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Harrison Griffiths fee.org Harrison Griffiths is Communications Officer at the Institute of Economic Affairs, a free-market think tank in London. For the past decade, freedom of speech has been at the forefront of America’s culture war, and it should not be controversial to say that both sides
Martin Hanson While still at the height of her popularity, “Jacinda Ardern: Leading with Empathy”, a biography of the New Zealand Prime Minister, was published. It was described by the publisher as “a major biography of one of the most important and inspirational leaders of the twenty-first century”. 20
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com As I’ve frequently written before, ignore political polls. Their format simply no longer works, not just here but everywhere. They’ve been wrong for a decade now in 70% of elections and often dramatically astray. In my view, the only things which will save
Darroch Ball Sensible Sentencing Trust. Stuart Nash, the ‘renewed’ Minister of Police, says he doesn’t think dairies should sell tobacco. Call me old fashioned, but maybe Nash as the Minister of Police needs to focus on ensuring these criminal thugs are caught and held to account, instead of waxing
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com New Zealand’s new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has had a dream start. Uncontested for the leadership, he was then thrust into centre stage by the dreadful weather events that caused havoc and a tragic loss of life in Auckland. While Labour MPs will be
The Human Rights Commission, the same organisation that remained silent when Jacinda Ardern’s Government trampled all over the Bill of Rights during the Covid emergency, has now come out and essentially said that they endorse the Government’s further abrogation of the Bill of Rights and wholeheartedly back moving
Jay Maxson newsbusters.org Wednesday was National Girls and Women in Sports Day, and University of Kentucky All-American swimmer Riley Gaines is campaigning against the annihilation of female athletics. In a Fox News op-ed, she renewed calls to protect the integrity of women’s sports. Gaines and other
Andrew Stumpf Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of Waterloo As a philosophy professor and researcher of end-of-life ethics, I ask the students in my ethics class who should be eligible to receive Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). Should it be open only to people actively dying from a
Voices for Freedom voicesforfreedom.co.nz Recently Westpac New Zealand had a technical issue Which resulted in some Mastercard credit and debit card payments not being processed correctly. This is another example of why we don’t want to live in a cashless society. We all know that tech issues
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt’s comments this morning about white supremacy and co-governance show he is unfit for office and reinforce the need to abolish the left-wing Human Rights Commission. Hunt’s claim that ‘white supremacy and institutional racism [are] woven
Olivia Boyd familyfirst.org.nz Olivia Boyd is our teenage guest writer who is very passionate about supporting the pro-life movement and ending human trafficking. Upon completion of her High School education, she intends to study law and psychology. She has an interest in human rights and social psychology
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Newly elected Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has a monumental task ahead of him, to restore and regenerate our country after his predecessor’s abrupt resignation and leaving him the parting gift of a country divided and a laundry list of problems.
The Ship of State is an ancient and oft-cited metaphor expounded by Plato in the Republic, Book 6, which likens the governance of a city/state to the command of a vessel. He expands on the metaphor by arguing the only people fit to command the ship are philosopher
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. New Zealand is the second least corrupt country on earth according to the latest Corruption Perception Index published yesterday by Transparency International. But how much
