NZCPR Newsletter: Eliminating Woke

National has a problem. They don’t seem to know why they were elected. It is bizarre.

After six years in charge, Labour had stuffed up the country. Their incompetence was universal.

When they were kicked out of office in October 2023, inflation was raging out of control, the economy was tanking, crime was rampant, health and education were failing, and racial division was on the rise.

The Labour Party today is no better than it was back then. The failed ministers are still there, with their destructive ideas on full display.

In light of all that, it is astounding that Labour rates at all in the opinion polls. Yet they do – they are polling on a par with National.

Surely, that must send a message to National’s hierarchy that their first 18 months in office is not delivering what voters had expected. 

Bjorn Lomborg: An Inconvenient Truth - Our climate policies cant save the environment. So what will?

In an effort to minimise the effects of climate change, countries in the developed world are chasing net-zero at all costs, causing high energy prices and reduced energy consumption.

The problem? In this video, Bjorn Lomborg explains how, across the world, it is countries with the highest energy consumption that create the most wealth, and it is those with the most wealth that are most able to care for the environment.

By enacting policies that reduce energy availability and increase cost, the 'net-zero' agenda is preventing the very thing it aims to achieve.

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Derek Mackie: A Cryptic Chris-word

The theme of today’s teaser, folks, is Kiwi politics, which can be confusingly cryptic at the best of times. Hopefully though, the puzzle will be less challenging than figuring out what’s going through the minds of our two main party leaders, who often appear clueless. 

 When complete, the answers should provide you with a snapshot of the main issues facing the country and the current state of NZ governance. 

Enjoy! With your morning coffee and a biscuit….or something stronger, perhaps! 

ACROSS 

1/ The modern ruling class delve into fake literature (5) 

4/ A pinkish variety of gingery red (7) 

7/ His army division and or what he did in the mess show the company he keeps (9) 

8/ in a town at Iona live those who claim to be right (8) 

10/ Pact between nations entreat you to sign (6) 

11/ Where a tribe endlessly goes with you to get most of their land back (8) 

12/ Undemocratic power sharing on a twin-skippered vessel (11) 

13/ Expect special treatment given to ten men, let it be shared (11) 

DOWN 

2/ He gets you all in a lather, then there’s no turning back (5) 

3/ We embrace OK when being inclusive, luvvie (4) 

5/ Make advances and almost give dubious political reform (11) 

6/ So shall is’t one who leans to the left (9) 

9/ Hold steady and lose last US soldier at annual meeting place (8) 

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Roger Childs: Aotearoa was not Used in Centuries Gone By

“Of all the fake history with which New Zealand is swamped today, nothing is more blatant than the claim that “Aotearoa” is, or was, the Maori name for our country.” Distinguished Historian Bruce Moon

Apparently it’s trendy to use Aotearoa

In the 15 March TV3 News the item on the Auckland Infrastructure Conference was introduced with the words SELLING AOTEAROA; fortunately at the venue it had “New Zealand Infrastructure Conference” plastered on the walls behind the rostrum. 

Viv Forbes: Scorched Earth Disease Control

Way back in 1858 Nongqause, a prophetess of the Xosa Tribe in South Africa, had a vision telling her that all cattle of the tribe would have to be slaughtered, having been reared by contaminated hands. She said that she had met the spirits of three of her ancestors who had told her that the Xosa people should destroy their crops and kill their cattle. In return, the spirits would sweep the British settlers into the sea. Then their granaries would fill again and their kraals would have more and better cattle. 

DTNZ: Trump asks Russia to spare ‘surrounded’ Ukrainian troops

President Vladimir Putin has expressed support for a US ceasefire proposal but stressed that certain issues must be addressed first.

US President Donald Trump has asked his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to spare the lives of the Ukrainian troops that have been encircled in Kursk Region as part of a ceasefire agreement.

Joe Schaeffer: Germany to Citizens - Report Family Wrongthink to Save Democracy

If you want to see the Orwellian end result of the loaded “defender of democracy” rhetoric prominent in US establishment political circles since Barack Obama first entered the White House in January 2009, look no further than modern Germany. The sitting government of this deeply troubled Western European nation is conducting an ongoing brazen assault on the personal liberties of its citizenry, and it is doing so in the name of preserving the “constitutional order.”

