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How’s this for cultural appropriation by one of the first colonisers: Maori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi says there is still a place for the Waitangi Tribunal despite calls from New Zealand First to disband the nearly 50-year-old tribunal. The Winston Peters-led party voted in favour
Here’s one that’ll draw a good belly laugh from BFD readers: New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has held up his country as one that has successfully embraced reconciliation with its Indigenous people, in a strong signal of trans-Tasman support for the voice referendum. Perhaps a decade
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com I love the United States. I travelled across the US by car when I was a 19-year-old, and lived in Washington, DC, for five years. On returning to New Zealand, I was the chief executive of an investment bank, partly owned by Wells Fargo
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Cabinet Minister David Parker recently told the Spinoff he’s reading “The Triumph of Injustice – how the wealthy avoid paying tax and how to
Nicole McKee ACT firearms spokesperson The accidental release of over 140 email addresses of licensed firearms owners shows once again that Police are incapable of keeping licensed firearms owners’ information secure. Early yesterday Police sent out an email requesting action to a list of licensed firearms owners, forgetting to blind
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
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com While sympathetic journalists weep over Kiri Allan’s mental health woes and her manifold romantic troubles, everyone overlooks the real problem she shares with many other ministers in Chris Hipkins’ lack-lustre government – insufficient experience of real life. Getting to know how Parliament operates, spending time
As predicted by many, the Police’s new profit-based Firearms Safety Authority has suffered a major privacy and security breach. The only thing no one expected was that it occurred less than one month after the registers went live. So much for the much-vaunted “bank level security”: The
Is Sleepy Joe sleepwalking into WWIII? In his eagerness to fight a proxy war to bruise Putin’s nose, while paying back his son’s former business partners in Ukraine, Biden is more and more dancing on the razor edge of full-blown war with Russia. Now, in news that
Brownstone Institute brownstone.org The Brownstone Institute for Social and Economic Research is a nonprofit organization conceived of in May 2021 in support of a society that minimizes the role of violence in public life. Just how untethered to the rule of law did the United States come during the
Ran Porat Affiliate Research Associate, Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University. lens.monash.edu Over the weekend, protests in Israel against the government’s controversial judicial overhaul reached boiling point. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis took to the streets in processions, and businesses, medical and workers’ unions jointly threatened
Camryn Brown Political Commentator commonroomnz.com This article was first published by The Common Room History could not be more clear: when politics become pointless, violence often follows. So, let’s talk about culture wars, how they turn politics into an ineffective sideshow, and the danger we face in New
As Harry Truman famously said, “Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I’ll show you a crook”. Joe Biden has spent all but two of his 54 working years in politics — and he’s got very, very rich. From a middle-class family, he
Phil Green I for one am not crying over the Kiri Allan self-destruction, and am honest enough to say it. She put the bejesus up me with her juggernaut commitment to enact the hate speech law, which not only highlighted her Marxist predisposition but also her belief in Maori
Dr David Cumin Israel Institute of New Zealand The Israel Institute of New Zealand is an independent think tank dedicated to providing New Zealanders with a better understanding of the State of Israel through accurate analysis, insightful commentary, and effective advocacy. I believe in judging people for their actions, which
