8 November 2024
7 November 2024
Shane Jones on X: "https://t.co/INkryYNjhY" / X
5 November 2024
It's US Election Day and America faces a stark choice
NZ National Party on X: "Just announced. https://t.co/wAguS3WosN" / X
Shane Jones on X: "https://t.co/E16llukiX6" / X
4 November 2024
3 November 2024
26 October 2024
ACT New Zealand on X: "Last week, the Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to three economists, Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.” You won’t have read about this in the New Zealand press, besides syndicated cut and paste jobs, even though" / X Read this article. It is worth reading.
22 October 2024
Being 'woke' and how it became a catchall phrase | RNZ
19 October 2024
New Zealand First on X: "https://t.co/iAuDkdULDy" / X (twitter.com)
Jaipal Datta with Honourary Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand Winston Peters
History Warrior - The Māori: Guardians of New Zealand's Cultural... | Facebook
There have been eight leaders of the Kīngitanga movement: (Reported by Stuff reporter Florence Kerr on 5 September 2024.
- Pōtatau Te Wherowhero 1858-1860
- Tāwhiao 1860-1894
- Mahuta 1894-1912
- Te Rata 1912-1933
- Koroki 1933-1966
- Te Atairangikaahu 1966-2006
- Tūheitia 2006-2024
- Ngā Wai hono i te po 2024
18 October 2024
New Zealand First on X: "https://t.co/YqJtO6W9Dd" / X (twitter.com)
Winston Peters on X: "The Maori Party has today sent an open letter to the speaker complaining about me and my party standing up to their bully boy behaviour in the House. They deliberately blatantly lie about what I said and why I said it - which was "would students at te reo Maori lessons learn" / X (twitter.com) "NZFirst will never stop fighting against the separatist ideology that is bringing our country down and is perpetuated by the likes of the Maori Party. They are a disgrace and a danger to the future of our country. We will not be bullied by these cultural elitist radicals. We stand for one people, one country, one flag, united as one - Maori and non-Maori. It is the only way our country will ever succeed - and we will never give up fighting for that."
13 October 2024
- Helen Clark on X: "Govt initiatives are “blitzkrieg on democracy; shift towards unfettered extractive economics that serves particular interests while offering dire future for young people & many communities; & deployment of tactics 2 gain power by inflaming social division” https://t.co/4lgo5NIJ0E" / X (twitter.com)
- Winston Peters on X: "Just completed our party convention with a public meeting today in Hamilton. Massive turn out of around 900 packed the room to hear our plans for the future of our country. Very positive and engaged crowd today - despite a handful of woke feral protesters who managed to find https://t.co/eKc9s0KbcL" / X (twitter.com)
11 October 2024
Christopher Luxon meets Narendra Modi at the East Asia Summit on 10 October 2024
Now in opposition, labor leader and ex-Prime Minister of New Zealand writes on X. Helen Clark on X: "A #NZ-India FTA will not be easy, which is not to say it should not be attempted. But not seeing any reporting on whether PM sat down with Premier of NZ’s largest trade partner. Is that happening, or did neither side want to meet even in a pull aside? Odd. https://t.co/5v0I9ElTNK" / X (twitter.com)
7 October 2024
1. Winston Peters on X: "One year ago today, Israel faced the worst terrorist attack in its history. New Zealand was horrified to see 1,200 people killed and 251 taken hostage by Hamas on this deeply traumatic day. We continue to condemn this monstrous terrorist attack unequivocally. New Zealand shares" / X (twitter.com) New Zealand shares the heartache and deep concern for the fate of the hostages still being held in Gaza. Since 7 October, we have consistently called for their immediate release, and we will keep doing so.
