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hobsonspledge.nz In a letter on Treaty Settlements Office Ministerial letterhead dated 9 September 2019, Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little, in regards to a pamphlet arguing that everyone ought to be treated equally before the law, stated: “The pamphlet….. curiously ignores the fact that Maori were not treated equally before
The Government needs to act with much more urgency to cut through our complex planning rules and free up housing supply, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The real risk is that at the end of this process we end up with something that is more costly, complicated and
Dear Editor The Maori language will never be part of my life. I’m a fifth-generation New Zealander of European extraction. I attended my schooling at state-funded New Zealand institutions and the Maori language was never taught at any of them. Therefore the language is basically foreign to
David Seymour ACT Leader Tens of thousands of Kiwis have exercised their right to free speech, standing up to Jacinda Ardern and her divisive Hate Speech Laws. The Prime Minister needs to back down and dump this confused initiative. A petition launched by the ACT Party to stop Labour’s
Sensible Sentencing Trust sst.org.nz The Waikeria Prison riot was in the headlines again last week with cabinet signing off on $1.3 million of compensation to prisoners whose property was damaged in the riot. It was clear that without the Labour government even realising it they demonstrated the
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June 27th, 2021. There were supposed to be relaxations of the lockdown restrictions last week but, as usual, Boris Johnson fudged the issue and has deferred a decision until mid-July. The general public are getting thoroughly fed up and disenchanted with Boris Johnson and he is becoming that great
There’s a war on conservatives, the right, call it what you will. This ‘inclusive’ government of rat-bags and no-hopers is waging it presently with propaganda, the way all wars begin. Too stupid, or gutless, or devious to announce their sordid aims they are subtly moving the pieces
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Dr David Cumin Spokesperson Free Speech Union The more that our elected lawmakers talk about the proposed “hate speech” laws, the more concerned I become. And the more I want them to talk about it to highlight the folly of their scheme. On Sunday our Minister of Justice, Kris Faafoi,
NZDSOS New Zealand Doctors Speaking out with Science NZDSOS is a group of doctors, dentists and scientists who are concerned about the safety of the roll-out of the Pfizer vaccine in New Zealand and the lack of balance in the information being presented. They have written polite, insistent, and
Gauleiter Jacinda Ardern is pedalling backwards as fast as she can on her proposed hate speech laws. Her interview yesterday morning on the AM Show with Duncan Garner was falsehood after falsehood. It was so egregious that even the Government cheerleader, Tova OBrien put down the pompoms and called out
I honestly, truly, cross my heart, wish I didn’t have to be saying this but recently I wrote about the stupidity of some National MP’s fronting up to the media and making absolute asses of themselves and the party by commenting on the Paul Goldsmith “colonization was good
Gauleiter Jacinda Ardern has pulled her jackboots back on and is talking about compulsory app use and mask-wearing. She’s once again channelling her inner fascist: The Government is considering mandatory QR scanning in “high-risk” locations such as bars and restaurants, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says. Cabinet has
David Seymour ACT leader It’s mandatory for businesses to display QR codes, but not for people to scan them. Only the Ardern Government could continue this madness. ACT has supported compulsory scanning since January, but the Government is so complacent on COVID it’s sometimes hard to tell if
