video courtesy Julian Batchelor’s STOP Co-governance Campaign A thoughtful, professional, loving message for New Zealanders. I trust it will inspire many to inquire into the democratic principles that secure freedom, study them and master them. Because freedom...
Four days ago the Minister for Local Government, Nanaia Mahuta, made comments to Waatea News that betray an appalling lack of empathy with the people of New Zealand. An article was published over the Public Interest Journalism logo (the one that tells us they reflect...
Here’s the response from the delightful Oliver Hartwich, Executive Director. The range of research they engage in is extraordinary (love to know their financial backing). I’d encourage any of you to produce an article or a paper on a topic close to your...
from Radio NZ on MSN The new national health organisation is being accused of secrecy and spin – and keeping too much behind closed doors. Before Te Whatu Ora was created in July, the 20 district health boards it replaced held monthly meetings, with open...
Our best heritage It would surprise many Kiwis to learn that, though the country had its formal beginning only about 180 years ago, New Zealand adopted the body of English law, which added over a thousand years of history, to before 1066, to exiles and executions of...
Let us define them Lawyers are masters of language, with the result that disputing the meanings of words can occupy days of court time with deliberations that drastically alter the character of a suit and secure unexpected judgements. Definitions are key to all...
Pretending Maoris are natives of this land and all others are not is a wicked fiction There are three reasons for this. Maoris arrived here from Taiwan in about 1200 AD, so they’re immigrants like the rest of us.Maori activists were born in the last few decades,...
Non-Maori votes enfeebled as unelectable Maoris never face elections There is a hostility building among conservatives in Middle New Zealand at the Labour government’s blatant vandalism of our democracy. Their radical, race-based alterations enfeeble non-Maori...
Think New Zealand’s pretty great? Of course you do—but it might be better than you think (NZ is third from the left, above). You may have heard recently (because our democracy is under attack) that we’re one of the world’s oldest continuous...
Taxpayers’ Union major update: email of 9 March, 2022 Below is a major update on official proposals to “improve” the Three Waters scheme. But first, an update on our fundraising for court action: We are now confident we will hit our $200,000 fundraising target...
