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The Christchurch Muslim community are feeling sidelined by the government inquiry into the terror attack. Their side of the story has been told by the New York Times in an article with the headline New Zealand Vowed to Listen to Muslims After Christchurch. It’s Failing, They Say. WELLINGTON, New
New Conservative Press Release: Freshwater has become yet another opportunity to divide New Zealand by ethnicity arising from the Waitangi Tribunal report released on Wednesday. The report recommends to government the creation of a co-governance commission with Maori along with “proprietary recognition” such as royalty payments. “Water is the
Many many years ago, I was partly involved in organising free lunches at a local school. The school was in a very poor area, the kids were coming to school hungry and we all know that hungry kids don’t learn. There were bakeries around that used to send the
ACT party Press release: “Police need to increase the collection rate of the gun ‘buy-back’ scheme six-fold if it is to stand any chance of being a success”, ACT Leader David Seymour says. “Based on import figures from Customs, COLFO conservatively estimates that 250,000 firearms have been
Why did Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods even bother announcing her 10-year plan for minerals and petroleum when its future is bleak? Why give the industry the idealistic goals of “affordable, sustainable energy” when the government is crippling it with legislation devoid of common sense? “Aotearoa New Zealand’
Simon Bridges says if he was in power he’d forge ahead with a West Coast power scheme. The Government’s turned down Westpower’s application for a “run of river” power scheme on Waitaha River, south of Hokitika.[…] Simon Bridges told the Country the Government is anti-development […] “We
Kyle Bass sits down with infamous Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, also known as known as “Miles Kwok,” to hear a series of shocking accusations and predictions revolving around the Chinese government. Kwok provides his perception of the backstory behind several recent high-profile news items, and touches on the Chinese
Something interesting is happening with “Indigenous” Australians. Not only is their population exploding faster than any other in Australia, but they are also apparently all moving to the cities. According to census data, Australia’s Aboriginal population is growing at twice the rate of everyone else, soaring by 20% in
I adore Boris Johnston. He is my new hero, although ‘anti-hero’ might be a more appropriate title for him at the moment. After promising that Britain will leave the EU on October 31st, come hell or high water, he is making sure it is going to happen… by suspending
Some years back, I was walking down the street when I was confronted with that scourge of the modern urban landscape: the Intersection ‘Honkers’. You know the ones: the invariably lefty activists (righties are presumably too busy actually working to be able to stand on street corners all day) forming
What is it about NSW Labor? It seems that, no sooner is one lot of shonks and grifters at the Sussex Street headquarters exposed (and even, rarely, jailed) that another crawls out of the woodwork. The current corruption inquiry is threatening to spill over into the federal party, especially given
The Taxpayers’ Union It’s almost time for our second annual Jonesie Awards, celebrating the ‘best of the worst’ of wasteful spending across central and local government. The Jonesies are our golden glitz and glamour Oscars-style award ceremony held at parliament where the Taxpayers’ Union (firmly tongue-in-cheek)
Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance: Phil Goff says we must tolerate the local fuel tax and rate hikes for the sake of vital infrastructure. Despite promising to deliver efficiencies and refocus the Super City onto core services at the last election, he’s now trying to tell you it can’t be
Fair & Reasonable Campaign: On Tuesday the National Party went public on what it claims is a leaked copy of the Government’s draft legislation detailing the next round of firearms law reforms. We have also obtained a copy of the draft Bill, the details of which are best summarised
The Morrison government has finally released the draft of its long-awaited religious freedom bill. While it will obviously take some time – and someone with more than a bush lawyer’s understanding – to sort through the bill, there are some initial grounds for encouragement. The government has, it says, tried
