Michael Bassett Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments bassettbrashandhide.com The Bible tells us in several places that the poor will always be with us. It’s doubtful
Predictably the Labour-stacked Privileges Committee has only made Jan Tinetti apologise for her dodgy behaviour in handling Official Information Act requests, instead of censuring her or holding her in contempt of Parliament. Education Minister Jan Tinetti has escaped being held in contempt of Parliament – but has now apologised for
Cranmer Lawyer with over 25 years experience in some of the world’s biggest law firms. I divide my time between the UK and NZ. This Substack explores issues facing NZ at present under my nom du plume, Cranmer. cranmer.substack.com Yesterday news broke that the UK’s biggest
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We are seeing yet another slow-moving scandal threatening to envelop the Labour Party while Chris Hipkins is on his knees begging in China. Kiri Allan is the latest minister to be accused of bullying, and it appears to be rather more serious than the minister is letting on. Stuff
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One of New Zealand’s leading arts and film philanthropists, Sir James Wallace, can now be revealed as the rich-lister convicted of indecently assaulting three men and attempting to pervert the course of justice. The Government has also begun the process of stripping Wallace of his knighthood, while Auckland
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David Seymour ACT Party Leader Recent revelations about bad working relationships with Minister Kiri Allan raise questions about why Prime Minister Chris Hipkins wouldn’t release the transcript of her controversial speech to Radio New Zealand earlier this year. Was he aware of these other issues and trying to protect
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As the Labour government promises to throw yet more buckets of cash at New Zealand’s failing universities, no one appears to be giving much thought to whether or not it would be better to simply let them fail. Or, failing that, actively putting them out of their misery. Because
hobsonspledge.nz Last week, I wrote about the disturbing news that our Government is ordering doctors to assess which patients to prioritise for treatment and surgeries based on their race. I want to emphasise just how seriously we must take this. Not only does this policy contribute to a growing
