NZ Politics
The Speech Mahuta Should Have Given
Free Press ACT Party Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta’s speech on China has been described as just dreadful. Free Press has acquired an earlier draft of the speech. The MFAT employee who wrote it has not been seen lately, and the final version Mahuta delivered was quite different. Nonetheless, we’
Challenge Accepted
In an excellent paywalled article about comedy great David McPhail he said: […] it would’ve been tough for him to satirise current prime minister Jacinda Ardern. “Up until now, she hasn’t made any mistakes and you don’t do a whole sketch show about Mother Teresa, it just doesn’
Housing Stories Show Renters Will Suffer
Brooke van Velden ACT’s Housing spokesperson A website set up by the ACT Party to hear concerns about the Government’s new interest deductibility law change has shown just how damaging this policy will be to renters. We have been inundated with stories about how this policy will hurt
Finally, National Calls Little’s Health Shake up What It Is, Segregation
National has come out swinging against Andrew Little’s proposed command and control power grab of health bureaucracy and the establishment of a race-based Maori Health organisation: National leader Judith Collins has stepped up her attack on the proposed Maori Health Authority, calling it “segregation” from last century and
Why We Need a Sensible Shooters Association
Recently I received an email from the Antique Arms National President, Andrew Edgecombe. In the email, he has a crack at me (Note to Andrew: I don’t use minions) and my messages about the failures of COLFO. I will address his email in this article on the points that
Daily News Roundup – 29 April 2021
Health reforms: Maori Health Authority Jo Moir (Newsroom): Collins ignores facts for political point-scoring Tova O’Brien (Newshub): National leader Judith Collins’ ‘segregation’ remark earns her Maori Party rebuke RNZ: Collins says her party won’t stand for ‘racist separatism’ New Zealand Michael Neilson (Herald): Judith Collins calls Maori
Sorry, Tova, It’s Not a Leaked Document No Matter How Hard You Spin It
If you need proof that media are untrustworthy, capricious and inherently dishonest, then you need look no further than yesterday’s “leaked” documents non-story from Tova O’Brien: The gushing Tova O’Brien was live on morning television breathlessly exclaiming that National had leaked again…except they hadn’t.
Michael Woodhouse – Labour Will Say Anything to Get Elected
Labour walking back its commitment to transport projects across the country is further proof it will say anything to get elected, but won’t actually deliver it, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. Labour announced a number of transport projects as part of the New Zealand Upgrade Programme, many
Face of the Day
National Party leader Judith Collins says her party will not pursue policies of ‘racist separatism’ when dealing with poverty and lack of opportunity in New Zealand. Collins said socio-economic statistics pointing to inequities faced by Maori reflected poverty and simply highlighted the need to address obstacles in the way
Government Drops the Ball, Aussies Score Again
David Seymour ACT leader Victoria’s plan to open up to international students and workers is what ACT has been calling for since August last year and New Zealand should follow suit. The Australian state of Victoria is doing this right with plans underway for international students and essential workers
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Ardern Government’s Corrosive Effect on Regional Security
While Australia has been drawing global attention for its stance against China, the brutal fact is that Australia is a middle-power nation. While China is not and probably never will be a superpower, it is undeniably a great power. In this asymmetric diplomatic and trade war, Australia needs its
The Claytons Connection: A Commuter Connivance
In using the word connivance I’m not suggesting that the implementation of the Te Huia Hamilton to Auckland train service was in any way an unlawful act other than perhaps in the wider context of wasting taxpayers’ hard-earned money. What I am suggesting is that the transport entities
NZ’s Hate Speech Proposals Need More Detail and Wider Debate before They Become Law
Eddie Clark Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Promised changes to New Zealand’s hate speech regulations have been slower to emerge than first anticipated. But a recently released cabinet paper finally gives some idea of what is being considered. The proposals were originally intended to be made public