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Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones
The name-calling began almost as soon as it became public that I had been nominated and accepted as a candidate for Council in the Otamatea ward of Kaipara’s local body elections. I was included in a ‘hit piece’ that principally maligned mayoral candidate Victoria de la Varis Woodcock
This Government Must Go!
The Freedoms & Rights Coalition Information Opinion It was our 1st Birthday yesterday! On the 5th of September 2021, Brian Tamaki boldly founded The Freedoms & Rights Coalition in response to a government that was overstepping its mark big-time! Our mission has been clear from the very beginning…THIS
A Free Taste of Silver Membership: An article by Lushington D. Brady
If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Lushington D. Brady The Lord’s Prayer and the Welcome to Country Which is better? Tribalism or universalism? The
Labour and National Agreed and Now It Is Law
As of 20 August 2022 the new medium density residential standards (MDRS) became law. This means that for Tier 1 Councils no resource consent is needed to allow up to 3×3-storey buildings on any suitable residentially zoned land. Too bad if the new development next door completely shades
Hipkins Squirms and Makes like He Is Sgt. Shultz
Yesterday it was the turn of the Police Minister, Chris Hipkins, to face scrutiny over the overreach of Police reaching out to Interpol to dig dirt on Avi Yemeni. He made out like a slimmer version of Sgt. Schultz professing to not know anything. Given this story is now reaching
Troll of the Day
Just offering sound advice. Take it or leave it. pic.twitter.com/Pp36ItfzH6 — Craig Lord for Auckland Mayor (@CraigLord2022) September 3, 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
The Fight to Protect Youth From Social Media
Carolyn Moynihan mercatornet.com Carolyn Moynihan is the former deputy editor of MercatorNet. Is social media harmful to kids? Some people are still sceptical about this: a few experts, the American Civil Liberties Union and Big Tech itself, of course. Put a smart little device in the hands of teenagers,
A Free Taste: An Article by Chris Trotter
If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Chris Trotter MP Willie Jackson’s Dilemma The good news is that Willie Jackson has been spooked into a
ACT Will Fix Housing Mess
Brooke van Velden ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson The next Government will have to fix the housing mess that ACT predicted, and has solutions to. The Herald is this morning reporting a fight is brewing between Auckland Council and the government over how the law is applied. It’s
Fauci and Mass Censoring of Social Media
Michael Senger brownstone.org Michael P Senger is an attorney and author of Snake Oil: How Xi Jinping Shut Down the World. He has been researching the influence of the Chinese Communist Party on the world’s response to Covid-19 since March 2020 and previously authored China’s Global
Biden’s Nasty Speech, while MSM Ignore Hunter
Tim Graham newsbusters.org Tim Graham is executive editor of NewsBusters and host of the NewsBusters Podcast. His career at the MRC began in February 1989 as associate editor of MediaWatch, the monthly newsletter of the MRC before the Internet era. President Biden gave a nasty primetime speech on Thursday
Media Holds the Government to Account
Information Opinion The U-turn that the Government performed over taxing KiwiSaver fees was spectacular. First, as is common with this Government, they tried to sneak it through without anyone noticing… but they didn’t manage to get away with that. Financial and political reporters quickly woke up from their
A Lament for Godzone
Guy Hatchard hatchardreport.com Dr Guy Hatchard 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 PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. Information Opinion One of my favourite
We Simply No Longer Trust Them
On Friday we saw just how committed the NZ Herald is to defending democracy. They aren’t. Instead their dark forces have been marshalled to act as state agitprop. They were deployed, not to welcome a whistleblower shining light on the scuttling cockroaches in our police and government, but rather