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News that the BFD blog and its customers and commenters are under police “surveillance” should not come as a surprise. Like most of our public institutions, Police in NZ have been politicized for some time, but especially so since “Cuddles” Coster became Commissioner. As many have already pointed out, the issue here is not the Read more

A core principle of journalism is a willingness to protect the weak from the powerful, and to always hold those in power to account. When journalists start working for the powerful, they forfeit their right to be called such, and are no longer part of that profession. They become propagandists. Unfortunately, most journalists today fall Read more

National die-hards are flat out cheering for their “renewed” party, and who can blame them? Of course Christopher Luxon would make a “better” PM than Jacinda Ardern. Of course National would form a “better” government than Labour. However the reality is National has been taken over by a group of politically naïve liberals, (with the Read more

The demise of the National Party in its current format is long overdue, and all we can hope for now is that recent events hasten badly needed reform. This week’s sequence of catastrophes was set in motion Monday when Tova O’Brien interviewed Simon Bridges on his leadership aspirations. (see video below) Ms O’Brien has hated Read more

Sure, most of the country does not understand that the media is deeply corrupt. Maybe 20% of us know what a chronic problem this is within our democratic system. Perhaps another 20% thinks its a bit of a problem. Leaving aside the few lunatics on the extreme left who think the media is biased to Read more

Over the years, New Zealand has signed up to some damaging socialist concepts, and in too many cases, the party that signed us up has been the National Party. Want an example? Its easy. Here’s one- The RMA is probably the most damaging piece of legislation ever enacted in NZ, especially to our investment sector. Read more