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Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz NOT THE SAME. Following the trend set by the nickname “Taxinda” for former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, a local nickname aficionado has attempted to coin a similar moniker for current Prime Minister Chris Hipkins. However, the results have been less than stellar. Meet Nick Namar, a
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Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. democracyproject.nz Who would profit most from Labour’s GST-exemption policy? It won’t be those struggling with the cost of living – the average shopper
Phil Green In the dizzying world of New Zild politics, there’s enough to be going on to give us political tragics a nosebleed. Leftist commentator Chris Trotter has written an article for Insight which ascribes him to be in the NZ First camp, as well as saying the same
Chris Hipkins’s descent to the level of a carnival barker is slightly sad to watch, it’s so pathetic but entirely self-inflicted. ‘Roll up, roll up, we’ve got free stuff, just step inside the Labour Circus Tent, we’ve got GST-Free courgettes. What’s a courgette,
Dr Muriel Newman Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. nzcpr.com It’s customary in the
So the Government finally dropped all Covid 19 mandates, literally years after most of us even bothered to think about the nonsense anymore. I really feel for those last remaining mandated workers suffering under the misguided belief that masks and vaccines worked at preventing Covid 19. But Chris Hipkins’ statements
The promos are going up around town. This one was in Takapuna, and others are going up on Fanshawe Street. Lefty heads will be exploding. Find out more about Cam’s show here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove
I vividly remember when I first realised what a fatuous pile of virtue-signalling the whole charade of “Welcome to Country”/“Traditional Acknowledgement” really is. Which was about the first time I encountered it. It was over twenty years ago — of course, it was in the inner Melbourne suburb of
There’s an old saying that you should never criticise a farmer while you’re eating. Which is not entirely true, of course: like any lobby group, farmers are just as open to criticism as any other. Even in the 1940s, Groucho Marx grumbled that “those fake rustics manage to
Right To Life News righttolife.org.uk The Right To Life News team has spoken to a number of the pro-life campaigners involved with the campaign, as well as conducting its own research to produce this article that provides a full account of this pro-life victory. June 2022
Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com A number of readers have asked me how I picked the exact date Jacinda would announce her resignation on this Blog, 18 months before it occurred. This year since her resignation announcement, numerous opinions have been published on diverse blogs, specifically that it was to dodge
Dear Editor In New Zealand there are still those who think that the machinery of government can be used as a substitute for personal responsibility on the part of the governed. This idea, as we know only too well, is the open road to disaster. It changes persons with
Call it what you will. A Medical Council disciplinary trial, a kangaroo court or a show trial… A show trial is a public trial in which the guilt or innocence of the defendant has already been determined. The actual trial has as its only goal the presentation of both the
Remember when last week the media and the politicians joked about how Nicola Willis was talking about Grant Robertson’s big hole? Well, it turns out he does in fact have a big hole that needs filling. Labour’s crazy GST-off-fruit-and-veges had a quarter of a
