NZ Politics
What Is a Woman and What Are the Implications for NZ
The decision in the UK should be strongly celebrated here as a huge step in the right direction for women’s rights in NZ.
Regards Free Trade, Did NZ Get Conned by the European Union?
Our trade agreement with it cost our government $280 million a year.
We Need an Political Alert System
Can’t we extend this principle and have the government give us warnings of potential catastrophes in other areas of life? The political realm, for example.
We Are Persecuted and Underfunded but Still Winning
If parents actually had to choose – if they weren’t forced to fund schools pushing values they don’t believe in – many of these secular approaches would die a quiet death in the free marketplace of ideas. They don’t work. That’s why they need to be forcibly subsidised.
We Must Protect the Public Interest
In the interest of national security, the country’s coastal marine area needs to be nationalised in the public interest by repealing the Marine and Coastal Area Act, cancelling the claims, and restoring the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Act.
News Briefing: 23 April 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ENVIRONMENT Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Court case against big NZ polluters remains focused after ruling Andrea Vance (Post): Court throws out ‘attempt to delay’ climate case (paywalled) Farah Hancock (RNZ): Why some of our biggest exporters are worried about the Gene Technology Bill Glenn McConnell
Winston Peters Drops a Truth Bomb on Woke Nonsense
This bill won’t just protect women’s spaces or ensure fair sports – it’s a line in the sand. It says New Zealand won’t bow to ideology over truth. Peters is betting that Kiwis value reality over rainbow dogma, and he’s right.
Call for Vote on Four-Year Electoral Terms
LGNZ President Sam Broughton said aligning council and parliamentary terms makes sense and supports the idea of national and local elections being held two years apart.
Health NZ Team Knows Next to Nothing About Healthcare
The PM and finance minister have done nothing to shake up the inbred culture of Wellington’s civil service. All the talk about the need for innovation and restoring NZ’s mojo, yet it’s the same types in charge.
Is This True Asylum or Backdoor Immigration
How New Zealand's loopholes are being exploited.
Wood ’N Spoons
So for the sake of an implement used for stirring, I fear I could become the stirred rather than the stirrer.
Why the Pacific Is Turning to China
The Pacific cultures are simply recognising the growing new international order that is emerging.
On Wish Lists and Reality
A country that tolerates huge numbers of children born into welfare, so many young skipping school, and declining achievement standards amongst those who do attend, can scarcely expect first world standards of health, or any other kind of care. Get real is the message.
News Briefing: 22 April 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, PARTIES Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Bussy being green? (paywalled) Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Golriz’s defence of Tory Whanau highlights Green Party Candidate selection problems Chris Trotter (Interest): What’s on the label versus what’s in the tin: Would our political parties get