What we are faced with is not just mindless, irresponsible scaremongering from poseurs in and around Wellington’s Beehive for their nefarious political ends; now we have it in Auckland in what was once hailed as the nation’s No 1 daily newspaper, the New Zealand Herald. There was a
Paul C PaulC is a Registered Surveyor and a Fellow of the NZIS. After qualifying, he ran his own practice for 10 years before he was asked to join the Planning Tribunal for an initial 5-year term. He stayed for 32. The Tribunal became the Environment Court where he
Waitangi Peter de Graaf (Herald): Labour returns to Waitangi’s Te Tii Marae after three-year absence Claire Trevett (Herald): Labour MPs return to Te Tii marae, but Jacinda Ardern’s first visit as Prime Minister is another question (paywalled) Lloyd Jones, Shane Jones (Herald): Treaty of Waitangi and race
Lurking within every Labour MP is a totalitarian, anti-democratic, autocrat just itching to abrogate democracy if they can just get away with it. Despite not campaigning on this issue they have just announced that they are going to use urgency to pass a law removing ratepayers’ democratic rights simply
A former mayor of New Plymouth, who was spat at in the street over his support of establishing a Maori ward in the city, feels vindicated now the government has stepped in to scrap citizen-initiated polls on the divisive issue. Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta has announced a bill
Wasn’t going to say anything but it has to be said. Out of the 4 speakers against the wards, there was only 1 white guy; the rest were M?ori. So @sam_kelway, why exclude those M?ori speaking against the wards while only allowing voices that are pro?
ACT Party ACT Alone opposed the Zero Carbon Act. When it was debated in Parliament David Seymour said it was “pernicious, because it introduces a level of central control over economic decision-making that this country has not seen since 1984.” “The powers that are put in the hands of
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com We are all familiar with Donald Trump’s recent mythmaking. He “won” the election, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding. Votes were either “stolen” from him, or, alternatively, the Democratic opposition shuffled in bags full of “illegal” ballots to swamp his stellar achievement. Trump’s efforts
On March 15 2019 Facebook live-streamed the murder of 51 people to more than 4,000 others. Strangely they haven’t been de-platformed as a result. Facebook said a live streamed video apparently showing last week’s attack on two mosques in New Zealand was viewed 4,000
Maori wards in local government Richard Harman: Brash loses Maori wards campaign Audrey Young (Herald): Labour kept plans on divisive Maori wards under wraps (paywalled) David Farrar: Govt proposes to use urgency to cancel local referenda! Anna Whyte (1News): Government aims to overturn ‘uneven playing field’ for Maori wards on
Lawrence W. Reed fee.org Lawrence W. Reed is FEE’s President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow, and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty, having served for nearly 11 years as FEE’s president (2008-2019). He is author of the 2020 book, Was Jesus a Socialist? as well as
We are approximately three months into the second term of a Labour Government and already their list of non-achievements is mounting up. They are showing themselves up to be what they are, a group who are very good at doing the talking but pretty abysmal at doing the walking.
One of the pitfalls of democracy is it permits fools to elect fools. There has never been a clearer example than the landslide victory afforded to Labour during the last election. Politicians, by nature, have to nurture the combined perceptions of intelligence, leadership and self assuredness. Not a difficult ask.
Climate change Henry Cooke (Stuff): Climate Change Commission confirms real Government action will be a minefield Jamie Morton (Herald): Fewer cows, mass EVs: what NZ must do to hit climate targets Richard Harman: Tiwai Point may hold key to our low carbon future Rod Carr (Stuff): Now’s the time
Last week Magic Talk cancelled John Banks for daring to state the truth, that Maori were a stone-age culture. Strangely though they have remained silent on utterings of another host, Sean Plunket, who mused on air on 21 January 2021 at 1:14 pm that if he had an
