Don Brash Hobson’s Pledge spokesman As many readers will know, on the last day of November the Stuff media group ran an apology to Maori New Zealanders on the front page of all their newspapers under the heading “We are sorry”. They said that they had been racist, “contributing
I had a real FFS moment while doing my supermarket shop this week when I came across this… If you enjoyed this BFD article please share it.
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The Green Party’s new intake included, scraping in in last place, a Mexican migrant called Ricardo Menendez March. His credentials for selection appear to be, a. He’s homosexual, something Green Party types view as a higher art form, and, b. His occupation as
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Oh what fun! The media are now in full cry with their standard pack-hunting turning on Mallard with resignation demands over his rape allegation, and the subsequent legal costs met by taxpayers. Now I can’t speak for radio and television news as I
Audrey Young, writing in the Weekend Herald, says the biggest risk from the 2020 election result is that Labour’s outright majority could deliver the most boring parliamentary term in recent memory. In my view, that description could just as well apply to their first term where there was inaction
ACT Party “It should shock people that a managed isolation booking system was developed that allowed people to book more rooms than they need, leaving multiple rooms empty while New Zealanders are desperate to return home,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “But actually it won’t surprise anyone, so used
Speaker Trevor Mallard’s rape allegations Stuff: Editorial – Speaker faces pointy inquisition from select committee Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Former deputy speaker expected Trevor Mallard’s legal dispute to be costly when agreeing to it Herald: ‘He made a mistake’: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern continues to back Speaker Trevor Mallard Newstalk
Information Satire There was one black fly sitting on the wall. No, this isn’t the penultimate verse of a lengthy song beginning ‘There were a thousand black flies sitting on the wall’, but a statement of fact. The wall in question was in the office of Grunt Robbingson, Minister
ACT Party “Reports that the Cabinet will today rubber stamp the Government buying Fletcher Building out of Ihumatao is a terrible step toward formalising Jacinda Ardern’s worst decision as Prime Minister,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “If you own land and someone squats on it, the Prime Minister won’
About thirty years ago, some Greenie bird watchers from Auckland forced tens of thousands of dollars to be spent relocating a nest of birds from in the path of the soon to be built Esmonde Rd on-ramp. They would surely die if they had to live a few metres
Some alarming information has come to hand that despite the clear failures from Police that led to the tragedy at Christchurch, the Police are hell-bent on ramming through further changes that materially, negatively affect licensed firearms owners. Chris Cahill, the Police union mouthpiece, is pushing hard for registration and
It is now apparent that the very person who is supposed to uphold the dignity of Parliament and the safety of those working within its corridors has proven himself to be totally unfit for the position. In my previous article I set out the backgrounds of those MP’s elected
Speaker Trevor Mallard’s rape allegations Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Trevor Mallard should never have been appointed as Speaker Barry Soper (Herald): Why House Speaker Trevor Mallard should resign Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): How can Labour preach kindness, yet support Trevor Mallard? Amelia Wade (Herald): Rules quietly changed
Stuff has an a article outlining just how badly Police are letting down Licensed Firearm Owners with their approach to licensing and re-licensing: Firearms licence applicants are growing increasingly frustrated as police muddle through 10,000 outstanding applications, some dating as far back as November 2015. The issue comes
John Rofe This week we had the astonishing spectacle of the Speaker, Trevor Mallard, finally coming clean about how much the mistaken use of the term “rape” has cost the NZ taxpayer, after a week or so of prevarication. He is now being taken apart by a cowardly pack of
