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By Rachel Stewart Where to begin. What to say. Benjamin Doyle. This latest incarnation of Lucifer has channelled himself through the Green Party into the public consciousness. It’s no accident that he’s there, and no accident that so many before [...]

By Peter Williams The reaction of the Greens to Winston Peters post about the MP Benjamin Doyle’s pre-Parliament social media activity has been one of all-out attack. No comment whatsoever about what looked like some pretty suspicious behaviour by the [...]

By Michael Reddell Today is the last day in office for the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Adrian Orr. Of course, he hasn’t been in the office since 5 March when, on the eve of his major international conference, his resignation [...]

By Simon O'Connor The word ‘woke’ is thrown around a lot these days and I am often asked what it means. Usually I am asked by those who are woke and who themselves are used to manipulating words to their [...]

By Oliver Hartwich This week, the Government unveiled its blueprint to replace the Resource Management Act. This is not just another policy tweak – it is a game-changer for New Zealand’s economy. By splitting planning and environmental laws, the reforms [...]

By Rachel Stewart What the hell’s happening in Ireland? We all know that migrants are swarming Europe and Britain like flies on shite, but Ireland’s plight feels uniquely dire. Green fields, welcoming pubs, Irish whisky, a proud literary history. It [...]

By Muriel Newman Cheap, reliable energy is the lifeblood of progress. Yet as we approach winter, concerns are already being raised about the security of New Zealand’s electricity supplies. Because of a lack of rain, our hydro-lakes are lower than [...]

By Lindsay Perigo Dump it! Ditch it! DOGE it! exhorted I last week, referring to our Ministry of Education, a contemporary pillar of Evil.  Academia in toto is a pillar of evil all over the Western world, the Epi-Centre of [...]

By Ani OBrien The Waitangi Tribunal’s Strategic Direction Review Group quietly posted their report on the Waitangi Tribunal website.1 The group had been tasked with completing “a thorough assessment of how the Waitangi Tribunal was implementing its strategic goals” in [...]

By Bryce Wilkinson Last night, I found myself standing at St Peter’s Church for the “Red Tape Hui,” not to confess my economic sins, but to proselytise about the virtues of the prospective Regulatory Standards Bill. The event, hosted by [...]

By Dieuwe de Boer There's a stark contrast between the Luxon/Willis "say yes" and "open for business" positive propaganda in trying to attract investors and the reality. We had a net loss of 47,000 citizens last year. A big story [...]

By Peter Williams Zimbabwe, or Rhodesia as it was in those days, used to be known as the breadbasket of Africa. A country with fertile soils and a temperate climate that produced ample food for itself, its neighbours and the [...]

By Rachel Stewart Last week I spoke about the ‘woke left’, and how the movement wasn’t dying any time soon. It’s seems only fair then, that having roundly criticised the yin I should also diss the yang. I’m nothing if [...]

By Christine Smith Seeing down the Generations Introduction: Why are you homeschooling? To give your children a good education? Keep going…why? To remove them from bullying or a dodgy curriculum? Keep going…what’s the next why? To set your children on [...]

By Rodney Hide Warning: If you are likely to be upset by exposure to material available to your children and grandchildren, do not proceed. I fear that in 20 years time the age of consent will be gone. Middle aged [...]

By Peter Williams DISCLAIMER: I’m a financial supporter of the Taxpayers’ Union (TPU) and a former member of the Board. The Taxpayers’ Union did the country a major service in January when it pointed out that $4 million of taxpayers’ [...]

By Muriel Newman National has a problem. They don’t seem to know why they were elected. It is bizarre. After six years in charge, Labour had stuffed up the country. Their incompetence was universal. When they were kicked out of [...]

By Dr Muriel Newman National has a problem. They don’t seem to know why they were elected. It is bizarre. After six years in charge, Labour had stuffed up the country. Their incompetence was universal. When they were kicked out [...]

By Roger Partridge President Trump promised to drain the swamp, fight bureaucratic overreach, and defend American interests. His policies resonated with voters. But his treatment of Canada, America’s closest neighbour, defies rational explanation. Trump’s assault on Canada exposes a grim [...]

