* In March 2020, then Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told the country she had all the legislative means and enforcement powers to tell us what we could and couldn’t do. The doctors in New Zealand were told they must be positive about the Covid-19 vaccine. New Zealanders were told
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 If you think there is a move afoot by the radical Maori fringe of New Zealand society to
Peter Dunne writes at Newsroom about the problems facing Labour. They are plentiful but can be summed up into two main categories: nastiness and incompetence. Dunne starts with Chris Hipkins; after all, the buck is supposed to stop at the top. Labour leader Chris Hipkins looks mostly at sea in
Hon Nicole McKee Associate Minister of Justice The Government is delivering on its commitment to bring back the Three Strikes legislation, Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee announced on Monday. “Our Government is committed to restoring law and order and enforcing appropriate consequences on criminals. We are making it clear that
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Stuff can’t make up its mind how to spell Tyler Bleyendaal’s surname. Wrong in the headlines, correct in the text. It’s not that difficult. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you
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Today, RNZ and both TV news channels lean well to the left, NZME and Stuff have both been captured by a radical interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi, and the Otago Daily Times won’t touch a cartoonist like Garrick Tremain. Don Brash Conservative views are less and less welcome
If anyone thinks Stuff producing the 6pm news bulletin on Three is the answer to viewers’ prayers they are dreaming. This is a marriage made in heaven if you want a continuation of the very reasons Newshub finds itself in the position it is in. If you were one hoping
Simon Anderson Simon Anderson is a technology consultant and citizen photojournalist based in Auckland. I copped a fair amount of flak for publishing footage of two politicians sitting together outside a cafe. The essence of much of the criticism was that politicians are entitled to private lives – which of course
Family First says that the latest abortion statistics make grim and upsetting reading, with a 25 per cent increase in abortions since the decriminalisation of abortion in March 2020. According to an Official Information Act request received by Right to Life, the provisional figures show a 14 per cent increase
If you ever wanted proof of the disconnect of the elites, look no further than the blaming of the public for the ongoing failure of the legacy media, rather than being introspective about seeking whom to blame. Then there is the empirical evidence of the IPSOS research company that carries
Proverbs 22 15 A youngster’s heart is filled with foolishness, but physical discipline will drive it far away. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