New Zealand has always advocated for a world where Israelis and Palestinians can live side by side in peace, security, and dignity. We continue to call for an end to the violence in Israel, Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and the wider region, and for negotiations towards a two-state solution to the current crisis.3 October 2024
"The New Zealand Wars began with fighting between Ngāpuhi and a government force at Kororāreka (Russell) in the Bay of Islands. The major causes were the concern of some Ngāpuhi that the moving of the capital from the Bay to Auckland had hurt them economically, and that the Crown was exceeding its authority in the area. Hōne Heke Pōkai and his supporters cut down the flagstaff at Kororāreka four times to make this point. Other hapū of Ngāpuhi led by Tāmati Wāka Nene sided with the British. On 11 March 1845 Heke, Te Ruki Kawiti and Pūmuka led an attack on Kororāreka, which was defended by English settlers and a British naval force led by Acting Commander David Robertson of HMS Hazard. Pākehā were evacuated from the town after a powder magazine blew up." teara.govt.nz/en/new-zealand Later, in 1858, Hōne Heke's tribe (Ngāpuhi) re-erected the flagpole at Russell and said: "We have a Queen, Queen Victoria. Which is what we agreed to in the Treaty". Then, in 1860, Maori chiefs reaffirmed their understanding of the sovereignty of the Queen in a meeting with Governor Thomas Gore Browne at Kohimarama, Auckland. Around 129 chiefs attended. Here's what some of them said: - Wikiriwhi Matehonoa of Ngati Porou: "We are all under the sovereignty of the Queen" - Horomona Toremi of Ngati Raukawa in Otaki: "You over there (the Pakehas) are the only chiefs... Let there be one word for all this land". - Tamati Waka Nene, one of the leaders who signed at Waitangi, said: "I know no sovereign but the Queen, and I never shall know any other. I am walking by the side of the Pakeha". McQueen, Ewen (2020). One Sun in the Sky: The untold story of sovereignty and the Treaty of Waitangi. First Edition. New Zealand: Benefitz Ltd. Now watch the the 1News video below that says nothing about these facts. For further research, look into how much land Ngāpuhi claimed in the Musket Wars. Date: 2024-10-02 Source: TV1 News at 6PM Reporter: Yvonne Tahana Copyright Authority: Fair Dealing
2 October 2024
ACT New Zealand on X: "ACT statement on Iranian missile attack "Israel is now under fire from three directions," says @SimonCourtACT. "The precarious position of Jewish people in the Middle East should have been clear before Hamas invaded Israel and massacred its civilians. Then Hezbollah started" / X (twitter.com) "Far too many New Zealanders have naively supported this proxy war by participating in Iran’s international propaganda campaign. Demonising the people of Israel has softened up the international community for an all-out assault on the only functional democracy in the Middle East.
"Iran and its allies are actively hostile to our values of democracy, freedom, and religious tolerance. Their goal is not justice, it is extermination. It is time for New Zealand politicians and activists to put down the kaffir scarves, condemn Iran and its proxies, and start doing right by Jewish people who deserve a place to call home."30 September 2024
New Zealand First on X: "Winston Peters: They agreed to close Marsden Point, never told the workers, unions or the North https://t.co/a0tkvLZ89A" / X (twitter.com) Some industries are closing in NZ without taking workers in confidence, said Winston Peters.
28 September 2024
Holyhekatuiteka on X: "140 year old meat processing factory and 660 Jobs in Timaru likely gone. This is what is killing our economy. Land use change due to progressive policy and the resulting declining farm land, which in turn has led to a significant decline in Animals. In the 50’s - 70’s When NZ https://t.co/jWQ34DaiI3" / X (twitter.com) "Although this has been going on for sometime, it escalated under Ardern when she sent David Parker to goose stepping through NZ to kneecap farmers with unrealistic and unworkable fresh water laws. Farmers are walking away. I know several farming families who have farmed for generations discouraging their own children from farming. What’s interesting in the below clip is an E Tu Union Member openly criticising the change in land use, and yet it’s the party’s they support that helped bring this industry to its knees. We need to get this country back working or we will become like Sri Lanka, a country convinced to embrace progressive farming which led to massive crop failures and a failed state, and now has installed an Openly Marxist leader. That country will end up in China’s hands soon enough."
27 September 2024
Winston Peters on X: "🗣️ The Minister has delivered a speech to a UN Security Council High-Level Debate on “Leadership for Peace”. “We must be resolute in our commitment to the peaceful resolution of disputes. All states must refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity https://t.co/P6IY5KPpHN" / X (twitter.com) “We must be resolute in our commitment to the peaceful resolution of disputes. All states must refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or sovereignty of any state. Members of the Security Council are no exception.”
Winston Peters on X: "New Zealand never wants to experience the catastrophe of another World War. There must never be another San Francisco conference picking up the pieces after another descent into global annihilation and human suffering. So we must do more. Demand more. And deliver more. We https://t.co/S68V4I4Gsh" / X (twitter.com) "We must reject and resist those who seek to conquer and control. We must always seek the path of peace because the lasting victories of humanity are those of peace, not war."
Carl Worker on X: "And there is no national security without economic security." / X (twitter.com)
5 September 2024
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29 August 2024
28 August 2024
24 August 2024
Wastewater treatment in New Zealand. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/sewage-trucked-away-from-hundreds-of-new-homes-in-west-auckland-with-no-permanent-wastewater-connection/MQNCFWN3ANBNTEKTQJXKXCAKRA/#google_vignette
22 August 2024
William McGimpsey on X: "Yesterday another report was released alleging “systemic bias” against Maori in the Police Service. Maori are arrested more often because they commit more crime, not because police are biased. Look at the crime rate differential between men and women - does anyone seriously https://t.co/Jd4VtSrtjO" / X (twitter.com) Maori are arrested more often because they commit more crime, not because police are biased. Look at the crime rate differential between men and women - does anyone seriously entertain the idea that men are arrested and imprisoned more often than women because of “systemic misandry”? Of course not. It’s ridiculous. Men just just commit more crime so they get arrested and imprisoned more often. The entire “systemic bias” narrative is an ideological-based lie which is advanced in order to secure favourable treatment for Maori and other favoured minorities and to tilt the playing field against the hated straight white male. We hear a lot about the public “losing trust in institutions”, but rather than pointing the finger at populists, how about the institutions take a good hard look at this sort of ideological garbage which they constantly pump out and endorse. People don’t trust you because of this sort of crap.
