Everything about politics
Mark Freeman Fifty people braved a wintery southerly wind to take part in Wellington’s first Stop Co-Governance street march on Saturday. The number was down on attendance at the Christchurch and Auckland marches, which had been more than 200 and more than 300 respectively. Escorted by police, marchers walked
Antonio Graceffo Antonio Graceffo, PhD, has spent more than 20 years in Asia. He earned a PhD at Shanghai University of Sport, holds a China-MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and studied national defense at American Military University. mises.org At the conclusion of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg on August
Summer can be a bit perplexing. According to NIWA, “meteorological summer” begins on 1 December. But “astronomical summer”, marked by the summer solstice, falls on 22 December. Usually, natural summer, determined by weather patterns and the warmest 90-day period of the year, starts around 14 December. Yet, it can kick
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com South Carolina senators recently held a meeting to hear from health and scientific professionals highly concerned about significant problems with Covid injections. Below we mention three of the presentations. Plasmid: Small circular, double-stranded DNA molecules able to replicate independently of the
As the opinion polls show Labour continuing to languish in the mid 20s, around 15 per cent behind the National party, we need to cast a glance at our old friend Machiavelli to understand why. Just as you ignore Adam Smith’s laws of economics at your peril (like Britain
Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole 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. alwynpoole.substack.com [On
Shane Te Pou has an article in the NZ Herald questioning whether we can have politics without division. He suggests we can all learn how to do politics from Maori. Naturally, he begins his article by attacking those who oppose the Labour Party. So much politics seems to be about
Yesterday the Green Party released its main policies, including income, housing and climate change. Its income and tax plans include: * $385 a week guaranteed for students and anyone looking for work, with an extra $135 each week if you are caring for kids at home on your own. * Top-ups for
Jeffrey A Tucker Jeffrey A Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Liberty or Lockdown, and thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social
Mel Marquis Mel is an internationally recognised scholar in the field of competition law and policy. Prior to joining Monash he taught law for 10 years at universities in Italy. He has lectured and taught law courses in many countries, including Europe and Asia. Neerav Srivastava Neerav’s thesis investigates
Jeremy Powell Jeremy Powell is a blogger on Substack. His X (formerly Twitter) handle is @jpowell145. mises.org It was a laughable moment when President Joe Biden said at a press conference during his visit to Hanoi that the United States wasn’t seeking to contain China. Despite efforts by
dailytelegraph.co.nz “ACT WILL TAKE THE POLITICS OUT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION INTO THE GOVERNMENT’S COVID-19 RESPONSE BY ALLOWING ALL NEW ZEALANDERS TO HAVE THEIR SAY ON WHAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED THROUGH A NEW CROWDSOURCED TERMS OF REFERENCE,” SAYS ACT LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR. “There is always a tension
Harry Palmer The metaphorical walls of the Catholic Church have fallen after the debacle of Vatican II in the 1960s. Perverts and shysters now overrun its ruins and the Pope kicked the last few true believers in the cojones when he finally and ruthlessly banned the Latin Mass. Does Pope
Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com I don’t suppose anybody will be terribly surprised when I say that my party vote will be going to ACT on 14 October. I was a proud
In the leaders’ debate there was a single question on foreign policy – about AUKUS. I am a US citizen and one of the true oddities of being an American abroad is the astonishing similarities to being a ‘made man’ in cosa nostra. Let me explain. In 1986 the US Congress
