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New Zealand’s strategy for COP28 in Dubai

The COP28 countdown is on. Over 100 world leaders are expected to attend this year’s UN Climate Change Conference in the United Arab Emirates (UAE),...

Bryce Edwards: Court ruling shows big political donations can be given secretly

New Zealand’s rules to regulate money in politics can now officially be declared broken. Although, in theory, political parties are required to publicly declare any...

Coalition negotiations concluded, signing ceremony Friday says Luxon

A signing ceremony was planned to take place tomorrow at Parliament, National leader Christopher said today. Luxon tweeted the outcome late this afternoon, confirming that...

Hutt City Council to support Petone to Pito-one name change

On Tuesday, Hutt City Council agreed to provide a letter of support to the New Zealand Geographic Board to change the spelling of the...

Government must address New Zealand’s catastrophic birth rate

Right to Life requests the incoming Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon to urgently address the threat to our nation of our birth rate of 1.58,...

VFF call for opposition to Auckland Council’s proposed sale of downtown carpark

In an urgent call out for support, Voices For Freedom call on Aucklanders to attend this morning's Council meeting as a show of opposition...

An Open Letter to all Members of Parliament for the term 2023-2026, Part One

As a member of parliament you have a duty to represent all New Zealanders — the true sovereigns of this country. You are answerable...

Chris Trotter: The Most Unlikely Trinity

By the end of this week, or the next, New Zealand will have a government. It is unlikely to be a pleasant one. The three...

Guy Hatchard: The coalition teeters on the brink of some dangerous decisions

With the announcement of an impending policy deal between the coalition partners, it is a time to reflect on where we are as a...

Bryce Edwards: Luxon’s embarrassing coalition negotiations

Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is now being openly mocked and ridiculed by political commentators for his failure to achieve a coalition government. There are...

Guy Hatchard: An Open Letter to the MPs of the New Parliament

What are you going to do about record levels of excess deaths and anyone advising you that they don’t matter or even exist? The main...

Seymour gives update on coalition negotiations

Seymour spoke to ZB host Mike Hosking this morning. Using a rugby analogy he told Hosking that negotiations were 'We’re not quite at a 5m...

Bryce Edwards: Lobbyists helping and influencing the new National government

New Zealand’s corporate lobbyists are currently carrying out major manoeuvres in order to ensure they are in the best possible position to influence the...

‘Caretaker arrangements extended’ – Hipkins

Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon have agreed the Governor General will be advised to extend the current caretaker government arrangements until a new Government...

Electoral Commission to probe alleged voting irregularities at Manurewa Marae

The probe follows irregularities found at other polling stations. Labour have officially lodged a recount request for the Tamaki Makaurau Maori electorate, reports Te Ao...

Ginny Andersen accused of bullying teenaged campaign volunteer

The complaint was laid by the girl's mother. Former Labour minister Ginny Andersen has been accused of bullying a female teenaged volunteer who helped with...

Winston Peters back in the driver’s seat for coalition negotiations

Here we go again. The final results of this year’s election have delivered two more seats to te Pati Māori, thereby increasing the size of...

Message from Casey Costello, NZ First candidate for Port Waikato

I have lived and worked most of my life in South Auckland with the last 10 years being a Pokeno resident. This is my home...

ACT records best ever result – ‘time for real change’

“With the special votes finally counted, ACT is proud to have achieved its greatest ever election result. Now it’s time for real change,” says...

Guy Hatchard: The Covid vaccine fanaticism our newly elected Government must reject

Pressure is growing on the government and the medical establishment to act responsibly to inform the public of risks, end vaccine promotion and repudiate...

Electoral Commission declare 2023 general election official results

The Electoral Commission declared the official results for the 2023 General Election today. In a statement published on the Commission's website, it said 'All votes...

Election advertising referral to Police

A referral has been made to Police over election advertising shown by Giggle Entertainment. Both the person who initiated the party election advertisements and the...

Notes towards an alt-centrist manifesto

Two of the most significant policy disputes in the run-up to New Zealand’s 2023 election took place within our major parties rather than between...

Guy Hatchard: What should we expect to change under the newly elected government?

The NZ Herald has published a potpourri of National campaign promises under the headline “Election 2023: What gets axed under the National-led Government?". I don’t...

A message for the new parliamentarians

Congratulations to those who succeeded in their election bid. We won’t know the exact composition of parliament until the tally of special votes is announced...

Electoral Roll app issue ‘fixed’ – Electoral Commission

An electronic version of the Electoral Roll was down temporarily on Election Day 2023. It is not clear how long the issue persisted or which...

How NZ government policy came to be dominated by advisers who sought to legitimise risky biotech experimentation

As our last three releases have discussed, vaccine exemptions were widely granted to health service personnel. Now we will discuss the wider pool of evidence which suggests...

An open letter to all current Members of Parliament

As a member of parliament you have a duty to represent all New Zealanders — the true sovereigns of this country. You, as a...

Thousands not hundreds of Ministry of Health workers were granted Covid vaccine exemptions whilst the government threatened the public with police action if they...

Ursula Edgington PhD who writes under the title Informed Heart on Substack has sent me a partial breakdown of 6,700 medical staff granted vaccine exemptions provided...

Nostalgic for a joyous Left

I WAS A CAPTAIN COOK MAN, Grant Robertson was a Robbie Burns man. If you know anything about the great student pubs of Dunedin in...

Bryce Edwards: Ten reasons Labour’s support has halved

The Labour Government was elected with 50 per cent of the vote three years ago, but current opinion polls show their vote could halve...

The Long Read: Mental health issues are multiplying – Why?

What does data and research tell us? What are the remedies? Alarming mental health statistics are being put in the too hard basket and quietly...

Bryce Edwards: The Vested interests shaping National Party policies

As the National Party gets closer to government, lobbyists and business interests will be lining up for influence and to get policies adopted. It’s therefore...

The world is gripped by a dream that is opening the road to annihilation

A paradigm is a framework of ideas, concepts, models, research methods and assumptions that constitute the basis of a scientific theory or outlook. It can...

Geoffrey Miller: Who will be New Zealand’s next foreign minister?

Change is coming. A shakeup of the ministers responsible for New Zealand’s international relations seems almost guaranteed, irrespective of the country’s election result on October...

Guy Hatchard: What policies could improve our health outcomes?

As you know, public health is my major concern. Little is possible without robust health. So the most important question is what alternatives are available...

Bryce Edwards: A Very hollow election

The 2023 general election campaign must be the most hollow in living memory. There really isn’t much that is positive or attractive about the electoral...

The New Zealand Health Debate: Fact Checking Ayesha Verrall vs Shane Reti

Spoiler alert: Neither will be able to improve NZ’s appalling health outcomes On the 16th September, Newshub Nation hosted a debate between Dr. Ayesha Verrall, Minister of...

We are all set for more of the same and it won’t be pretty

National party leader Christopher Luxon and Health spokesperson Dr. Shane Reti have announced financial incentives payable to doctors if they vaccinate 95% of those registered in...

Ian Wishart requests privacy waiver to investigate James Shaw’s Masters degree

To date, the investigative journalist has not received a response from the Greens co-leader. The controversy over James Shaw's university qualifications continues as Ian Wishart...

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