9 November 2024
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, [...]
6 November 2024
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 [...]
4 November 2024
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, [...]
2 November 2024
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 [...]
26 October 2024
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 [...]
24 October 2024
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. [...]
22 October 2024
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 [...]
18 October 2024
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 [...]
16 October 2024
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 [...]
14 October 2024
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 [...]
1 October 2024
Assistant Producer - Breakfast Remote or Queenstown-based 15 - 30 hours + per week The Opportunity: Want to work with a team making a real difference in New Zealand? At Reality Check Radio, we cover the issues the mainstream [...]
1 October 2024
Sound Engineer Queenstown or Remote 20 - 30 hours + per week The Opportunity Want to work with the team making a real difference in NZ? At Reality Check Radio, we cover the issues the mainstream media won't [...]
29 July 2024
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 [...]
26 July 2024
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 [...]
26 July 2024
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 [...]
25 July 2024
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 [...]
24 July 2024
Reality Check Radio: Six Hit Shows in One Week on the Assassination Attempt on Trump. NZ is Engaged!
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 [...]
23 July 2024
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 [...]
23 July 2024
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 [...]
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9 November 2024
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, [...]
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6 November 2024
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 [...]
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4 November 2024
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, [...]
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2 November 2024
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 [...]
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26 October 2024
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 [...]
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24 October 2024
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. [...]
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22 October 2024
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 [...]
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18 October 2024
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 [...]
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16 October 2024
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 [...]
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14 October 2024
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 [...]
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1 October 2024
Assistant Producer - Breakfast Remote or Queenstown-based 15 - 30 hours + per week The Opportunity: Want to work with a team making a real difference in New Zealand? At Reality Check Radio, we cover the issues the mainstream [...]
-
1 October 2024
Sound Engineer Queenstown or Remote 20 - 30 hours + per week The Opportunity Want to work with the team making a real difference in NZ? At Reality Check Radio, we cover the issues the mainstream media won't [...]
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29 July 2024
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 [...]
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26 July 2024
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 [...]
-
26 July 2024
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 [...]
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25 July 2024
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 [...]
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24 July 2024
Reality Check Radio: Six Hit Shows in One Week on the Assassination Attempt on Trump. NZ is Engaged!
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 [...]
-
23 July 2024
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 [...]
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23 July 2024
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 [...]