By Keri Molloy Health New Zealand is ploughing on, saying that adding fluoride to water is not a treatment to individuals but to the water.   Actions New Zealand First has introduced a Member’s Bill which would restore decision-making power [...]

By Dieuwe de Boer I've long said that New Zealand could be fixed by one rogue billionaire and a dozen men. A handful of millionaires working together could manage it too. The 9% stake that Jim Grenon bought in NZME [...]

By William McGimpsey To be honest, it was really more of a panel discussion. James is touring New Zealand with the Free Speech Union, speaking at events in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. I’m a former Free Speech Union employee and [...]

By Roger Partridge Has the Supreme Court once again stepped outside its lane? A recent ruling about who controls our coastlines suggests our highest court is trying to reshape laws made by Parliament, rather than just apply them. Even more [...]

By Lindsay Perigo In his historic address to Congress last week, President Trump, lovingly known on the Perspective as Orange Man Bad-Ass, listed some of the disgusting and dopey scams Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency had uncovered as recipients [...]

By Dr Muriel Newman New Zealand is now reaping the consequences of the misguided appeasement strategy adopted by successive governments when dealing with the growing demands of radical Maori leaders. They have bent over backwards apologising and kowtowing to these activists, even [...]

By Dr Muriel Newman International commitment to the United Nations Paris Agreement is crumbling. Governments around the world are either rejecting or reducing their climate targets because the cost of compliance is so high they cannot be achieved without sacrificing [...]

By Vincent Vos A couple of weeks ago, a small delegation of Forum for Democracy travelled to London for the second global conference of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship. We were joined by 4000 other people from all over the [...]

By Dieuwe de Boer Two unrelated stories caught my eye due to two unrelated events this week, but they both tell the same sorry story about the state of politics in New Zealand. "Streamlining and simplifying the Resource Management Act [...]

By Peter Williams The empire's striking back It is one of the most significant moves in the history of the New Zealand media. In time it may be seen as one of the most important manoeuvres in our recent social [...]

By Rachel Stewart And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack And you may find yourself in another part of the world And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may find [...]

By Michael Reddell I’d been thinking last week of writing a post looking ahead to the end of Adrian Orr’s term (due to have run until March 2028) and offering some thoughts on structural changes the government should be looking [...]

By Dieuwe de Boer The government's latest announcement to expand the powers of citizen's arrests are the first ray of light in favour of the common man when it comes to fighting thieves. The increase in violence crime ushered in [...]

By Rodney Hide It was shocking how the institutions we thought we could rely on crumbled like a stack of cards. The opposition, the media, the courts, the bureaucracy. Poof. Overnight our government became tyrannical. We were locked down and [...]

By Lindsay Perigo Well, what a brouhaha!  What a commotion! What a melee! What a maelstrom! What sound and fury! What tumult! What bedlam!    What a delight!    The Globalist agenda exposed and its bluff called, in broad daylight. [...]

By Fiona Mackenzie New Zealand is facing a significant freedom of speech crisis. Across the country, people dependent on their business or employment income are being intimidated into silence regarding the influence of the tribal elite over many aspects of [...]

By Rodney Hide Chris Luxon is done. He staggers on but he no longer has the command or respect a Prime Minister needs.  He’s proved middle management at best. His policies are Jacinda’s. His social media posts appear like skits. [...]

By Rodney Hide The post below is in text or can be viewed as two video clips. You may find the content confronting but as Rodney says it is, " ... representative of the 196 page Navigating the Journey for [...]

By Bryce Wilkinson Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he wants a bureaucracy that says “yes.” He is right to want that of course, but a lot of current rules would need to change. Under current rules, far too much is [...]

By David Harvey This article looks at some of the changes proposed to the Constitution of InternetNZ. It is not a complete study or critique of the Constitutional changes proposed but focusses on a couple of issues albeit important ones [...]

By Michael Johnston Some people think we live in relatively safe times. Those people are naïve. It is true that you are much less likely to die in a workplace accident, on the road, in a war, or from an [...]

