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It is very tough for a government to win re-election when two-thirds of voters think the country is heading in the wrong direction. But that is exactly where Chris Hipkins’s Labour Party finds itself: between the proverbial rock and a hard place. Nearly two-thirds of New
When Amanda Luxon gets gifted thousands in public money in 2024 to create a reality TV show which will be shown on NZ’s taxpayer-funded TV in prime time, the media will avert their gaze and pretend there is “nothing to see here”: like they did when Clarke Gayford
This week’s guests were Jaap Knegtmans and Joseph Blessing from Democratic Alliance, Simon Lusk, Japanese independent journalist Masako Ganaha and David Farrar. Enjoy! Help Fund Our NewsDesk We are building a NewsDesk, hiring journalists and taking the fight to the mainstream media. Will you help fund our NewsDesk? * For
Open, honest and transparent? Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ office has been ordered to apologise by the Chief Ombudsman for breaching the Official Information Act. In a formal finding that has not been made public until now, Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has upheld a complaint by the Herald about a weeks-
I’ve recently started deliberately carrying a small amount of cash on me at all times. After years of being beguiled by the indisputable ease of tap-and-go spending, I’ve realised that there are still plenty of reasons to use cash in at least some situations. Not all,
The Dems really blew it when they shafted Tulsi Gabbard. Instead of a senile, corrupt, Deep State puppet, they could have had a feisty centrist, a serving veteran with first-hand experience of the reality of war, and an “anti-interventionist” “populist”. Oh, wait. Of course she never had a
The Labour Party and its union bosses have chosen, unsurprisingly, to show their nasty side. The unions are aware the politicians they support have turned out to be no more than a bunch of incompetent losers. Their answer is to attack. It’s not to attack in a constructive way,
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
A new poll has been released at The Post. It is called The Post/Freshwater Strategy poll. They are an Australian polling company, so I am unsure of their track record. Nonetheless, the poll confirms the general direction of the recent Roy Morgan Poll. Labour’s support has plunged to
A recurring feature in communist dictatorships is how quickly a Hero of the Revolution can turn into a Counter-Revolutionary Enemy. From Leon Trotsky to Peng Duhai, once-Party insiders are only the Dear Leader’s displeasure from being denounced and purged. Alan Joyce is getting his own taste of
In the late 18th century, radical English politician John Wilkes was jailed multiple times, shot at, vilified relentlessy, and expelled from parliament on numerous occasions, and banned from sitting. Yet, his enthusiastic supporters kept re-electing him, to the fury of the establishment. For vaguely insulting President John Adams, Matthew
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 Prime Minister has a cheek, doesn’t he? He said on Monday that there was no compulsory COVID-19
With all that we now know, you’d think Anthony Fauci would just slink quietly off into shadowy retirement and hope the lawyers don’t come looking for him. After all, the trail of Covid origins has a big, fat red arrow pointing squarely at Fauci’s National Institutes of
Except it isn’t, is it? Not according to the polls. The Roy Morgan poll had National at a measly, under the circumstances, 31. This is a decrease on the previous month while ACT, its coalition partner is up plus 4 to 18. This poll was the most accurate regarding
