John Minto

Labour’s shame – the government of kindness is protecting the incomes of middle-class landlords ahead of providing homes for those in desperate need.

I know I’m not the only one fed up with the constant whining and bleating from the Chief Executive of the Auckland Business Chamber of Commerce, Michael Barnett.

Condemn Israeli bombing of Gaza and
Call for lifting of the Israeli blockade on the besieged Palestinian enclave

It’s very fashionable for the middle class to roll their eyes and shake their heads at the lunatic ideas out there about Covid 19 and the local expression of conspiracy theories about the virus through the New Zealand Public Party.

Below is the final report of the Alternative Aotearoa Seminar held in Wellington on 25 July 2020

Mainstream media have always pumped up corporate voices to crowd out alternatives and this last week they have been at it harder than usual.

All Black great Andy Haden has died and the tributes are flowing for his rugby prowess along with commentary about the various controversies he involved himself with – most importantly his strong support for rugby contacts with apartheid South Africa.

I was looking back at three blogs I’ve done on Judith Collins in earlier years and can’t see any reason to change my assessment of her politics.