Eliora Milo Yiannopoulos, the flamboyant right-wing political commentator who is known for being as outspoken as it gets, has announced, “Conversion Therapy does work”. The 36-year-old British political commentator, whose speeches and writings often ridicule political correctness, social justice and feminism, declared himself no longer gay and
I have lived in the Greater Wellington region since 1984. I’ve always liked Wellington city. It is a compact city with good nightlife, theatres, restaurants, bars and cafes and generally a very good vibe. When I was younger, I used to go into the city at night quite often
Housing Jason Walls (Herald): Remedies for the hot housing market: What does Grant Robertson have up his sleeve? (paywalled) Jenee Tibshraeny (Interest): Treasury defends pace of Govt response to soaring house prices Michael Reddell (BusinessDesk): Revealed: The real cause of high house prices Richard Klipin (Herald): We need to change
The ‘Covid Queen’ started her political career as the ‘Crisis Queen’, rising to international stardom on lucky breaks provided by the politically motivated exploitation of cyclical weather changes (initially named global warming then renamed climate change), the Christchurch killings and then the White Island eruption. All attracted global media attention.
I’ve previously accused Jacinda Ardern of using her child or letters to children as weapons of mass distraction. However, chatting with a few people over the weekend, we thought that there was another reason for her use of her child and letters to children. So I thought I’d
Apparently, it is okay now for media to call someone a “dick”, as TVNZ Breakfast host John Campbell was not censured for calling Donald Trump’s son “a total dick” Today’s heartless “Dick” of the day is Labour MP Damien O’Connor for saying that Covid-19 has taught
Allowing seasonal workers from Covid-free countries to enter New Zealand without quarantine needs to happen fast to plug the yawning gap in our horticulture sector’s workforce, National’s Horticulture spokesperson David Bennett says. National Leader Judith Collins yesterday called for the Government to expand its safe zone travel
On Monday the Prime Minister had a chance to do the right thing and announce a date when the trans-Tasman safe travel bubble will be open. She chose not to. Instead, she announced that she will soon announce an announcement of a date. Her Ministers don’t appear to
The vaccine rollout is faster overseas than here, but that might not be a bad thing because one expert wants more debate on the relationship with the vaccine and achieving herd immunity. Geert Vanden Bossche, DVM, Ph.D., argues that a prophylactic vaccine should be used BEFORE a pandemic – not
Government Inaction Will Cost Jobs and Livelihoods New Zealand’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell 2.9% over the year to Dec 2020. The largest annual fall ever in New Zealand. GDP per capita over the same period declined by 4.9%. In the last quarter of 2020 alone GDP
Dear Prime Minister On 1 January 2021 I emailed an Open Letter to you, which was also sent to the Minister for Climate Change and also to every member of the Climate Change Commission. The title of that Open Letter was “An Open Letter to the Prime Minister regarding the
National is calling on the Government to allow quarantine-free travel from Samoa, Tonga and Fiji into New Zealand, Leader of the Opposition and National’s Pacific Peoples spokesperson Judith Collins says. “Samoa and Tonga have never had a community case of Covid-19, while Fiji hasn’t reported a
When Covid-19 struck in early 2020, we knew very little about it, but we (meaning the world) reacted on the basis of information we were fed by the “authorities”. We put our trust in the WHO, scientists, medics, analysts and politicians. A year later, we know much more. The
