I was considering voting for ACT at the election. Maybe I still will, but I have to admit, David Seymour’s recent antics have made me think twice. The election is now only a few weeks away. If voting mirrors the current polling in any way, we should have a
Tim Baker kiwisforgood.co.nz The numbers reveal a dramatic increase in the prescription of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) to children aged 19 and under, with prescription rates soaring from 40,146 in 2010 to a staggering 160,299 in 2021. These statistics raise pressing questions about the safety
If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. The Disintegrating ‘Centre Ground’ Over the next six weeks, we are all going to hear an awful lot of nonsense about the ‘centre ground’. Most of this nonsense will come out
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On Sunday Winston Peters said the unthinkable in New Zealand politics, daring to say that Maori are not indigenous. Maoris’ own oral history tells us they are not indigenous and in fact that they are fellow immigrants and may be the first colonisers. Christopher Luxon, who thinks he’s the
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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo was of the Market Square in Ypres, Belgium. ** We need more photos please folks, so grab your camera or
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com The Media Insider column on the New Zealand Herald website each week is a column, funnily enough, about the media.
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Monica Hughes PhD themariachiyears.substack.com For those who don’t know, New Zealand has a New Prime Minister since Jacinda Ardern stepped down in order to work toward more important goals such as global censorship. New Zealand’s PM is Chris Hipkins. Before this he was Minister of Covid-
In my last article I was somewhat critical of National for its strategies and some of its policies not being sufficiently in tune with its core voter base. That was not to detract from the fact that a National/ACT coalition will form the next Government. One thing I think
Dr Muriel Newman Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. nzcpr.com The battlelines have been drawn.