By Dieuwe de Boer I hadn't followed the story of Janet Dickson's fight against the Real Estate Authority (REA) very closely. I knew she objected to the REA requiring real estate agents to do a left-wing "cultural course" before they [...]

By Rodney Hide Last week my 13-year-old at Wakatipu High studied in English “An introduction to culture and identity in literature”. The class guide was as follows: Below are some links to helpful clips that may be useful for understanding [...]

By Simon O'Connor In recent days, JD Vance - the Vice-President of the United States - made some comments around love, including both ‘how’ and ‘who’ we should love. His comments and the consequent reaction illustrates a stark contrast between [...]

By Rodney Hide President Trump promised to drain the swamp. He has turned it upside down, kicked it around, and is jumping on it.  His opponents are left defending fraud, waste and corruption, paper straws and deranged men hellbent on [...]

By Rachel Stewart Just what is it about the NZ Free Speech Union (NZFSU) defending the “free speech” of drag queens reading books to kids in a public library that bothered me - and many others - so much? Well, [...]

By Dieuwe de Boer All the winning that's going on in the United States is a stark reminder how far we still have to go. As Trump announced to restore the English name of Mount McKinley in Alaska, our own [...]

By Don Brash and Michael Reddell When Don was young and Michael’s parents were young, New Zealand had among the very highest material standards of living in the world. It really was, in the old line, one of the very [...]

By Bryce Wilkinson If you believe some of its critics, the pending Regulatory Standards Bill is a demonic measure to end New Zealand society as we know it. This is beyond false; it is ridiculous. In fact, it is a [...]

By William McGimpsey The recent furor in New Zealand around John Minto and his so-called “genocide hotline” provides a good illustration of just what life will be like inside the multicultural longhouse our society is being steered toward. Minto is [...]

By Mary Hobbs The future depends on what we do in the present. — Mahatma Gandhi The Gene Technology Bill – Part 1 The First Reading of the Gene Technology Bill 2024 was introduced to Parliament on 17 December 2024, by [...]

By Rodney Hide I struggle to believe former Prime Minister Helen Clark thinks Elon Musk is a Nazi. That doesn’t stop her of accusing him of being one and of him advocating genocide. Here’s her post on X on 26 [...]

By Paige Wills It’s disheartening and enraging to see Silver Fern Farms betray the very farmers it claims to represent and surrender to global greenwashing under the false banner of “sustainability”. Their latest email (18/12/24) outlining Scope 3 Emissions Targets [...]

By Michael Bassett So loud are the squeals from the likes of Debbie Ngarewa-Packer against the new appointments to the Waitangi Tribunal that I can only assume that Minister Tama Potaka has got things right. And that the new [...]

By Peter Williams The last bastion has cracked. NZME, the only stock exchange listed news gathering operation in the country, has had to face reality and tell staff that jobs at the New Zealand Herald and Newstalk ZB will have to [...]

By William McGimpsey Mere days into the new Trump administration and DEI mandates have been abolished, official government policy is there are only two genders, and Lyndon Johnson’s executive order authorising affirmative action has been terminated. Trump promised in his [...]

By David Seymour Sometimes New Zealand is all milk and honey. Other times you can sense widespread frustration that things could be better. Our country is in one of those times where we need to choose how we proceed. We [...]

By Dr Muriel Newman Freedom, democracy and the Rule of Law are the cornerstones of a modern society. So, let’s start 2025 with a quick stocktake on how well these foundations are being defended. First of all, it’s important to [...]

By Keri Molloy A hit-or-miss approach to gene technology could be catastrophic for New Zealand and its peoples. There’s no certainty that GMOs are safe or beneficial. Public submissions are now being called for the Gene Technology Bill. The closing [...]

By Peter Williams If you were hoping race relations temperatures in 2025 might reduce after the simmering discontent of the hikoi, Christchurch organization Brown Town has turned up the thermostat. In an extraordinary act of tone deafness they’ve decided if [...]

By Michael Reddell Don Brash: This short analysis of the current fiscal position as compared with the fiscal position as projected shortly before the Labour Government left office is sobering. Chris Hipkins and other Labour spokespeople are talking as if [...]

