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Therapeutic Products Bill – The Devil is in the Detail

Citizens are sending in their comments after viewing the 200-page hydra that is the Therapeutic Products Bill, now before Select Committee. So far, over...

Verrall sacks Rob Campbell

Health Minister Ayesha Verrall has sacked Health NZ Chairperson Rob Campbell. Campbell was fired following a post he made on LinkedIn in which he criticised...

Bryce Edwards: The Need to depoliticise the public service

Is the Chair of Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand, Rob Campbell, trying to rid himself of a job he no longer wants? The idea...

Petition calls for Royal Commission of Inquiry into the safety and efficacy of COVID vaccines

The petition has been launched on the Parliament website by the mother of a vaccine-injured kiwi. The closing date for the petition is 31 March...

Latest poll: Labour and National tied

The Taxpayer's Union Curia poll also shows a big jump in 'favourability support' for new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins. Full results: Labour - 34% National...

Lawyer Kirsten Murfitt to run as DemocracyNZ candidate for Tauranga

Murfitt is a strong advocate for human rights and freedoms. Lawyer Kirsten Murfitt will run for the DemocracyNZ party in the Tauranga electorate in this...

Bryce Edwards: Labour’s reorientation to working class Māori

In recent decades the Labour Party has lost its traditional connection with working class voters, becoming more of a middle class party of liberalism. This...

‘Government takes new direction with policy refocus’ – Hipkins

“The Government is refocusing its priorities to put the cost of living front and centre of our new direction,” Chris Hipkins said. “I said the...

ACT calls for ‘irrelevant’ and ‘dangerous’ Human Rights Commission to be abolished

“Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt’s comments morning about white supremacy and co-governance show he is unfit for office and reinforce the need...

Bryce Edwards: Chris Hipkins hires a lobbyist to run the Beehive

New Zealand is the second least corrupt country on earth according to the latest Corruption Perception Index published yesterday by Transparency International. But how much...

Open letter to all members of Parliament – The Therapeutic Products Bill

If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry as...

Bryce Edwards: The Gamechanger PM and polls

opinion polls answered the big question of whether a switch of prime minister would really be a gamechanger for election year. The 1News and...

Guy Hatchard: Money buys allegiance but it cannot buy you safety, truth or health

The democratic Governor of New York Kathy Hochul has announced that hospitals and care facilities will not be allowed to employ unvaccinated staff because according to...

Hipkins to meet with Albanese next week

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will travel to Canberra next week for an in person meeting with Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. “The trans-Tasman relationship is...

New Cabinet ‘focused on bread and butter issues’ – Hipkins

The new Cabinet will be focused on core bread and butter issues like the cost of living, education, health, housing and keeping communities and...

The West Must Never Again Go Totalitarian

The West can never again go totalitarian. We saw it happen generations ago. We fought two of humanity’s most destructive wars and faced the horror...

Bryce Edwards: Time for a sober discussion about toxicity and personality in politics

Since her shock resignation announcement, Jacinda Ardern has been at pains to point out that she isn’t leaving because of the toxicity directed at...

‘Impacts of COVID-19’ report released by Ministry of Health

The Ministry of Health has welcomed its latest commissioned research into the impacts of COVID-19. The Impacts of COVID-19 report, compiled by Health Services Research...

Watch: ‘Take Our Country Back’ by Nobody Someone

'Take Our Country Back' debuted this week on Spotify and Rumble. We resist we unite, we will fight for what is right The anger that we...

Therapeutic Products Bill petition: ‘Hands Off our Food, Herbs and Natural Remedies’

The petition calls on the government to remove foods, herbs, Rongoa and other traditional medicines and food supplements from the controversial Therapeutic Products Bill. The...

‘Nothing is harder than having true empathy for others’ – Clarke Gayford’s tribute to Jacinda Ardern

It was Ardern's final day as PM following the shock announcement last week that she was quitting. Clarke Gayford's tribute In the last few days I...

McAnulty cancels mobile public offices due to death threats

Kieran McAnulty is the Labour MP for Wairarapa. He is also the Minister for Emergency Management and Minister for Racing. McAnulty told a Hawke's Bay radio...

Sayonara Jacinda Ardern and thanks for our generation’s ‘Dawn Raid Moment’

At the launch of her first campaign to become Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern told supporters that climate change was her generation's 'nuclear free moment.' According...

Bryce Edwards: Labour shifts focus from Grey Lynn to West Auckland

The days of the Labour Government being associated with middle class social liberalism look to be numbered. Soon-to-be Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Deputy Prime...

Carmel Sepuloni becomes Deputy PM

Kelvin Davis will remain Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. New Prime Minister Chris Hipkins addressed media today in the Beehive following a Labour caucus...

Bryce Edwards: PM Hipkins resets Labour to the right

Get ready for a major political reset once Chris Hipkins is sworn in as Prime Minister this week. Labour’s new leader is likely to push...

Watch: Ardern’s legacy will be ‘one of cruelty’ – bombshell story to break next week likely reason she resigned

Lawyer Tudor Clee, who acts for pregnant New Zealand women stranded overseas during Ardern's lockdowns spoke to Rita Panahi of Sky News Australia. Clee believes...

Guy Hatchard: Our post-Ardern way ahead

Yesterday I had a very wide ranging and interesting discussion with Farmer James and Jono Frew. You can view it on Farmer James’ FB page....

Hipkins to become next NZ PM – legacy media

Legacy media outlet NZHerald reports that Chris Hipkins is set to become New Zealand's next Prime Minister. According to the report, Hipkins was the only...

Labour hits new low as Ardern’s favourability rating goes into negative

The Taxpayer's Union Curia poll had both major parties losing support. Labour falls one point from last month to 32% – its lowest ever level...

NZ Outdoors and Freedom Party calls for a Snap Election ‘to Let the People decide’

'With change in the air, let's do New Zealand a favour and have a snap election,' says Sue Grey co-leader of the NZ Outdoors...

Social Credit leader Chris Leitch passes away

The leader of the Social Credit party, Chris Leitch, passed away this morning after a long battle with neck cancer. He is survived by his...

Jacinda Ardern’s legacy of national division and excessive use of power

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has resigned after months of rumours. Ardern, whose popularity has plummeted during the last six months, told us “she...

Bryce Edwards: National can’t be allowed to sleepwalk to victory

Christopher Luxon’s National Party are the odds-on favourites to win the general election this year. They have been consistently ahead of Labour in the polls...

Shock announcement: Ardern resigns as PM

Jacinda Ardern announced today that she has resigned as Prime Minister of New Zealand. The Labour Caucus will vote for a new leader and Prime...

A Manhattan Project for the Biomedical Security State: Part 1

When Dominic Cummings testified before Parliament in May 2021 and he was asked about the UK Covid Vaccine taskforce, he said: ‘What Bill Gates...

Guy Hatchard: The NZ Government reaches for total medical control

For millions of years humans and animals have maintained their health by eating the fruits of the earth. The necessity and benefits of a broad...

Alexander Hamilton: Who Was the Unlikely Broadway Hero and What is His legacy?

One of the US founding fathers has recently found himself the subject of renewed interest - 250 years after his birth. But how exactly did...

Guy Hatchard: People who lie comfortably

Yesterday I was enjoying lunch at a restaurant, I couldn’t help overhearing the extended family at the adjacent table having a concerning and tragic...

State Power and COVID Crimes: Part 5

The ease with which the majority of people slipped into compliance with lockdown restrictions was a distressing surprise. The acceptance of facemasks in community and...

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