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
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
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
Thomas S. The moral degradation of New Zealand continues this month, with ‘Safe Spaces’ for abortion clinics set to come into effect on the 25th August, in line with the ‘Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment Act (2022)’. The Act was passed in March of last year, just weeks prior to Comrade Ardern’s exit from … Read more
by Mike Bee. Although Brian Tamaki is shown in the key image in this article, this is not just about him but about what is needed in this country to produce representatives who will speak for us truly. While writing it, the resignations of four Democracy NZ candidates took place, and it is clear that … Read more
by Vince McLeod This essay outlines a suggestion not heard for many years: that the political needs and wants of the New Zealand nation could best be met by devolving political power to provincial governments. Recent demographic work has revealed the full extent of New Zealand’s demographic diversity. New Zealand is actually a fairly large … Read more
by Mike Bee Someone once said that any society that burns books will end up burning people. Book-burning is not widely practised today, and the focus of those who censor free speech has shifted to what takes place online. But the saying is nevertheless true, and we can extend it for our time by … Read more
by Vince McLeod A recent Horizon Poll found that combined support for Labournational has now fallen to less than 61%, the lowest ever. Never before have Kiwis had less confidence in the two biggest parties. The electoral ramifications of this fall in support are major. The mathematics of building a ruling coalition are simple, but … Read more