By William McGimpsey I appreciate the opportunity to comment on the Treaty Principles Bill and applaud the ACT Party and the Government for allowing ordinary Kiwis to have this opportunity. I agree with Mr Seymour and the ACT Party that [...]

By Kerri Molloy The requirement for the Far North District Council to fluoridate drinking water supplies in Kerikeri and Kaitaia is intrusive, illogical and possibly illegal. It’s right to say NO. But it’s not so simple for our local council. [...]

By Dr Muriel Newman In 1979 a group of Maori sovereignty activists visited Cuba and began collaborating with representatives of the Palestine Liberation Front. An adaptation of the PLF’s ‘Strategy for the Liberation of Palestine’ became a template for a radical agenda [...]

By Anthony Willy The notion of sovereignty describes the person or entity who, or which has the last say in all matters affecting the affairs of a state. It is as old as mankind. From the earliest times when wandering [...]

By Dr Muriel Newman ACT’s Treaty Principles Bill was tabled in Parliament on November 7, and the first reading debate was held on November 14. The Bill was referred to the Justice Select Committee, where a closing date for submissions of [...]

By Peter Williams A short radio news item caught my attention the other day. “A copy of a new book about the Treaty of Waitangi by lawyer Roimata Smail has been gifted to every secondary school in the country. An [...]

The following piece was first published in 2022 at Breaking Views but is even more relevant two years on. In recent years karakia (Maori prayers or chants) have become relatively standard at special (and even not so special) events. I [...]

By Dr Ananish Chaudhuri With Kemi Badenoch taking over the leadership of Tories in the UK, newspapers have been replete with how this represents a radical turn to the right. Similar headlines appeared when Labour was booted from power in [...]

By Peter Williams A well performing local council listens to its ratepayers and residents. If the people don’t want something to be built, then it shouldn’t go ahead. Which means the proposed new McDonalds in Wanaka should be a non-starter, [...]

By Ian Wishart Former High Court judge Robert Fisher, now a KC, argues in the NZ Herald that New Zealand is already a republic in all but name, and that Parliament could lock it in with a couple of legislative [...]

By Dr Muriel Newman In November 2000, former Prime Minister David Lange stated: “Democratic government can accommodate Maori political aspiration in many ways… What it cannot do is acknowledge the existence of a separate sovereignty. As soon as it does that, [...]

By Don Brash As you probably know, we have been running a petition to End the Waitangi Tribunal. That campaign continues, but in the meantime we heard some news that brought a smile to our faces... the Government has appointed former [...]

By Meryl Nass Dr. Ashley Bloomfield was the face of COVID in New Zealand, just the way Dr. Tony Fauci was in the US, or Dr. Christian Drosten was in Germany. Each was turned into a celebrity as well as [...]

By Dr Muriel Newman A number of opinion polls published over recent weeks confirm support for Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s National-led governing Coalition is holding. That’s in spite of the tough economic times, public service resistance, and biased media reporting. [...]

By Dieuwe De Boer Much was made of an August 2024 poll by the NZ Herald that showed "most New Zealanders support Kamala Harris." Her support was 55% with Donald Trump's at a mere 21%. That was the least interesting [...]

By Mary Hobbs If we are to reach real peace in this world .. we shall have to begin with children; and if they will grow up in their natural innocence . . . we won’t have to pass fruitless [...]

By Rachel Stewart Political scientist Bryce Edwards is someone I respect for his level-headedness but his recent article on Nicole McKee needs to be fact-checked, and fact-checked hard. If you haven’t seen it here it is: https://substack.com/@democracyproject/p-149335230 I mean, I get [...]

By Dieuwe de Boer A few weeks ago I wrote about how I supported the treaty principles being put forward by ACT because the treaty is a liberal document. The abstraction of the treaty into universal liberal rights was inevitable and a [...]

How Scotsmen influenced the world Is there a nation on earth whose sons have contributed more to a modern world than Scotland? I ask this after a two week road trip clockwise from Edinburgh to the Isle of Skye [...]

Prime Minister Chris Luxon during the election campaign: "You are on another planet if you want to have a conversation about bathrooms and make that an election issue.” That’s me. On another planet.  I want my daughters safe.  And [...]

