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Grant Duncan Associate Professor, School of People, Environment and Planning Massey University Following the surprise resignation of Jacinda Ardern on January 19, the New Zealand Labour Party already has a new leader: Chris Hipkins. The handover from Ardern to Hipkins has been achieved with the same efficiency as the handover
Wishing she had died in the gas chambers? What sort of putrid, venal, vitriol is that? It’s a statement that goes beyond misogyny: it’s hate speech, clearly alluding, as it does, to the forced extermination, the brutal genocide of millions by the most vile regime to blight Western
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com At first sight, Chris Hipkins looks like a better potential prime minister than Jacinda Ardern. Where she had acquired skills only in communication, and in other respects had been poorly educated, possessing little knowledge of New Zealand’s political history, Hipkins was a top student at
Politics is the ultimate game of survivor, and it isn’t scripted by cheesy screen writers and television producers. There are many, many sayings about politics but they all say the same thing essentially: that you are in the game until you are not, then the phone stops ringing. And
Bob McCoskrie, of Family First, commented on the leaders and deputy leaders of Labour and National yesterday. We have a new prime minister, but if you thought that the radical social agenda would pause, or “reset Labour to the right” as some commentators have laughingly tried to claim, you just
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. In October last year, the Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern told the United Nations General Assembly that what the world needs is less free speech. Well, not exactly that, but close enough.
Fentanyl seems to have a strange grip on the public mind these days, as breathless (often questionable) narratives around this drug are everywhere. According to the news media, this mysterious substance is appearing on shopping cart handles, in children’s Halloween candy, in baby formula and even poisoning police officers
Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the founder of Sovereign Research. He is an international investor, entrepreneur and a free man. Hickman is a lifelong entrepreneur and investor that’s travelled to more than 120 countries on all seven continents. In addition,
Gary Moller garymoller.com I made this video nine months ago, which is as relevant as ever. Just one thing: We thought the fine for making unapproved health claims was to be $50,000. I was wrong. It is $200,000 or five years in jail – This is not punitive
The most remarkable of the retiring leader’s staff is surely her comms team. There’s a large number of them, to be fair, but they still warrant credit for their efficiency in manipulating the messaging around her every doing, or undoing, and for their ability to disinfect, or poison,
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. Should New Zealand have a snap election? That’s one of the questions arising out of the chaos of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s shock
Jacinda Ardern’s resignation was not the shock that the world’s media screams, nor really a surprise – more of a surprise would have been her continuing her “kind” (will she EVER give that lie a rest?) control until the now-announced election. This is her John Key moment. The
Someone has put up a certain building for lease on Trade Me. Wit ensued. The advert was still up as of last evening and the link is provided below. Here is a selection of questions and answers, in case the post doesn’t survive. By midnight, the bidding was getting
Dan Sanchez FEE.org. Dan Sanchez is the Director of Content at the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and the editor-in-chief of FEE.org. Follow him on Substack and Twitter. Should America embrace libertarianism? Many would regard such a prospect as recklessly experimental. This is partly because they
Richard Shaw Professor of Politics Massey University Well, no one saw that coming. For those in New Zealand relieved that Christmas is over because it means politics resumes, this week held the promise of a cabinet reshuffle, the possible unveiling of some meaty new policy and, if we were really
The left-media really need to make up their minds. Either women are fearless girl-bosses who can do anything a man can do, better, or they’re helpless, Victorian, fainting flowers who wither and die the instant they’re exposed to the buffeting winds of politics. They can’t
