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It’s been three decades since the Muttonbirds wished they were in Wellington. These days, they might be inclined to revise that wish somewhat. After all, it’s only been one decade since John Key declared Wellington a “dying city”. It was controversial enough that Key had to retract his
NOTE: I’m not “serious” about Waitangi. I am simply making a point about the reaction of crybabies. One of the universal attributes of left-wingers in New Zealand is despising New Zealand along with the capitalist economic system. This however throws up a tidal wave of hypocrisy by these same
In March of this year, I made a number of predictions for election year, despite conceding it was probably unwise to do so. However, rather than listen to my own advice I’m going to make some more for 2024 after reviewing how close I came in 2023. Labour’s
Politicians, boosted by their enhanced narcissism, hubris, and sociopathy never seem to realise when their mouths are writing cheques that no one could possibly bank. Chloe Swarbrick is just another of this ilk making lofty and unattainable promises. But don’t you worry, we will be keeping the receipts, because
Prudence Flowers Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University Flinders University Abortion is shaping up to be a central issue for both parties in the 2024 US presidential and Congressional elections. Nearly two years ago, the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe
A government supported artist, Robert Heinlein wrote, is an incompetent whore. He might have added, an abusive one. Of course, there are some weirdos who pay a great deal of money to be abused by whores, but for most people, handing over money to beggars only to be returned a
When White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, made her first appearance in the job, she announced her qualifications. Respectively, her race, her gender, and her sexual preferences. That was it. The ability to string together a comprehensible sentence in English wasn’t one of the qualifications she touted. And well
Bruce Pardy Bruce Pardy is executive director of Rights Probe and professor of law at Queen’s University. brownstone.org Anew pandemic treaty is in the works. Countries are negotiating its terms, along with amendments to international health regulations. If ready in time, the World Health Assembly will approve them
Kimberly Ells Kimberly Ells is the author of The Invincible Family. Follow her at Invincible Family Substack. mercatornet.com One of the first headlines that greeted me at the turn of the new year was this: “Abortion Was the Leading Cause of Death Worldwide in 2023” This statistic grabbed my
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Beloved former Green MP Golriz Gahrahman may not be done with politics just yet. With the white cis man James Shaw stepping down from his party co-leader position, Golriz now has the chance to swoop in and steal the top job.
The explosion of naked anti-Semitism on the mainstream left might seem sudden and shocking, but it shouldn’t be. More or less open Jew-hating has been simmering on the left for years. As the left has more and more cosied up to Islam, itself endemically anti-Semitic*, it’s only become
Arthur There is a failure of local governments everywhere in New Zealand and it is a sorry saga being played out in various forms by all our councils infested with neo-Marxist nitwits, communist cretins and ex-student activists who have never grown up. It is particularly bad in Wellington where a
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 Shane Jones deserves full support for his round-arm swing at the Waitangi Tribunal which is now fiddling about with
New Zealand has a new coalition Government. Clearly, they will bring back some sanity and common sense to a shattered country. Even so, 2024 is predicted to be a ferociously tough year and the backlash is likely to be ultra-strong from those who lost the election. For now it’s
How is this news? Almost everyone has known for decades that this is where traditional media are heading. It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone but it appears to be a surprise to the New Zealand media, who have had their heads wedged firmly up their own fundaments for
