Labour Party yawn-fest of a conference
Labour’s message is ‘Labour – Let’s keep doing this’.
Really, and what is ‘this’ that we are doing? Incremental glacial change?
New Zealand Politics
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Authoritarian Friends and Democratic Enemies
ACCEPTING AUTHORITARIANISM is challenging. For New Zealanders especially, raised in one of the world’s oldest democracies, official hostility to political liberty is difficult to comprehend.
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Riches in the Pacific
Malcolm Evans – Riches in the Pacific
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GUEST BLOG: Matt Blomfield – WHAT NEXT?
In the minutes and hours following the shooting of nearly 100 Muslim worshippers at two Christchurch mosques on March 15…
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National’s 2020 ‘Strike Force Raptor’ – hanging gang members first and asking questions second
Anything requiring the title ‘strike force raptor’ should only apply to an actual dinosaur who has slipped through a time portal
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MEDIA WATCH: A desperate person clutches at online straw polls
This is such a bad poll because it makes the Left feel a lot more complacent than they should. This is an online poll and online polls are pretty notorious with their accuracy.
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So when are we going to talk about China and is milk a bit fascist?
…when is our Government going to have words with our largest trading partner about those internment camps?
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National want forced labour prisons
The latest attempt at eroding prisoners civil rights are National’s calls for forced labour camps. What National are ignoring is NZ is signed up to International Labour conditions that specifically ban forced prison labour.
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – I Spy
A recent episode of 60 Minutes Australia featured the story of Wang “William” Liqiang, who says he is a former Chinese spy seeking asylum in Australia. As proof of his claim provided details of how China funds and conducts some of its operations in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia.
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Waatea News Column: If we legalise Cannabis, Maori must be given a leading role in industry to influence it
If Māori attempt to look like they are gaining advantage in a new industry, the majority will backlash, if Māori advocate for a system that actively seeks to redress the bias of the old law now by entrenching a system that protects Māori agency, the majority will listen.