Why is it that some countries prosper, while others fail?It’s an obvious question, but one that is not often asked. For an answer, we simply need to look at the six years of failure by the Ardern government.  W...

The new Parliament is one of the most radial ever elected.Last week we saw a Green MP leading an anti-Semitic crowd in a war chant to destroy Israel.And just days earlier both Green party leaders promised to amplify opposition t...

Votes have had their say and they have said they have had enough of Labour and its woke agenda. While Chris Hipkins is the one who had to front up to the nation on election night, the defeat is very much a rejection of Jacinda Arde...

When the Marine and Coastal Area Act was passed in 2011, the public was told by the then National Government that less than 10% of the coast would qualify for customary marine title. A decision by the Court of Appeal has shown that ...

The 14th of October is an important day for both New Zealand and Australia.  Australia is holding a referendum about giving a Voice to indigenous rights.  We are holding a general election where indigenous ri...

It is highly likely that Labour will suffer a historic defeat on the 14th of October. Voters will be sending politicians a very clear message that they were elected to serve the public not dictate to them. It’s a message a...

Last week Labour released its Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update called the (PREFU). The figures were better than expected. Labour said it showed the economy was in good shape. What they did not say the economy wa...

The polls suggest Labour is about to suffer a historic and humiliating defeat on the 14th of October. Voters have had enough.Labour’s performance during its six years in power is a litany of failure.  Clearly, it can’t campaign on ...

Information provided under the Official Information Act has revealed that the Ardern Labour Government paid $500,000 to buy editorial comments in two of our major mainstream news outlets. The features did not disclose it was paid co...

The Waitangi Tribunal was established in 1975 as a commission of inquiry into the Crown’s alleged breaches of the Treaty. The hope was that it would achieve reconciliation. It hasn’t. Some say it has become a vehicle f...

Public opinion polls are now converging on the view that Labour’s term in government is coming to an end.When it came to power in 2017 Jacinda Ardern said her government would be open, honest, and transparent. Time has proved ot...

In 2019 the Labour Party introduced a new corrections policy called Hokai Rangi. It takes a tikanga Maori approach to sentencing.  The Minister behind the scheme was Kelvin Davis. He said it would make the corrections system work be...

The government is the answer to our problems, at least that’s what the politicians would like us to believe. Since Labour took office in 2017 there has been a seismic shift towards greater state intervention and socialist control. ...

The United States Supreme Court has ruled against a university giving preferential entry on the grounds of race. The Court said the American constitution is colour-blind and prohibits racial preference.Other countries have similar prote...

There are now less than 100 days to what will be the most important election of our lifetime.For many New Zealanders, the return of Labour to government along with the Greens and the Maori Party would be the final straw.Those with...

When the 1968 Royal Commission on the Electoral System recommended the introduction of MMP voting, they warned that the Maori seats should be abolished to avoid over-representation of Maori in Parliament. That's exactly what we hav...

Our farmers are the most efficient food producers in the world…. with the lowest carbon footprint.Despite this, Labour and the Greens want to reduce production by taxing methane emitted by livestock.They say this is to achieve our...

The government is proposing major changes to the control of free speech.All media will be affected, everything from social media channels like Facebook and Twitter, to the mainstream media that have until now self-regulated their content...

We are told the climate is in crisis.We are told radical changes are required if the planet is to have any future at all. But how reliable are the models used to make such alarming predictions?And why are our central a...

If I wanted New Zealand to fail...To suffer, not prosper; to despair, not dream.I would start with democracy itself.I would say it is not working. I’d say that a House of Representatives that represents all people, does not...

Grant Robertson has delivered his 2023 annual budget. This years budget was more about words, than figures. It was an election-year budget. The Labour Party speeches were about success, and sound economic man...

The Coronation of King Charles III was a grand affair. It was watched by over 400 million people worldwide. Millions of royal fans crowded into London to be part of the celebration, with over a hundred thousand lining the procession route. ...

The shock defection of the Labour Cabinet Minister Meka Whaitiri to the Maori Party caught the Prime Minister and her former colleagues by surprise. They were blind-sided, admitting they had no idea she was thinking of leaving the Party.

Tuku Morgan and John Tamihere have made it very clear that if the Maori Party is the kingmaker after the election, they will not settle for anything less than full ownership of New Zealand’s freshwater.

Labour has changed the name of its Three Waters policy and increased the number of water entities from four to 10. It's now called the "Affordable Water Reform", despite it being less affordable than Three Waters!Has anything really cha...