20 August 2024
New Zealand argues and follows Indian democracy stating that National is polarising the society. Chris Hipkins on X: "It seems this current government have yet to encounter a red neck they don’t want to scratch. They use all things Māori as a wedge to divide New Zealand, when we should do the opposite. We should be bringing people together." / X (twitter.com)
Detailed report on Maori ɴᴢ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴀ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜ on X: "Maori leaders purposely mislead New Zealanders Tukoroirangi Morgan (Waikato): "You've thrown Maori under the bus" Rahui Papa (Waikato-Tainui): "Get rid of all the Maori bashing racist bills and policies and procedures" Rahui Papa misleads New Zealanders by saying the https://t.co/QQhG7eNnUJ" / X (twitter.com) Firstly, The Treaty of Waitangi is an historical document and can't be rewritten. The Waitangi Tribunal purposely refers to it as the Treaty to incite anger in Maori. What they're actually referring to are the "Treaty Principles" that were never codified in the original Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975, and because of this, multiple interpretations have been used instead and sometimes they actually contradict the intentions of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Act's Treaty Principles Bill is far closer to the actual meaning in the Treaty than the fabricated Principles presently being referred to. The Waitangi Tribunal can't be trusted. Ngāpuhi (NZ's largest tribe) leader David Rankin wants The Waitangi Tribunal ended. He accuses it of being a bully, inventing history and delivering New Zealand into apartheid.
My favourite quote from this news story was by Winston Peters: "We're getting things on even keel for the first time in a very long time" which reveals the true intention of the Governments changes. Would be nice if TV news showed that side of the story.
19 August 2024
Corruption in New Zealand. 1News on X: "#WATCH: NZ has benefited from a reputation for having low levels of corruption compared to other nations, but a new report warns the country is at risk of complacency 👇 https://t.co/WZsaGXkDVc" / X (twitter.com)
16 August 2024
Holyhekatuiteka on X: "🚩NZ’s Energy Crisis fuelled by runaway ridiculous and dangerous Immigration levels🚩 Harvey Weake is a NZ Energy expert with over 3 decades of experience as an Industry Captain. He spoke to RCR about our energy crisis. The causes of our dilemma that could mean rolling https://t.co/OBNR8fDA8L" / X (twitter.com) Energy crisis is due to migration. New movement is starting in New Zealand.
13 August 2024
8 August 2024
7 August 2024
Australian defence expert cautions NZ over AUKUS Pillar 2 | RNZ
An Australian defence and foreign policy expert is cautioning New Zealand against joining AUKUS Pillar Two.
Pillar Two of the security partnership between Australia, the UK and the US focuses on developing and sharing military technology between the group, including drones and hypersonics.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters says New Zealand is "investigating" joining AUKUS Pillar Two, while the Prime Minister, Chrisopher Luxon told the Financial Times recently, New Zealand was "very open" to it.
Former Prime Minister Helen Clark and former National and ACT Party leader Don Brash have teamed up to oppose any such move, saying it would be a radical change in NZ's foreign policy, which could upset our biggest trading partner, China.
Australian National University Emeritus Professor Hugh White is in New Zealand at the invitation of Miss Clark and Dr Brash and joins Paddy Gower in studio.
6 August 2024
5 August 2024
Helen Clark on X: "“China stands to lose more than it gains in collapsing rules-based order. Chinese economy heavily depends on stability of international system both to acquire resources needed to feed its industrial base & provide markets for goods its businesses produce”: https://t.co/flgyaV2lrg" / X (twitter.com)
30 July 2024
"Labour now relies on ideological soundbites as a basis of their policy making - which when given even a cursory glance are totally bereft of any facts. They have become the ‘party of moral outrage’ – obsessed with accusations, ‘gotcha politics’, woke ideology, and opposing anything that happens to float by.
The spiritual home of the Labour Party is the West Coast – the site of the miners’ strike in 1908 which spawned the party that used to represent the workers of New Zealand – the gold miners, the coal miners, the labourers, the foresters, the fisheries, the hard working blue-collar battlers of our country. The catch cry was ‘a fair day’s pay, for a fairs day’s work’. They represented those workers in the very industries which have now become the anathema of who and what the Labour Party represents today." Winstonpeters
26 July 2024
21 June 2024
India and New Zealand deepen people-to-people ties. Narendra Modi on X: "I thank Prime Minister @Chrisluxonmp for his call and warm felicitations. Reiterated our firm commitment to take forward India-New Zealand ties, which are rooted in shared democratic values and people-to-people ties. Appreciate his efforts towards the security and well-being of" / X (twitter.com)
Should there be fast-track courts to resolve conflict? Justice delayed is justice denied.
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