by Vince McLeod I’m voting for New Zealand Loyal this Saturday. I make a point of never voting for the same party two elections in a row, because I don’t want to feel like I can ever trust one of the bastards. I voted ALCP in 2020, so can’t vote for them again this year, … Read more
by Vince McLeod It’s looking likely that the 2023 New Zealand General Election will be a close-run affair. It’s also looking likely that we won’t know who the next ruling power/coalition of powers will be for several weeks, as we must wait for negotiations to conclude. This article looks at who the next ruling coalition … Read more
By Mike Bee Voters United grew out of the fact that in the last election minor parties were strongly supported by New Zealand voters but scored no seats because their votes were spread over so many different parties. The Green Party had a similar number of votes to the sum total of the minor parties’ … Read more
by Vince McLeod When I was younger, I had a family member in the trade of supplying medicinal cannabis to people with various conditions, including Huntington’s disease. One day the New Zealand Police caught wind of his operation, so they came to his house, arrested him, and chucked him in a cage with rapists and … Read more
by Mike Bee The Labour Party is “in it for us”. The other side is going to get the country “back on track again”. And, because Winston Peters is the only alternative candidate who has any chance of success, any vote given to one of the minor parties other than his party is “a wasted … Read more
by Vince McLeod Winston Peters created a controversy this week in Nelson when he said that Maori people are not indigenous to New Zealand. The chimpout that followed saw Chris Hipkins, Chris Luxon and David Seymour all team up to criticise Peters. This caused some to ask: why are the left and the right teaming up against the … Read more
by Mike Bee If your house is on fire, you make sure people are safe, and then you do what you can to put it out till the fire brigade arrives, right? When you hear that fire engine pull up, you will undoubtedly feel a great sense of relief. Firemen are here to help, and … Read more
A review of its opening night in Auckland, 5th September, 2023 by Mike Bee There must have been close to 2,000 people in the Civic Theatre in Downtown Auckland last night for the world premiere of River of Freedom, the film about the Wellington Occupation of February and March 2022. As I walked home alone … Read more
by Vince McLeod In George Orwell’s prophetic novel, 1984, the purpose of “Newspeak” was to make anti-government thoughts impossible. The logic was that if people were prevented by language from talking about opposing the government, they’d also be prevented from thinking about it. Being unable to think about opposing the government, they’d make perfect slaves. In … Read more
Thomas S. A friend of mine grew up behind the Berlin Wall in the eighties and has told me that whenever the younger generation ask the older generation what they did to resist tyranny during the regime, the reply for many is: “I don’t want to talk about it.” Those who don’t want to talk … Read more
