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Graham Adams commonroomnz.com Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. This article was first published by The Common Room. Last week, we watched the Prime Minister rebrand the contentious Three Waters project with a name so banal it is surprising
Rod Kane Yesterday the long-awaited report into the ‘great parliamentary grounds protest’ was released. The report, costing a refrigerated shipload of arms and legs and running to well over two hundred pages made two basic findings; 1. The police on the front line handled themselves with professionalism and restraint
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “Hipkins and McAnulty can only hope the mainstream media remains largely dozy, lazy and uninformed on the role of Te Mana o te Wai statements until the election. For if the general public fully grasp that Maori will be given extensive — and exclusive — rights to
It has been revealed that another minister, this time Kiri Allan, has a donor problem. That donor is Meng Foon, who is also the Race Relations Commissioner. He has made substantial donations, both in kind by way of subsidised rent for Kiri Allan and in cash. The Race Relations Commissioner
“My heart goes out to those retailers on the front line, they do feel like they’re on the front line of crime when I’ve gone out and spoken to them. It’s important to note, though, that the overall trend of ram raids has been tracking down since
Marta Rychert Senior Researcher in Drug Policy Chris Wilkins Associate Professor and leader of drug research team Massey University The recently announced review of New Zealand’s lobbying sector needs to tackle questions of transparency and access if it is to make any real difference to how industries influence decision
Here’s the funniest headline you’ll read all week: “IBAC delivers blow to Daniel Andrews’ integrity”. The joke, of course, is pretending that Andrews had any integrity in the first place. The biggest clown in this whole circus is Dictator Dan himself, strutting about and pretending that an “educational
Well, it only took them over three days, but finally the ABC has run one — count it! One! — piece on Lidia Thorpe’s strip club scrag fight. And, just as I joked, they only did it once they’d figured out a way to make her the victim. Prime Minister
David Seymour ACT Party Leader ACT has said right from the start that Meng Foon isn’t fit for his role because he is unable to remain politically neutral, today’s revelations bring new weight to our claims and he needs to go immediately. After being appointed to the ‘politically
Cranmer cranmer.substack.com Lawyer with over 25 years experience in some of the world’s biggest law firms. I divide my time between the UK and NZ. This Substack explores issues facing NZ at present under my nom du plume, Cranmer. Last week saw Labour’s biggest policy headache,
One of the biggest problems with discussing the shadowy antics of the globalist elite is that it invariably involves navigating the razor’s edge between unhinged conspiracy theory and unbelievable conspiracy fact. If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s just how thin that razor’s edge
Labour has waged a red tape war on farmers. That ends under a National Government. National knows the value of agriculture as the backbone of New Zealand’s economy. Last year alone, agriculture exports totalled $41 billion or 63 per cent of our goods exports. It is how we pay
Stop and Go signs are now emerging in Maori – has New Zealand reached peak stupid? Labour would be better off improving child vaccination rates to keep our babies safe. With news out of Otago that there have been sightings of a new phenomenon, Stop and Go signs in Maori, we
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
My article Why Is National Not in the Lead got a strong response from our readers and a large number of comments. In reading the responses, two things hit me like the proverbial brick. Here is the first, in a comment from Gazotaki: Challenging the speaker is unheard of within
