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Simon O’Connor Husband, step-father, and longtime student of philosophy and history. Also happen to be a former politician, including chairing New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Committee. onpointnz.substack.com Imagine going onto a marae and as the karanga (call) begins, blasting a trumpet to announce your
Charles Chubb The demand for a Maori Parliament was shocking but not particularly surprising to me. It was always a matter of time. It dates back to when Geoffrey Palmer opened a can of worms when he mentioned “The principles of the Treaty of Waitangi”. When such a statement is
Dr Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.substack.com Today’s anti-government protests around the country will not be convinced by Nicola Willis’s budget. She has announced exactly what critics were expecting—
Hon Nicola Willis Minister of Finance Budget Speech 2024 Mr Speaker, I move that the Appropriation (2024/25 Estimates) Bill be now read a second time. […] As I said in te reo Maori, it is an honour to announce this year’s Budget. The Budget delivers on key commitments. For
Here is the replay of The Crunch from this week. My guests this week were Danny Simms, Kathryn Ennis-Carter and, of course, we have the Buddies. Enjoy! DANNY SIMMS: Farmer And Company Director: On Fijian Politics, Coups, And Parallels With NZ Farmer, company director and enthusiastic RCR listener Danny Simms
David Bell David Bell, Senior Scholar at Brownstone Institute, is a public health physician and biotech consultant in global health. He is a former medical officer and scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), Programme Head for malaria and febrile diseases at the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) in
So, it turns out that trying to prohibit a recreational substance by imposing massive taxes on it only encourages a black market. Who knew! Have they tried outright banning it? That always works. When the tax alone on a pack of cigarettes is over $30, what do the nanny-staters think
Apparently not content with leaving New Zealand in the poo, Jacinda Ardern also flung fists full of her dire legacy across the Tasman. As The BFD has been reporting, dozens of foreign-born murderers, rapists, and child molesters, have been allowed to stay in Australia on the orders of Immigration Minister
Garret Martin Senior Professorial Lecturer, Co-Director Transatlantic Policy Center, American University School of International Service Voters in the United Kingdom on May 22 learned the date they would be joining the many, many people casting ballots around the world in 2024. In a surprise move, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced
You know how it goes, one day you’re the most important cause there ever was, the next, you’re just some shmuck begging in a former Soviet province. Faster than it takes a social media normie to change their profile badge, today’s Great Moral Challenge is yesterday’s
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Citizens of the world unite this Saturday 1st, June for a peaceful rally outside the United Nations (UN) building in Geneva in the name of freedom, independence and sovereignty. The threat to democracy and our individual freedoms is more important now
As a child, it was fun to make daisy chains. A group of little girls, yes often girls would pinch a hole in the stem and thread the next daisy stem into the gap. Then repeat. It was a simple activity. Those were the days. There was great delight in
Brian Tamaki Te Pati Maori now needs to be deemed “A Terrorist Organisation” * Inciting high treason * Inciting racial hatred * Inciting civil war * Brandishing guns in their propaganda * “Fight to die” rhetoric * Rejecting NZ government (because it’s Pakeha government) * Rejecting NZ laws (because it’s Pakeha law) * Rejecting NZ money
Chris Lynch chrislynchmedia.com ACT MP Karen Chhour has responded to the Maori Party’s “divisive outbursts.” Co-leader Rawiri Waititi said yesterday, ‘It’s now time for us to step comfortably into our rangatiratanga and to not give too much to this Pakeha Government with their Pakeha Budget for their
Nicola Willis has delivered and saved her job after promising tax cuts during the election or she would resign. For the first time in a decade, we finally have a government that is going to take less from our pockets. Tax cuts are locked in. Budget 2024 has set aside
Daniel McCarthy Daniel McCarthy is the editor of Modern Age: A Conservative Review. To read more by Daniel McCarthy, visit www.creators.com newsbusters.org Javier Milei is a rock star. The president of Argentina was, in fact, in a Rolling Stones cover band as a teen. But now he
