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Brian Tamaki Kiwis have had enough…it’s gone too far! Gisborne is a prime example, just look at Tuesday! Police, gays and Council were waiting at the rainbow crossing after the media tipped them off to Destiny Church turning up. They were standing together, shoulder to shoulder, against those
The University of Auckland in New Zealand was founded in 1883 as Auckland University College, initially serving as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Its humble beginnings were in a disused courthouse and jail, where it started with 95 students and 4 teaching staff. Regretfully amongst these
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “Houston, we have a problem!” New Zealand’s Supreme Court – the highest court in our land – has been captured by activist judges. What is heartening, is the emergence of a wide range of eminent legal voices all openly criticising the Court and calling for this
Newshub is stoking the fires against David Seymour and Winston Peters, expressing outrage about what both have said about the appalling segregation occurring at Auckland University. Their headline screams they are facing criticism: But are they? And who is the criticism from? The Deputy Prime Minister and ACT Party are
Geoff Parker Open Letter To: The Rt Hon Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister – Christopher.Luxon@parliament.govt.nz The Rt Hon Winston Peters, Deputy Prime Minister – Winston.Peters@parliament.govt.nz The Hon David Seymour, Leader of the Act Party – David.Seymour@parliament.govt.nz The Hon Shane Jones, Deputy Leader
When is this madness going to end? The derangement of record-high mass immigration is so out of hand that even the bien pensant lefty readers of The Age can see it. Even if the scribblers at Pravda-on-the-Yarra can’t quite bring themselves to. But how much
Sooner or later, even the most demented, smooth-brained Climate Cultist has a discomforting collision with reality. Across the world, governments and corporations have been quietly backing away from their “climate commitments”, as they realise, firstly, how ruinously expensive they are, and, secondly, how utterly useless. Car rental giant Hertz
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science NZDSOS.com Once again, a corrupt public body meant to serve the people, rather than industry and its own pockets, has had to back down. While it has not admitted fault, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reached a settlement with
Alwyn Poole alwynpoole.substack.com Founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11 – 13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1 – 13. As
As I wrote some time ago, Ron DeSantis for a while looked like the new Ronald Reagan. In a sense, that’s still true: DeSantis is the closest to a centre-right conservative who might reunite a bitterly divided America. But that’s not what America needs in 2024: things
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com As everybody who is not blind and deaf is aware, there is a huge political preoccupation with climate change at the moment, a widespread (though by no means unanimous) belief that global temperatures are rising mainly as a result of the greenhouse gases created by humankind,
Those who vote for a government have every right to expect it to carry out what it campaigned on, certainly its main policy planks. In the past there has been no end of criticism of governments who have failed to do so or, worse, have done something entirely different. This
Simon O’Connor onpointnz.substack.com 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. Some may find it extraordinary to think that New Zealand’s largest trading partner thought it
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.substack.com I am Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington, where I run the Democracy Project, and am a full-time researcher in the School of Government Former Finance Minister Grant Robertson and former Prime Minister Chris Hipkins have been conveying how unhappy they
There are some folk who haven’t realised that Kiwis rejected racism, separatism, and segregation at the last election. The parties which promoted those policies, Labour, Green and Maori, got bundled out of office. Now a storm has erupted over a sign at Auckland University. Act got into the debate,
