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Mallard Is Not Going to Get Away with It
New Zealand First Media Winston Peters has issued judicial review proceedings against Speaker of the House the Rt Honourable Trevor Mallard, challenging Mr Mallard’s issue of a trespass warning against Mr Peters on 28 April 2022, which the Speaker then withdrew on 4 May 2022. In his press release
Can the True Christians Please Stand Up
Brian Tamaki Information Opinion My nation was founded on Christianity, not on Atheism, Islam, Hindu, LGBTQIA beliefs or any other liberal ideologies. New Zealand was birthed at Waitangi and Christianity was the religion of the missionaries present at the inception of our new country who brought Maori to the table.
Proof Labour and Greens Can’t Win
Over the weekend the newspapers provided some interesting reading, as did articles coming into my Inbox from overseas. Both sources, domestic and international showed there is a strong wind starting to blow. It is picking up speed and the possibility of a cyclone cannot be discounted. This wind is blowing
Isn’t This What We Call Dirty Politics?
I fully understand why people were outraged when Christopher Luxon told Simon O’Connor to take down his comment celebrating the US Supreme Court decision to overturn the Roe v Wade decision. On our side of the political divide, we believe in free speech and freedom of opinion, and this
Why the MSM Don’t Want to Write about Co-governance
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments Have you been wondering why there is so little debate about co-governance in the daily papers, on
Quick, the Polls Are Tanking: Do Something
I think I said at the time that Labour looked desperate in trying to stave off the cost of living crisis which their spendthrift ways have exacerbated by rushing out a reduction in fuel excise taxes and road user charges. We knew it was rushed because the Prime Minister didn’
Willie, William and Jan Walking in a Winter Wonderland
Alwyn Poole Innovative Education Consultants innovativeeducation.co.nz innovativeeducation.co.nz/generation-skip innovativeeducation.co.nz/books-aloud It has been astonishing to read recently just how disconnected senior government MPs are with the reality of their decisions for young people, as evidenced by their press releases and comments. Starting
From the Desk of a Male Pale and Stale
The word absurd first cropped up in about 1557 as a derivative of the French absurde, based on the Latin absurdus (incongruous, dissonant, out of tune). Nowadays the adjective of the word is commonly meant to mean wildly unreasonable, unsound or incongruous or extremely silly or ridiculous. Absurdity seems to
Oh, So Now ‘My Body, My Choice’ Is Important?
Watching the left and liberal right people absolutely unhinge themselves over the recent US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade and send any future decisions over abortion back where debate correctly belongs, the state legislatures, has been an exercise in side-splitting hilarity. The very same people now
A Wake-up Call for the Woke West
Camille Paglia persuasively argues that a sign of a dying civilisation is the elite openly embracing degeneracy. It’s difficult to escape the impression that that’s exactly where Western civilisation is teetering on the brink, right now. But there’s an even deeper malaise afflicting the West, one that
A Tale of Two MPs
Back in the not-so-dark days of 2014 MP Judith Collins found herself embroiled in a scandal involving alleged nepotism. This is how Newshub saw it at the time, deeming it so important as to be “breaking news”: Judith Collins went on a taxpayer-funded visit to China last
Public Servant Parents Try to Teach 4yo the Meaning of Matariki
Gordon Lightfoot | National whakatakitimes.nz Warning Satire Laura and Sam McKenzie have done their duty as true believers in the Ardern regime today, as they taught their son Arlo, 4, all about the significance of Matariki. The parents, who are currently working at the Ministry of Education as policy advisors,
Lake Onslow Hydro Scheme a Costly Risk
The recent electricity crisis in Australia is a stark warning of the dangers of government interfering in the market. Households in NSW were asked to cut their power use on three consecutive nights as the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) seized control of the electricity market. In addition Australia’s
A Glorious Day
If you wait long enough, the good guys eventually win. It has finally happened: the US Supreme Court has reversed the evil wickedness known as Roe v Wade; it only took 49 years! The long-rumoured decision was handed down yesterday and it is time to rejoice – babies are just