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Parliament, in the end, enforced its rules and didn’t let Te Pāti Māori keep turning the House into a circus. The three recalcitrant MPs have now been suspended for 21 days. They never turn up anyway, so no one will notice their absence.
In his time, Bastiat – like Alexis de Tocqueville – had already understood that socialism “send[s] civilization back.”
Cultivating a culture of courage, a willingness to hear one another’s ideas, can throw a wrench into the whole censorious groupthink machine.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR Janet Wilson (Post): Labour and National locked in a race to irrelevance (paywalled) Julia Gabel (Herald): Will Te Pāti Māori face the harshest sanctions ever for controversial haka? MP debate continues today Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Will the haka saga end? Historic
As NZ navigates this political crossroads, one thing is clear: the electorate is restless and the old guard can no longer take voter loyalty for granted. The rise of NZ First and the left bloc’s resurgence signal a demand for change. Whether the major parties can deliver remains to be seen.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards 1NEWS-VERIAN POLL, RNZ-REID RESEARCH POLL, PARLIAMENT Tom Day (1News): Poll: NZ First keep rising as National and Labour fall 1News: 'Looking to other quarters': Minor party leaders on poll boost Russell Palmer (RNZ): Left bloc would have enough support to turf coalition
Bishop’s comments weren’t a scandal: they were a moment of honesty in a world increasingly allergic to it. If Stan Walker wants to play activist, he should expect pushback.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards DAVID SEYMOUR SWORN IN AS DEPUTY PM John Campbell (1News): Why is Peters laughing? And what is Seymour thinking? Luke Malpass (Post): Winston Peters departs as deputy PM with NZ First sitting pretty (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Sunday Star Times): The ‘impossibly ridiculous’ idea of
Clark’s outburst isn’t about truth or lives: it’s about relevance. She’s a has-been, clinging to the spotlight by hurling insults at those reshaping the world. Musk’s pushing innovation – she’s pushing dogma.
The fact that people in power purposefully prevented this basic human right, based on nonsense and pseudoscience that turned out to be completely false, will always be a stain on our history and it should be a stain on their careers.
Chris Bishop has every right to say what he thinks and, in this case, he’s dead right. David Seymour was right to back him up. The music luvvies need to grow a thicker skin and stop crying when their activism gets pushback.
Te Pāti Māori needs to grow up, ditch the violent rhetoric and start engaging like adults. Seymour’s got the right idea – call it out, don’t back down and let’s keep politics civil. Anything less is a disgrace to our democracy.
