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David Farrar David Farrar blogs at Kiwiblog bassettbrashandhide.com 1 News reports: Christopher Luxon says he was told by some Kiwis on the campaign trail they “didn’t know” the difference between Waka Kotahi, Te Pukenga and Te Whatu Ora. Speaking to Breakfast, the incoming prime minister said having English
Remember how Marcia Langton promised us we’d never have to hear another fatuous “Welcome to Country” if the Voice referendum failed? Well, we’re waiting for that promise to come good. One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has demanded a ban on Welcome to Country rituals in the wake of
So, Australia’s taxpayer-funded national broadcaster is running Hamas propaganda campaigns, now? Because that’s the upshot of the featured story on the ABC today, which is wall-to-wall hand-wringing over terrorists getting their just desserts and tendentious justification for Hamas’ murderous rule. And, of course, lots of lying attacks on
Oved Lobel aijac.org.au The ubiquitous handwringing and condemnation regarding potential Israeli violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is the political and media equivalent of one hand clapping. While there is no evidence to date that Israel has violated IHL despite the devastation of the war – on the contrary,
In the 1930s, Stalin embarked on a sweeping ideological purge of the Soviet military. The purge was designed to remove potential threats to Stalin’s grip on power, and any ideological remnants of Trotskyism. In 2021, the Democrat party embarked on a sweeping ideological purge of the American military. That
Newzealanddoc Philadelphia-born psychoanalyst, psychiatrist and author who emigrated to New Zealand in 2006. He retired from psychiatric practice in 2021, refusing to be inoculated, after working in the public sector in New Zealand. newzealanddoc.substack.com Transcript Below Okay, welcome and this is Dr Matt Shelton and it is a
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz IT’S NOT A BRIBE New Zealand’s media has had an absolute gutsful of our new deputy prime minister Winston Peters. From the moment the combative politician regained his position in government, he has been on the attack. Peters has labelled the Ardern-era “public interest
It’s been an interesting, and worthwhile-watching, week so far – with the entertainment provided by Mr Scab-Ripper-in-Chief Peters turning the tables, so to speak, in holding media to account, a highlight. They don’t like it up ’em, do they Captain Mainwaring? To see the industry figures run for cover
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com The mass media indignation of recent days ignited by Winston Peters’s accusations of bribery reminds us of a famous
From the moment the new government was sworn in, the news media have been floundering, They have been thrashing around, having taken the bait laid for them by none other than their long-standing nemesis, Winston Peters. Winston, playing a part equivalent to the artful dodger (a crafty person behaving in
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com We are witnessing a remarkable turnaround in New Zealand politics. The Coalition agreement entered into by National, ACT and New Zealand First reflects the first three-party coalition deal in our country’s history. Democracy can be seen to have prevailed, with MMP delivering what a
It takes a special kind of stupid for a politician to call up a mate to run a story decrying the ‘attack’ on the Public Interest Journalism Fund, when that journalist and his stories are paid for by the very same PIJF. Then again it is Willie Jackson. Former broadcasting
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Is the jig finally up on mass immigration? The elite class are addicted to mass immigration, even as Australian voters reject it more and more strongly. Not least because voters are wise enough to see what apparently eludes the university-educated elite: importing millions of foreigners during a housing crisis is
As I wrote recently for Insight, only a fool would deny that there is a lingering anti-Semitism problem on the extreme fringe of the right. That’s something the centre-right must confront if it’s to provide a safe space for Jews fleeing the left. And they are — because what’
cfact.org The biggest purveyors of “misinformation” and “disinformation” in America today are those who profess to be journalists, especially when it comes to “reporting” on climate issues. It would be understandable to counter this by saying, rather, that it is politicians and their appointees who are the ones conveying
