Former National MP Simon O’Connor says Kiwis need to wake up to the threats posed by the Chinese government in the wake of a cyber-attack on New Zealand’s Parliament. For the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), “hacking is just one part of a continuum that also includes persecution, coercion, and manipulation,” he says.

28 March 2024

Let the kids be kids: Safety concerns see countries reign in the use of puberty blockers

Developments over the course of 2023 and into 2024 suggest a growing pushback against gender transitioning for children as one country after another takes steps to block the blockers.

26 March 2024

Foreign intel operation within the government escaped detection for nearly a decade

A recent report by the Inspector-General of Intelligence has exposed a clandestine signals intelligence operation, strongly suspected to be of US origin. It was operating under the government’s nose for years without anyone in elected office or even the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) director being the wiser.

25 March 2024

Farrar: The government needs to treat people that work like people that don’t work

Pollster David Farrar says, “treat tax brackets like benefits, and have them automatically adjust every year. If it is good enough for people not working to protect them against inflation, it is good enough for those who do work.”

25 March 2024

Don Brash says incoming Climate Change reporting requirements for banks are “absolutely nuts” 

Starting next year, banks will not only have to report on the amount of greenhouse gases their operations generate, but also the amount generated through their lending activities! “This is absolutely nuts, and the sooner the new Government does away with the crazy law which requires such a meaningless calculation the better,” says former National leader Don Brash.

28 March 2024

Mystery cancer “epidemic” in under-50s: “There might be an unknown environmental factor that we haven’t discovered”

The world is witnessing an “epidemic” in cancers among young people and New Zealand is no exception. Experts are quick to rule out COVID and vaccines, so why do they say this is happening?

27 March 2024

Is the Judiciary still New Zealand’s ‘least dangerous’ branch of government?

According to Dr Muriel Newman, the answer is no. “Our Supreme Court has become infected by the virus of activism,” she says. Cases in point are recent Court decisions over Marine and Coastal Area (MACA) Act claims and a climate change suit allowed to proceed against NZ’s largest companies.