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John Denton Oh, the irony. Post-election, Winston Peters, in his usual “I’ll do the talking sunshine” mode, railed against being “marginalised and shut out” by the “corrupt media”, despite it being they who were totally responsible for his comeback this time around. We know our mainstream media are heavily
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One of the curious things about the last couple of days is the high I am on. Unlike previous elections, this is the first New Zealand one (I also felt the same after voting for Donald Trump in 2016) I am ‘feeling’. It is the first one where I am
Of all the silly, preposterous nonsense in the Godfather movie – which is nothing more than a slur on people (ahem) of Sicilian descent – no scene is more silly and preposterous than when Kay asks Michael if he really is a mob boss and has just had Carlo, his brother in
Memo to Jenna Lynch, Amelia Wade, Jessica Mutch McKay, Tova O’Brien, Maiki Sherman, Simon Wilson, Luke Malpass et al: If the election result told us one thing it is that you are irrelevant. The vast majority of the country took no notice of what you had to say. Your
Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. The Labour Party has crashed from 50 per cent of the vote in 2020 to around 27 per cent in 2023. The election loss has been
It is traditionally thought that New Zealand has a three-year term for governments. While strictly true, in reality, it isn’t. Matt McCarten was the guy who explained to me that our real term of parliament is actually six years, split into two three-year halves. If your government is good
Andrew Little – who first entered Parliament in 2011 – has confirmed he will not take a list seat and will retire from politics. Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more
The only thing really surprising about Australian voters’ rejection of the “Indigenous Voice to Parliament” referendum was its scale and brutal swiftness. Within less than an hour of polls closing, it was clear that the referendum had been emphatically rejected in every state. There was no need to even bother
Imagine if, when General Eisenhower released the horrifying footage of the liberation of Dachau and Auschwitz, left-wing “progressives” had marched in their thousands across the Allied nations, proclaiming their allegiance to the Reich? That’s what has happened this week. The mask is off for all to see: if you
Michelle Grattan Professorial Fellow University of Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to continue to battle Indigenous disadvantage and promote reconciliation, in the wake of the sweeping defeat of his referendum to put a Voice in the Constitution. “We intend as a government to continue to do what we
Civilised nations across the world, including UK, Australia, and USA, have seen fit to show solidarity with Israel at her time of grief, by lighting prominent buildings with Israel’s colours. Sydney Opera House, 10 Downing St, The Brandenburg Gate and buildings in Kyiv and the European Commission have responded
Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED Multi-award-winning Newstalk ZB host Mike Hosking woke up with an absolute bone-chilling hangover, as his 7.55 alarm went off Sunday morning. After a dominant National Party performance last night, Hosking pushed the boat out even further than most would have
Adrian Beaumont The University of Melbourne theconversation.com While the tide well and truly went out on Labour on election night, there are still several factors complicating the formation of a National and ACT coalition government. Special votes are yet to be counted, with the official final result still three
This election I’ve heard the term ‘lanyard class’ being thrown around. The term has been used by the ACT Party and by Sean Plunket as a derogatory statement for civil servants that they believe are a waste of taxpayers dollars. However, in the case of Sean it was more
