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Grant Duncan Visiting scholar in politics, City, University of London If you live in New Zealand and you’re feeling poorer, you’re not imagining it. Stats NZ has revealed the economy was in recession over the second half of last year. GDP fell in the September and December quarters
Heather du Plessis-Allan is the only legacy media person who seems to get what it was that Winston Peters was trying to say, even as those around her were losing their collective minds. There is a saying on the internet known as Godwin’s law. Basically everyone misquotes it. The
[Sir Russell Coutts] hit out at the “extreme” marine mammal management plan “forced upon” SailGP and said New Zealand was “handcuffed” by bureaucracy and red tape. […] “In addition to our normal marine mammal protocols, SailGP has had this extreme marine mammal management plan forced upon us in Lyttelton, demanded by
Ronald Stein Ronald Stein is an engineer, senior policy advisor on energy literacy for CFACT, and co-author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated book Clean Energy Exploitations. cfact.org For one of the wealthier countries on this planet, America, with 330 million people representing about four per cent of the world’
Ming sojournal.co.nz “And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked…” EPHESIANS 2:1-2A Introduction Recently, Australian news sources have been abuzz with plans for a bill outlawing conversion therapy to be passed in New South Wales. Though I do not think that
hobsonspledge.nz Terminated for saying ‘no’ to cultural training – what’s next? Just a quick update on Janet’s situation. As I shared with you previously, the Real Estate Authority (REA) said they were going to cancel real estate agent Janet Dickson’s licence for five years because she would
Chris Lynch Chris Lynch is a journalist, videographer and content producer, broadcasting from his independent news and production company in Christchurch, New Zealand. If you have a news tip or are interested in video content, email chris@chrislynchmedia.com. chrislynchmedia.com OPINION: Jacinda Ardern’s denunciation of the “politics of
Harry Palmer I’ve long been a fan of Alistair Cooke (1908–2004), right back from the days in the early 1950s in post-war Britain when I heard his Letter from America on the wireless for the first time. That was well before I even knew what a television was,
Many of the 3100 Auckland roads with speed reductions since 2020 look set to be reversed under what Transport Minister Simeon Brown calls “nanny state” regulations to slow motorists down. On Thursday, Brown announced he is proceeding with an election promise to reverse the previous Labour Government’s blanket speed
familyfirst.org.nz Welcome to PulsePoint Episode 2 – the latest media stories and research related to family and society that you need to know about – issues from both New Zealand and overseas that the Family First team have been monitoring and researching over the last week. It’s time to
Grab the popcorn, the left are about to start fighting again. Once again, the in-fighting is brought on as a consequence of unions actually remembering to back the interests of workers rather than inner-city, laptop-class leftists. Major unions are pressing the federal government to reduce the ability of “clueless activists”
As I wrote recently, the repeated insistence that illegal immigrants in the US are less likely to commit crimes than citizens is a myth based entirely on a handful of crank “studies” by a single pro-open borders activist. Nevertheless, by dint of endlessly repeating the lie, the left-media have erected
Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.substack.com “It is often said that behind every great man is a great woman”. This is the pitch by the National Party Botany electorate branch to attend their “Ladies Afternoon
I’m titillated by the term ‘technical recession’ being bandied about the state of the economy. It’s a bit like ‘technical pregnancy’: you either are or are not experiencing one. We are. We’re in a recession and it behoves those with a public voice to speak to that
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 The Reserve Bank has recently been advertising for a Principal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Adviser. As the
