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The Abject FAILURE of Stuart Nash in His Own Patch
Stuart Nash is the Police minister and also the Napier MP. He has overseen an explosion of gang members in his own patch that has meant that the Police have raised the white flag: “They have a new cohort of younger members. I don’t think the older hierarchy are
Is a Deal on Ihumatao Imminent?
The TV1 newsreaders were agog last week with the startling news that there might… only MIGHT… be a deal on Ihumatao about to be announced. They made a few implications and shadowed promises, but it was all speculation really. It is not exactly surprising that the main TV bulletin of
Shane Jones Must Be Over the Target
Shane Jones must be over the target such is the triggered response to his comments at Ratana: At the annual gathering at Ratana pa last Friday, Shane Jones unleashed an unhinged attack on Pania Newton. He referred to Pania as, “a young putiputi (flower)” then doubled down on his diatribe
Some Facebook Transparency from Oxfam
The other day we published an article by Christie about how the Red Cross hasn’t distributed all the money donated to it to help those affected by the bush fires in Australia. We also published an article by Xavier about how Jacinda Ardern has signed up to what she
Alison Mau: A Comedy of Errors
I never realised Alison Mau did comedy. This could explain why we find so many of her articles objectionable; she is trying to be funny, but we don’t understand the humour. This latest piece is a cracking work of comedy, however. All Alison needs now is a bit of
Ardern’s Election Transparency Pledge as Hollow as Her ‘Most Open and Transparent Government’ Pledge
Duncan Garner is brutal about Jacinda Ardern’s “smiling drivel” or her pledge for Labour to be transparent and truthful with election campaigning this year. So the PM wants to be relentlessly positive in a factual campaign run by Facebook’s rules. Pass me a giant sick bag and send
BFD Weekender: What Actually is Populism? And Why Does it Have a BAD Reputation?
Octavia Bryant, Australian Catholic University Benjamin Moffitt, Australian Catholic University No doubt thanks to Donald Trump, Brexit, and a string of anti-establishment leaders and parties in Europe, Latin America and Asia, everyone seems to be talking about populism. But populism is nothing new. It’s long accompanied democratic politics,
Will There Be a Maori Party Resurgence?
We criticise Jacinda and her government continually for performing badly, or not performing at all – think Kiwibuild, mental health, child poverty, and yet we fail to mention the things that she has done faster than anyone else. It took Helen Clark five years to fall out with Maori, and that
Is Tracey Martin Trolling Jonesy and Winston or Just Totally Effin’ Stupid?
Tracey Martin has decided to challenge the views of her leader, Winston Peters, and Shane Jones over the newly announced child brain-washing curriculum. New Zealand First MP Tracey Martin is defending the controversial climate change teaching resource despite her colleagues speaking out against it for telling students to eat
‘The US Has Every right to Withhold Funds From an Organisation it Sees as Dictatorial & Wasteful’
Press Release: New Conservative Helen Clark has reported that the UN is under threat as the US has cut some funding. We need to ask why it has cut funding, and if that is because the UN has moved on from its initial function, which was to promote world peace.
Ardern and Robertson a ‘Dream Team’?
Dear auntie Fran O’Sullivan is obviously struggling in the news void that always happens at this time of year. I am not even sure if Jacinda is back from holiday yet, and so political journalists find themselves having to make stuff up. In this latest offering, Fran implies that
Winston Pours Cold Water onto the Hangi Pit of Grievance at Ihumatao
Two days ago there were headlines all across the media that a deal was imminent for Ihumatao. The Media party were just repeating the words of an Aussie interloper masquerading as a Maori. There was no verification, no confirmation, just idle speculation. As the truck driver from Huntly took back
It Seems that for the NZ Government Jews are NOT us: Israel Snubbed for Holocaust Remembrance Day
David Farrar writes about the snub to Israel by our government in failing to send a representative to the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz: This year marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. On the 23rd of January (World Holocaust Memorial Day), the Fifth World Holocaust Forum