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Thank Goodness Hate Speech Laws Are off the Agenda
bobmccoskrie.com In a recent interview on TVNZ”s Q&A, a promoter of hate speech laws – Green MP Chloe Swarbrick – proved to us just how flawed & dangerous hate speech laws would be. This is because ‘hate speech’ is generally defined by the promoters of such a law,
A Nationalist Politician Who Wants What Is Best for Kiwis
The right honourable Winston Peters has declared numerous times, including this month’s interview with Leighton Smith that he is a nationalist. The leader of the New Zealand First (NZF) party, now deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, for the third time in his career, reiterates he is a Kiwi
How Thick Is Ginny Andersen?
Ginny Andersen always struck me as being stupid and thick. Yesterday morning she proved she is also thoroughly nasty. Have a listen to this audio from Mike Hosking’s show: Labour’s police spokeswoman, Ginny Andersen, claims Police Minister Mark Mitchell was “paid to kill people” and has asked him
Yes to More Breast Cancer Screening, but What About the Blokes?
The Prostate Cancer Foundation congratulates the coalition Government on delivering its promised extension of free breast screening, the most common cancer among New Zealand women. The extension will save lives. But Kiwi men are wondering why it’s taking so long to see a focus on reducing the number of
Albo Steps on Another Rake
When he hasn’t been flitting around the world on taxpayer-funded holidays, Anthony Albanese seems to have spent his entire time in office stepping on one rake after another, and trying to convince everyone that “I meant to do that!”. Sometimes, as was the case with the disastrous “Voice”
Five Reasons Why
Thomas Gift Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL Donald Trump’s inexorable march to the 2024 Republican presidential nomination has sparked plenty of second-guessing. What could his opponents, including former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley and Florida governor Ron DeSantis, have done differently to
Demolishing Dams for the Fish Gods
An expert, it is said, is someone who knows more and more about less and less, until finally they know everything about nothing. We’re constantly lectured to “listen to the experts”: the problem is, though, that the experts have spent the last five years especially proving to everyone who’
Keep Your Noses Out of Our Fridges
If only we could hook up turbines to the wagging fingers of the nanny statists, we’d have abundant renewable energy, forever. There’s nothing these taxpayer-funded nosey-parkers don’t see fit to hector and finger-wag us about. Especially food. “Food,” as blogger Skepchick said, “is for
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Can We Trust the COVID-19 Royal Commission?
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com The Role of Tony Blakely During Covid As the country gets a say, finally, on the shape of the new coalition’s promised inquiry into the entirety of the covid response, it is clear that commissioners appointed by the previous government
A Peek Inside Parliament in 2024
“Order!” bellowed the bewigged cetacean who occupied the Speaker’s chair, and among other names was often referred to as Mr Speaker. “The house will begin its business soon, but first there are, as is now the custom, certain ceremonies which must be performed before we can move on to
Is Maori Mana a Myth?
The Te Aka Maori Dictionary defines Mana and Myth as: MANA – prestige, control, power, influence, status, spiritual power, charisma – mana is a ‘supernatural force’ in a person, place or object. MYTH – the modifier (adjective) “mythical” in this example is defined as “Some mythical tales of the Pakeha should be told
The Challenges Luxon’s Govt Faces
Michael Bassett Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments bassettbrashandhide.com Unless you were present to hear the Prime Minister deliver his State of the Nation speech on 18
From One Trough to the Next
Politicians are unique in one special regard: they never suffer the consequences of their actions and amazingly move from one well-filled trough to the next almost seamlessly. And so it is with Grant Robertson, arguably the worst Finance Minister in living memory. He’s quit Parliament and landed a