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Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is a Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. On Friday the Government made some announcements about their Three Waters programme that were meant to assuage
Winston Peters Leader NZ First New Zealand First Media I have found out that the Speaker of the House, Trevor Mallard, has trespassed me from parliament grounds for a period of two years. This dictatorial behaviour by Mallard, supported by Labour, should be reserved for third world banana republics. The
Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc. ‘Deeply troubling’: Our shocking gun statistics as gang warfare and firearms violence erupt https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/gang-warfare-behind-gun-violence-thats-claimed-nearly-100-lives-in-just-four-years Ignoring the inflammatory headline in the above article, and the
Call me a cynic, but when I see the Te Maramatanga, Fact-checked posts on public health and wellbeing, The Whole Truth, on Stuff, my immediate reaction is to do more research of my own; the very action the public is being asked not to do in this pseudo-medical
Chatting to friends at dinner in a West Coast town last week, we were discussing the fact that many of the local businesses seem to be struggling. Covid is part of the problem of course, as the virus has finally arrived here but it is obvious that this is not
Jacinda Ardern, being a socialist, loves taxes like a dance party raver loves dexies. She desperately wants new taxes but has cornered herself over introducing a capital gains tax, much to the disappointment of the hard-left commies in her caucus and the wider party. That’s why she has
Hypocrisy instead of democracy. Today, I got served a trespass order relating to my time at the Wellington protest in February – more than two months later. Peaceful protesting (which is what it was when I was there both times), is allowed in the Bill of Rights. I was clear about
John W. Whitehead Nisha Whitehead rutherford.org Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president The Rutherford Institute. His books Battlefield America: The War on the American People and A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State are available at www.amazon.com. Warning Long read:
As the joke goes, Vladimir Putin single-handedly cured Covid. After all, from dominating media coverage almost exclusively for nearly three years, Covid suddenly all but vanished from the headlines. Instead, suddenly, it’s wall-to-wall wailing and gnashing of teeth over Ukraine. Let’s not be mistaken: war
I always stress the importance of reading and listening outside your comfort zone. Echo chambers are inherently mentally stultifying. As J S Mill, the great philosopher of free speech, said, not hearing an opinion is robbing yourself, as well as the other person. After all, if they’re right, you’
Capitalist Information Opinion When a political party in opposition changes its leader and replaces a former prime minister with somebody else, it is seldom successful; only Muldoon replacing Marshall has been the exception, due mainly to the personalities of ‘both’ men. The only people who never understand this truism are,
Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is an in-person private school for years 11 – 13, with a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected, for years 1 – 13. Alwyn Poole New Zealanders should never forget
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce president, her background is in business and education. Warning Long read: 2077 words
I was reading an article at in the NZ Herald yesterday, and I thought to myself, boy this sounds familiar. Then I realised that I had written about this same thing about a month ago. As Deidre Chambers would say, “What a Coincidence“. It looks like The BFD leads with
