A fascinating twist to the “Simon Bridges Expenses Leak Witch Hunt” saga. Despite Bridges initially being certain the leak didn’t come from within his own party, it turned out the party pooper was indeed a party-within-the-party. Subsequently, the guilty party has been sacked, but not without a nice little parting […]
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We signed up for the One Belt One Road Initiative; Here’s our One Road (and no doubt the first of many); NZ’s first Chinese-owned road could be in the pipeline A Chinese construction company has offered to build a long-planned four-lane toll road north of Auckland. Auckland Business Chamber’s […]
Penny Bright, the Auckland activist who nearly lost her house after refusing to pay rates for 11 years and whose motto was “open the books”, died on Thursday night. She was 64. By: Bernard Orsman Super City reporter, NZ Herald. 5 October 2018 For the past 20 years, the hard-boiled […]
MUST SEE! Recently (Friday 28th Sept. 2018) a Facebooker posted a mainstream news item on PM Adern’s recent speech to the UN, a speech that folk are fairly buzzing about. The point about the post was the fact that on first seeing the news item the headline read ‘Adern’s World […]
Both speeches worth watching in their entirety. Trump the Nationalist “Putting America First” as he promised. Ardern promoting, essentially, a Globalist message, yet embracing Te Reo and NZ pragmatism. (And she didn’t join in the laughter at Trump’s opening remarks). A real contrast and both speeches valid and impressive (whether […]
“Do watch this latest shocking Newshub video just released (on the link below), showing Mr Dean Dunbar, the father of one of the 29 victims killed, alleging the NZ Police and Government deliberately caused the 2ND Explosion on 24th November 2010 which sealed the fate of the 29 miners by […]
The Save Our Landlines campaign is asking for people to take action TODAY against the Telecommunications (New Regulatory Framework) Bill which has passed its second reading. Save Our Landlines NZs website is www.saveourlandlines.nz and the campaign’s position is that the bill should be withdrawn and redrafted so that it […]
Authorities and Media are playing down the significance of the alleged plane in this concerning incident, I will remain alert for further information on this story. It remains unclear if this could be a small “topdressing” aircraft spraying fertilizer or something larger. Perhaps the presence of the alleged aircraft is […]
Austrian oil and gas company OMV has told a hearing in New Plymouth that trace amounts of harmful chemicals it wants permission to discharge into the sea off Taranaki will have little effect on the environment. Robin Martin, Reporter (Radio NZ) A drilling rig off the coast of Taranaki Photo: […]
Great to bring you some positive news every now and again guys. This time a seabed mining court case victory: We won. We actually WON! This week, together we made history for our oceans: the proposed seabed mining plans in the South Taranaki Bight are officially quashed! Spread the word […]