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I recall a very fine lawyer, New Zealand’s most highly regarded QC, once saying that no law should ever be passed unless it was absolutely necessary. Apparently nobody has pointed this out to Jacinda Ardern. In the minds now of many, the plethora of legislation already passed under her leadership and the proposed inflictions she feels impelled to add to these, point in a very obvious direction. So overwhelmingly damaging will be her legacy that…

A distinctly curious feature of the backlash against the letter published in the Listener titled “In Defence of Science” is that none of its most prominent critics have actually defended mātauranga Māori (traditional Māori knowledge) as being scientific. Yet the main point of the letter by the Auckland University professors — and the main point of contention for its critics — was summed up in its inflammatory conclusion: “Indigenous knowledge…

New Zealanders are being left out of important decisions by the Labour Government, and National is launching a series of campaigns for Kiwis to ‘Demand the Debate’. The first campaign relates to the Government’s 2019He Puapua report. Kiwis were never told about it at the time and it was never campaigned on by Labour. It has recently been considered by Cabinet and is being consulted on with a select few New Zealanders. · Background · In 2019,…

Members of three volunteer fire brigades – Tuakau, Pokeno, and Onewhero attended a benefit social night last Saturday (3 July 2021), in time for Matariki when we honour and remember loved ones who are no longer with us. The event was organised for the crews and whānau to acknowledge the impacts associated with the loss of loved ones and colleagues and to raise mental health awareness. · The organising committee wished to demonstrate…

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a pleasure to be in Auckland for the 28th New Zealand First Party Conference. · It is our intention and mission to remain the most successful political party outside of National and Labour in the last three decades. · So many scribes have tried, and continue to, write our obituary. But we are here today, as always steadfast and resolved to put New Zealand First. · Of course, we cannot start without paying tribute to…

Dr Sam responds to the ‘egregious’ personal attack on Dr Simon Thornley, epidemiologist and senior lecturer at the University of Auckland, that was recently published by Stuff. ·

Doctors for Covid Ethics, April 30, 2021 — · COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers have been exempted from legal liability for vaccine-induced harm. It is therefore in the interests of all those authorising, enforcing and administering COVID-19 vaccinations to understand the evidence regarding the risks and benefits of these vaccines, since liability for harm will fall on them. · In short, the available evidence and science indicate that COVID-19…

The RBNZ laid out the path for policy, including OCR rate hikes from mid-2022. Interest rates, including mortgage rates, have bottomed (all going well). · We have pulled forward our forecast OCR hikes to commence from May’22. New Zealand’s monetary policy stance sticks out compared to the RBA, and most other central banks. · There is significant upside risk to Kiwi interest rates and the Kiwi dollar. We are wary of mortgage related fixing in…

The number of people outside keeps growing. Where there had once been a harmless handful, there is now a good-sized crowd. And they keep coming. More and more of them. You can hear car doors slamming, footsteps, the soft murmur of exchanged greetings. These people can’t quite believe what they’ve been told, so they’ve come to see for themselves if the story is true. It was unavoidable: this growing chorus of disquiet. The moment Nanaia Mahuta…

A bombshell ruling from the High Court opens the door to tribal control of New Zealand’s foreshore and seabed. It represents a major setback for those who believe the country’s coastline and Territorial Sea should be owned by no-one and protected by the Crown for the benefit of all. The Edwards case is the first of some 200 Marine and Coastal Area Act applications for customary interest currently before the High Court. Collectively these…