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I am calling for the resignation of Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt following the news that he used taxpayer’s money to make a donation to the Mongrel Mob when he spoke at their gang pad in May, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “It is an incredible lapse
Lewis Andrew sojournal.co.nz Once again, after a break of a few weeks, we are set to continue our ascent of Mt Lunacy, otherwise known as the Unteach Racism app put out by the education-focused Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand. For those of you determined to assault
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Last Friday the Minister of Justice Kris Faafoi announced that the next step in the Government’s plan to introduce hate speech laws would be two public consultation processes – the first seeking feedback on their legislative proposals, and the second asking how to build a
While driving today, I heard something on the radio which said we are now celebrating 2 years of being plastic-bag free. We are not plastic-bag free, of course. Anyone can buy them at the supermarkets in packs, or in bulk on the internet. I assume they mean ‘free-
Never before released data shows there has been a huge increase in the number of people in severe need waiting for a state house, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. At risk applicants on the housing register are ranked on a scale of 1-20, with ‘A-20’ being
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government has once again sneakily changed the dates that vaccines will be available. Originally the Government said that Group 4, the last group to be eligible for vaccines were “being vaccinated from July 28.” That language would make anyone think there would be needles in
Today’s face of the day Martyn Bradbury has been speaking a lot of sense lately on the topic of Free Speech and Labour’s proposed Hate Speech law. No one can be watching the Free Speech vs Hate Speech culture war and not be scared shitless by the most
Orestes R Betancourt Ponce de León fee.org Orestes R Betancourt Ponce de León holds a Master of Public Administration from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. He is a former research intern with the CATO Institute and currently specializes in the sector of international development. In his 1850 essay,
Dear Editor I ended up in hospital in 2018 because I could not afford to see a doctor. Seeing a dentist is impossible. Cancer of the mouth then becomes a real risk from rotting teeth. What is NOT known but what is commonly assumed, is that if one is unemployed
David Seymour ACT Leader ACT is calling on all parties in Parliament to renounce the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Helen Clark got it right when her Government refused to sign up. John Key got it wrong when his Government signed the Declaration, he may have
Saul Alinsky was an American commie who thought nothing of using and manipulating others for his own ends. To paraphrase his own words, “the ends always justified the means.” Anyway, he wrote a little book called “Rules for Radicals.” Two of the rules are of particular relevance today. The first
When Jacinda Ardern and Kris Faafoi fronted media to explain their new hate speech laws they demonstrated a very sketchy understanding of their own recommendations. They were so bad that the bought and paid for (normally adoring) media were uncharacteristically critical. “Not only is the Prime Minister wrong about the
Communications with and within Myanmar continue to be difficult, with the regime now looking at a policy of “whitelisting”. I know that my own communications with Myanmar have been getting more difficult recently. One of the many freedoms Myanmar people lost in the aftermath of the February 1 coup was
