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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 [...]