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In the unseemly debate on Wednesday night Chris Hipkins used a quote from NZ First candidate Rob Ballantyne out of context. It allowed Winston Peters to have a free hit and get free publicity across all the media at once, hijacking the news cycle brilliantly. New Zealand First leader Winston
J D Wealth Tax: A tax that should be paid, by anyone who has more money than I have. Capital Gains Tax: See above. Rich Prick: See above. Free Speech: Anything I say. Hate Speech: Anything you say that I don’t agree with. Racism: The idea that anyone should
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Mark Freeman An estimated 2,000 or more people took part in the Abandon Agenda 2030 protest march and rallies in Wellington on Thursday. The event was timed to coincide with the United Nations Association of New Zealand’s one-day conference Advancing Agenda 2030. However, in an overblown reaction due
Thanks to a BFD Citizen Photo journalist we have these photos from yesterday’s Freedoms NZ protest. By 10.30, only about twenty people had gathered to protest, while about one hundred police, Maori wardens, and parliamentary security were present. They were largely dispersed around the fenced perimeter but were
righttolife.org.uk Censorship zones that could make praying and offers of help near an abortion clinic illegal with fines of up to £2,500 are set to be introduced in Northern Ireland this Friday. The Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Bill was passed by Members of the Legislative Assembly
For all their blatherskite about “truth-telling”, the troughers of the Aboriginal industry persistently peddle one of the biggest, most damaging lies about Aboriginal culture. This is the lie that traditional Aboriginal culture was a peaceful, agrarian utopia. The appalling violence of contemporary Aboriginal society, when they even admit to it,
Maryanne Demasi Maryanne Demasi, 2023 Brownstone Fellow, is an investigative medical reporter with a PhD in rheumatology, who writes for online media and top tiered medical journals. For over a decade, she produced TV documentaries for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and has worked as a speechwriter and political advisor
One of the themes of the novel 1984 that is often overlooked is that not only does the regime abolish a vast number of words, but what the implications are of doing so. When there are no words for overthrowing them, and a generation or two is kept deliberately ignorant,
Priya Kurian University of Waikato theconversation.com The Green Party has run a strong campaign. With a 14.2% share in the latest Newshub-Reid Research poll, up by 1.9 percentage points since the previous poll, that is more than half the Labour Party’s 26.5%. The gain seems
Allow me to preface this contribution with the following statement: If I were asked to express a preference between a National/ACT coalition or a National/ACT/NZF coalition then it would be the former. This week Luxon declared his position, which was if Winston is needed he will pick
The Freedoms & Rights Coalition Today marks the conference of the UNA-NZ, hosted by Sir Ashley Bloomfield, where they will tackle how to Advance Agenda 2030. Originally planned as an in-person event in the Parliament Banquet Hall, it’s now moved online to avoid ‘disruption’ caused by our protest. Undeterred,
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Landlords have been scapegoated and blamed by Labour for the housing crisis when the real cause is a lack of housing supply. ACT will end Labour’s war on landlords, including by immediately reinstating mortgage interest deductibility from April 2024. We will also protect the
The Climate Cult has New Zealand’s political class almost completely in its grip. You can vote for any colour, so long as it’s green. The spectrum of party policies ranges from wishy-washy mint to poisonous emerald. The sad truth is that the entire political class is so terrified
Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz As the National Party gets closer to government, lobbyists and business interests will be lining up for influence and to
