked as low as 116th in the world in terms of vaccination doses administered, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “New Zealanders were promised we would be
David Seymour ACT Leader The Prime Minister is patronising New Zealanders when she says the He Puapua report shouldn’t have been released in case taxpayers didn’t understand it. ACT has revealed that a Cabinet Paper has been drafted about the next steps on He Puapua, a Cabinet-commissioned
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. For critics who believed she had gone soft on China, Jacinda Ardern’s line that
Free Speech Coalition Jordan Williams The Free Speech Coalition supports Human Rights Commissioner Prof Paul Hunt, engaging with all New Zealanders, including Mongrel Mob gangsters, but is calling out his comments that it would be a ‘dereliction of duty’ to turn down invitations to speak about rights – given his blanket
Plans by the Government to reallocate $926 million of money unspent from the Covid Response and Recovery Fund is irresponsible and burdens future generations with even more debt than is necessary, National’s Finance spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. Finance Minister Grant Robertson told a Wellington Chamber of Commerce audience this
David Seymour ACT Leader It turns out the Government has been announcing policies for four years and had nobody to implement them. It’s been revealed that after four years of failure to deliver the Government is setting up an ‘Implementation Unit’ within the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.
The many thousands of jobs Jacinda Ardern’s Government promised New Zealanders its initiatives would create looks more like a pipedream than reality, National’s Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “The Government promised 20,000 jobs would be created as a result of its shovel-ready projects. But through Written
Hobson’s Pledge Trust There is a glimmer of hope that two political leaders may be listening to voter concern about arrogance by successive administrations on the Treaty, racial preference, and the latest plan for two governments under tribal control. On Saturday, National Party leader Judith Collins used her keynote
There is a New Zealand website that measures media bias. I thought it would be interesting to see how The BFD compares to other media, so I visited it to find out. When I first visited it in the early days of our launch I felt that we had room
Victoria University of Wellington-Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Graham Adams is a journalist, columnist and reviewer who has written for many of the country’s media outlets including Metro, North & South, Noted, The Spinoff and Newsroom Judith Collins made no effort to hide the cat-with-the-cream
My old Mum had a wise saying about bullies: They can dish it out, but they can’t take it. The same is particularly true of cry-bullies: those who self-righteously harass or intimidate others while playing the victim. Jacinda Ardern is having a bit of a sissy-Mary
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 At last some discussion about He Puapua. The document has been hatched in secret at the behest of
We’re focused on the issues that matter to Kiwis. Catch up on the latest in politics with our Week in Review below. * Does the PM really stand for democracy and equal rights for Kiwis? * Officials told Labour that renters would suffer. * Upgrade Programme transport flip-flop another hollow promise.
