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The High Court Judgment Is Out
Michael Dowling Chairman Council of Licenced Firearms Owners Yesterday afternoon Justice Cooke issued his judgment on our High Court Judicial Review case. While this is not a clear win Justice Cooke’s comments are a significant endorsement of many of our principle-based arguments. The Judge was clearly sympathetic to
Latest Poll Still Shows Major Work Needed for National
1News released their latest Colmar Brunton poll yesterday: Labour: 50 down 9 (62 seats) National: 38 up 9 (47 seats) Greens: 6 (7 seats) NZ First: 2 Act: 3 (4 seats) Preferred PM Jacinda Ardern: 54 Todd Muller: 13 Net Approvals Jacinda Ardern: Not given in news segment Todd Muller:
Face of the Day
It’s been a week since problems at the New Zealand border first emerged, but the cloud hanging over Health Minister David Clark’s career hasn’t lifted. It’s a big deal calling for someone to resign. Despite much jeering and jibing, the Opposition doesn’t often call for
The BFD Video: WHO’s Sneaky Ties to China’s Most Powerful Communists
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Latest 1News/Colmar Brunton Poll
1News has released their latest Colmar Brunton poll tonight: Labour: 50 down 9 (62 seats) National: 38 up 9 (47 seats) Greens: 6 (7 seats) NZ First: 2 Act: 3 (4 seats) Preferred PM Jacinda Ardern: 54 Todd Muller: 13 Net Approvals Jacinda Ardern: Not given in news segment Todd
Things That Make Me Go Hmm
A “far-left” wing blog editor with his podcast sponsored by a company that specialises in insolvency? What is wrong with this picture?
Stop the Press!
Chris Penk The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Stop the press! One of the sectors thrown into considerable chaos by the government’s coronavirus choices is the media. First, consider the difficulties that the Fourth Estate faced
Oral Questions – 25 June 2020
Questions to Ministers KIRITAPU ALLAN to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the international context for the New Zealand economy? Hon NIKKI KAYE to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by her statements yesterday that Ministers “were advised that the testing was happening twice during
Councils under Pressure to Save and Invest, to Kickstart Economy
EDITORIAL: The calculators and spreadsheets of finance staff in our local government offices are working overtime. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced councils to rewrite their annual plans and recalculate their proposed average rates increases for the 2020-21 financial year. It’s a momentous task they will be scrambling
Winston Derails the Government
The debacle that is the light rail project up Dominion Road has been electrocuted. The hoped for Streetcar named Desire is no more and it appears it is thanks to Winston Peters. Well, I’ll happily stand first in the queue to thank him. If ever there was a dumb
Plan B – Does It Exist?
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com With the public’s broad support, in the face of the COVID threat, the government closed down New Zealand, imposing a dictatorial control regime to an extent unprecedented in our history. That said, every measure they took copied to the letter what was being done
Embassy of Israel Response to the Statement by Hon Winston Peters
Patricia Deen Spokesperson Embassy of Israel in Wellington Wellington, 24 June 2020 The concern expressed in the New Zealand Government press release of 23 June 2020 is based on a prediction, however no official Israeli decision has been made or action plan has been taken regarding the issue of concern.
New Zealand Expresses Concerns over Proposed Israeli Annexation Plans
Rt Hon Winston Peters Deputy Prime Minister Foreign Affairs 23 JUNE 2020 Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters today expressed the serious concern of the New Zealand Government about the proposed annexation by Israel of parts of the West Bank. The comments are in advance of the 1 July date set