Very rarely do you get the chance to witness a truly great teacher at work in the classroom. Dr Paul Crowhurst has worked in education for over twenty years — almost as long as I’ve known him — and [...]

Four months ago, I described a speech by Chris Bishop in his capacity as Minister of Housing as perhaps the most important speech given by any Government minister since the election last year. He’s just given another, arguably even [...]

The attempted assassination of Trump should be a moment when the Earth should stop spinning. For America to get back to work as usual in the midst of this type of cynical political malevolence is just utterly obscene.  My [...]

Anyone watching and trying to understand last Sunday’s Q&A where Jack Tame interviewed Debbie Ngarewa-Packer will realise that she seems to be beyond reason. Tame tried to examine bits of her blather and her obvious misuse of words, but [...]

A Call for Unity In the Herald for 7 June 2024 Bruce Cotterill expressed concern at what seemed to be loss of purpose on the part of New Zealand, especially given the fact that when governments change, a lot [...]

Listen to the audio HERE “[I]f angels fight,/ Weak men must fall, for heaven still guards the right.”  -Shakespeare’s Richard the II, spoken just before the King realises that his kingdom has been lost.  Well I’ve never seen a [...]

Listen to the audio HERE At about 10 past 10 on Sunday morning I was in front of the television having my first or maybe second Jed of the day. Hot, strong and black, the way I like my [...]

Listen to the audio HERE It has long been my contention that, well before Wuhan, there was a pandemic occurring that in the end will be more lethal than the Communist Chinese one. A pandemic of infantilism. Arrested development. [...]

The Brits are happy to pay for quality Whatever cost of living crisis Britain is currently undergoing and is predicted to encounter more of under the new and higher-taxing Labour government, it appears the All England Lawn Tennis Club [...]

Ever wondered who or what is constantly trying to block the new Government’s policies? Why is it that announcements by ministers about the economy, educational changes, new health proposals, reducing the runaway numbers of public servants and combating juvenile [...]

Is Labour's spectacular win what it seems? It’s intriguing to arrive in a foreign land on the eve of their General Election. Just why the United Kingdom votes on a Thursday has always been a bit of a mystery [...]

What makes a country great? It’s a timely question to ask, because over the last few weeks, with ferries running aground, air force planes breaking down, and electricity pylons falling over, we’ve all had cause to question whether New [...]

My 13-year-old daughter is a year 9 student at Wakatipu High School.  The School’s Head of Health and Physical Education emailed me explaining an upcoming course on Relationship and Sexuality Education.   The email read as follows: Kia ora Parents/Caregivers, [...]

Listen to the audio HERE I am so old I can remember the televised Kennedy/Nixon presidential debates. I didn't actually see them at the time, but I remember reading about them and being a sufficiently nerdy child to be [...]

The Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill Revived Child as he was he was desperate with hunger, and reckless with misery. He rose from the table; and advancing to the master, basin and spoon in hand said: somewhat alarmed at [...]

Listen to the audio HERE One would wish Rishi Sunak and his ilk would learn the lesson that pussy-footing, weak-kneed, soft-penised, gutless, lily-livered, spineless, brainless cowardice has no electoral appeal. The world is divided into two types of politician: [...]

An Obituary for Safer Online Services InternetNZ (officially Internet New Zealand Inc., formerly the Internet Society of New Zealand) is a not-for-profit open membership organisation and the designated manager for the .nz country code top-level Internet domain. It also [...]

Why is a Council flush with funds putting up rates so much? If a business turned over nearly 87 million dollars in annual revenue, returned a 21 million dollar end of year surplus, owned assets worth more than a [...]

Listen to the audio HERE Last week I played some audio from a pro-freedom demonstration in London attended by tens of thousands of patriots, organised by Tommy Robinson. You heard the patriots jeering some of the most evil enemies [...]

David Seymour’s pushback against the efficiency and value of the school lunch scheme has aroused the ire of tech entrepreneur and self-confessed Labour sympathiser Sir Ian Taylor. Seymour, after originally wanting to dispense with them completely, now wants school [...]