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National party Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter has run roughshod over the rules governing ministers by penning a secret transport letter to Phil Twyford. The Cabinet Manual is very clear. At 8.25, it notes: ‘Ministers should always be clear about the capacity in which they are creating or
ACT party Chinese diplomats’ praise for violent students at the University of Auckland and condemnation for Hong Kong protestors demonstrates stunning hypocrisy. The Chinese Consul General on Friday condemned the protests in Hong Kong as disrupting order and the rule of law. But just eight days ago, the Consulate praised
New Conservative Parliament has yet again failed to represent the will of the people, reflected in a NewsHub poll showing 75% opposition to this Bill, in passing the Abortion Legislation Bill through its first reading. Labour’s fast track programme will be further failing democracy if it does not deal
By Brian Dingwall Have we ever before had political leaders who think traffic lights can be red and green at the same time? So many mutually exclusive beliefs are being held simultaneously by this government. I’ll list a few, and I’m sure others can find many more: * The
By Malcolm I knew Jacinda Ardern and her CoL had plunged the country into a financial crisis when our local hospital this week announced that all its inpatient beds were full and the overflow had filled the A&E beds with emergency admissions. They have declared a “code red”
I have been amazed at how bad Wellington traffic has become in the last 5 years or so. Just this week, there were 2 major traffic incidents that caused tailbacks for literally miles. This is happening far too often, and while something desperately needs to be done, the current council
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Investigative journalist Laura Loomer recently traveled to Israel where she spoke with national security experts, including Danny Tirza, the man responsible for building Israel’s controversial security barrier that protects Israel from Palestinian terror attacks. Watch as Loomer walks along the Gaza border as well as Israel’s most southern
This is an interesting video because it puts into context the way the MSM interpret these types of events.
It really is getting beyond a joke the way the press takes every opportunity to publish endless silly and pointless stories about Jacinda Ardern. Take this recent example from ‘A Newspaper’. The article is headed – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is labelled ‘masterful’ by US Presidential candidate. Who could this be?
In the wake of the two most newsworthy recent mass shootings in America, the left-media class have fallen over themselves to scream blame and point the finger at President Trump, conservatives and “White Nationalists”. But the reality is that not only is much of the recent violence in America
As Brexit has shown beyond all doubt, the media-political elite regard voters with utter disdain. At best, they regard voters as an annoying inconvenience: an annoyance to be herded to the polls to dutifully rubber-stamp whatever their superiors have deigned to put before them as “election issues”. Otherwise,
Monty Python’s Life of Brian is, by the day, looking less and less like a satire than a prophecy on a par with 1984 or Brave New World. But then, Huxley’s masterpiece was also intended as a satire. It’s just that reality seems determined to outdo satire
Free Speech Coalition The government deserves praise for taking proactive and public steps against the Chinese Consulate’s attempt to interfere with speech at universities. Free Speech Coalition spokesperson Dr David Cumin says, “It would have been easy for the government to do nothing, for fear of offending a key
