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Information Opinion If there is one thing I dislike about New Zealand politicians, it is cultural cringe: a disease that is seemingly universal and invariably leads to embarrassing behaviour. The most obvious signs of this affliction is the feeling of ‘Big Time’, of having ‘Made It’. Unfortunately when a politician
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura There is growing public concern with the Government’s Three Waters legislation that will take council drinking, storm and wastewater assets and place them in a convoluted governance arrangement. The concern has grown to anger as the public realise that the select committee process is
STEPHEN BERRY’S GUIDE TO THE 2022 AUCKLAND LOCAL ELECTION VOTING GUIDES “They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and, following the Absolutely Biased Guide to the Auckland Local Elections 2019, there are plenty of imitations popping up on the internet in 2022,” says political commentator and 2013
Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. What will it take for this Labour Government to start paying attention to the worsening state of economic
Colonialism sure gets a bad rap, these days. Or at least, one type of colonialism does: European empires. Never mind that empire was the default political setting of nearly the whole world for the last 6,000 years or so. Even the few exceptions that didn’t have formal empires,
Stephen Berry Voting papers have started to be issued in Auckland and across the country for the 2022 local body elections. Former Auckland Mayoral candidate and political commentator Stephen Berry is encouraging people to have as much information available as possible before casting their vote and recommends they use the
Tim Donner libertynation.com Senior political analyst at LibertyNation.com. Tim is a radio talk show host, former candidate for the US Senate and longtime entrepreneur, Conservatarian policy advocate and broadcast journalist. He is founder and president of One Generation Away, LN’s parent organization. If you are among those
One council puts critical information in big bold letters (get it in before 8 Oct) on the envelope while the other signals its wokeness. If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access
Yaffa Shir-Raz brownstone.org Yaffa Shir-Raz, PhD, is a risk communication researcher and a teaching fellow at the University of Haifa and Reichman University. Her area of research focuses on health and risk communication, including Emerging Infectious Disease (EID) communication, such as the H1N1 and the COVID-19
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz Warning Satire Latecomer to the Wellington mayoral race, Jolie Davidson has put forward an interesting new plan to make use of the massively expensive and massively underused cycleways in central Wellington. Davidson’s plan will take pressure off the capital’s water pipes, by turning the
Wow. The 8th of September programme on Maori disadvantage really got some of you going! Hello, it’s All things Political with John Porter on Bay FM. On that 8th of September programme I highlighted some data on Maori disadvantage that I found on the E-Tangata website. Maori make
The latest Mood of the Boardroom has been released by the NZ Herald, and that mood can only really be described as surly. Jacinda Ardern has plummeted in the rankings and one of those surveyed says the Government’s actions during Covid were making “a mockery of kindness”. While the
Information Opinion As an individual, I am completely over this constant Maori bullying. The nonsense and the non-stop Maori cultural overload have created a wall of resistance now being displayed by the majority of New Zealanders. I will no longer be bullied. If you enjoyed this article please share
#TrudeauMustGo #TrudeauMustGoNow https://t.co/bAF0DnRSpH — Unacceptable Paul (@MPA_Rotten) September 23, 2022 Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here to browse our Membership options.If you enjoyed this
In fashion, the latest trend may always be the “new black”, but in politics right now, “extremism” is the new white. Establishment crony challenged by a grassroots upstart? “Extremism”! Right-of-Marx policies? “Extremism!” Believe in freedom? “ULTRA-EXTREMISM!” “Extremism” is fast displacing “racism”, “Nazi” and “white supremacist” in the
Mary Dawood Catlin brownstone.org Mary Dawood Catlin is a Canadian writer, historian, pianist, and advocate for human rights and liberties. Her work has been published in various outlets and in the peer-reviewed volume Making Sense of Music. Studies in Musical Semiotics. There’s a new, significant movement on
