MEDIAWATCH: ODT attack a reminder of how damaged the Hate Speech fight will be
Thank god the Hate Speech laws stopped the latest terror attack, oh wait…
New Zealand Politics
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Wait, WHAT? Billy TK is now a religious leader & his misinformation is ‘sermons’???
He’s a religious leader now is he?
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Waatea News Column: David Seymour’s political stunt backfires into public health vandalism
Let me start by saying I actually like David Seymour.
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Bad politics are a virus’s best friend
One thing the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted is the importance of political decision-making. The adoption of successful elimination strategies to…
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Dr Liz Gordon: Big mistake, David Seymour
There was a time, not so very long ago, that David Seymour’s Māori-bashing snipe at the issue of a so-called ‘priority code’ would have guaranteed him an upswing of support. But those days are over. It is a long time now since Don Brash received a surge in support for his Orewa speech (and then lost it again through dirty politics, you will recall).
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Covid & time
Oscar Wilde once remarked that ‘punctuality is the thief of time’. In his day the growing prevalence of commercial accounting,…
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Hollow Laughter, Mixed With Tears.
The black humour of this situation derives not from the terrorist attack, but from a review of the way elements of the New Zealand Left have, by turns, scoffed at the very idea that terrorism might constitute a genuine threat to this country’s national security; castigated the national security apparatus for failing to prevent the atrocity of 15 March 2019; and then, reversing direction once again, cautioned against an excessively draconian response to the events of the past few days.
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Rushing terror laws a danger to us all
The shock wave caused by the ISIS terrorist attack in West Auckland has frightened us all and while that fear is legitimate, it must not cloud our judgment.
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Why is SkyCity offering a 15% pay rise?
Unite Union was set to sit down with SkyCity several weeks ago to start bargaining for a new Collective Agreement.
The company seemed to be deliberately delaying the start of negotiations and then the lockdown has intervened to delay things further.
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Statement from Waipareira CEO John Tamihere is response to Act Leader David Seymour
A RESPONSE TO SEYMOUR’S SABOTAGE OF THE RIGHT MĀORI HAVE TO THE EQUALITY OF ACCESS TO VACCINATIONS