Dieuwe de Boer: One Rogue Billionaire Could Fix NZ

I've long said that New Zealand could be fixed by one rogue billionaire and a dozen men. A handful of millionaires working together could manage it too. The 9% stake that Jim Grenon bought in NZME to initiate a hostile takeover against the board is a small glimpse into that possible future.

True reform in New Zealand is possible, but I identify three key blockers. Unimaginative politicians. Hostile progressive mainstream media. Hostile progressive bureaucracy.

Dr Oliver Hartwich: Acute threat to New Zealand as Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten globalisation

“On April 2nd, reciprocal tariffs kick in,” declared President Donald Trump in his recent address to Congress. With these words, he signalled not merely a policy shift but the end of globalisation as we have known it.

This announcement marks only the latest swing of the perpetual pendulum between free trade and protectionism. Canadians already got to feel the consequences with a special 25% tariff just imposed on their country. And for small trading nations like New Zealand, the consequences could be severe.

Claire Matthews: Will the next Reserve Bank governor relax capital requirements for banks?....

Calculated risk: will the next Reserve Bank governor relax capital requirements for banks?

Adrian Orr has so far not spoken about the reasons for his recent and unexpected resignation as Reserve Bank governor, but the sudden departure caused understandable speculation.

One suggestion has been that Orr was at odds with the government over his requirement that the Australian-owned New Zealand banks hold high levels of capital compared to other countries.

Kerre Woodham: The Investment Summit is filling me with real hope and optimism

Speaking of the Investment Summit that's been convened by the government – or really the Prime Minister, because this Infrastructure Investment Summit is the PM's baby. What I really love is the positivity around it. It must be killing some media organisations, having to reluctantly spit out some good news. But there's optimism and there's hard bitten trillion-dollar asset fund managers saying yes, this all looks really promising. It's not just hearing about the very real possibility of getting essential works done, but it's the encouraging words from those fund managers with their trillions of dollars worth of assets.

Saturday March 15, 2025 

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David Farrar: Is the Government’s loss of support unusual?

A reader inquired if the support lost by the major party of Government since the election is a record. I didn’t think so, but have now gone and checked the data. This compares the 1st 1 News poll of the middle year of a term against the last election result.

Bob Edlin: Marama Davidson focuses on social inequality.....

Marama Davidson focuses on social inequality, but other factors come into NZ’s poor productivity performance

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson has a somewhat simplistic view of productivity, as she demonstrated in Parliament yesterday.

At question time, she asked:

Breaking Views Update: Week of 9.3.25

Saturday March 15, 2025 

News:
Auckland University Māori student centre opens, Act raises concerns over segregation
The opening of He Āhuru Mōwai and similar separate spaces for Māori students has been labelled segregation by Act, which is are concerned about the direction of New Zealand’s academic institutions.

Roger Partridge: Economic warfare and diplomatic folly - The US-Canada crisis

President Trump promised to drain the swamp, fight bureaucratic overreach, and defend American interests. His policies resonated with voters.

But his treatment of Canada, America’s closest neighbour, defies rational explanation.

Kevin: The Great Trillion Dollar Wealth Transfer

There’s a pecul8arly flawed logic behind the widely held view that the Baby Boomers will seamlessly transfer tens of trillions of dollars of their wealth to the Gen-X and Millennial generations as they exit stage left.

This is flawed for a very basic reason: the extremely overvalued assets that will be transferred – real estate and stocks – only reached such extreme overvaluation because there is a surplus of buyers who are sufficiently wealthy (and willing) to pay bubble-inflated prices.

David Farrar: On clinical need, not ancestry....

Bowel cancer screening should be based on clinical need, not ancestry

Simeon Brown announced:

Mike's Minute: The Investment Summit looks like a winner

I suppose technically it is only halfway through, with today still to go, but the Investment Summit looked good to me on day one.

There seems no doubt that a lot of people with a lot of money turned up and some of them spoke of their desire to bid for projects.

The Prime Minister, who needs some runs, I think has some and he hasn’t even left for India.

Friday March 14, 2025 

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