In May I blogged a report from a meeting in Wairarapa which quoted former Speaker Trevor Mallard that the parliamentary protest was funded by Russia. I regarded the claim as risible.
Someone with ties to the former Government told me that Trevor wasn’t just hallucinating, but that in fact the then PMs Office had been telling people that they thought the protests were foreign funded. There was zero proof of this, but it seems it was a fervent belief by senior Government figures. There was even some reference to a report from DPMC that backed this up.
So I sent in an OIA to DPMC. After several extensions and transfers, I got the reply. There are many blacked out portions, so I can’t tell if they really did lend any credence to foreign funding, but what they do show is that PM Ardern had a significant interest in this.
A briefing to Ardern on 2 March 2026 says:
A briefing to Ardern on 2 March 2026 says:
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So the PM personally asked for info on funding, and DPMC said that they would need Police warrants or production orders to properly investigate. I wonder, if such production orders were then done?
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So on 23 March 2022, they stated the protest was domestically crowd funded (which was always my assumption).
On 25 March 2022, DPMC noted:
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So they said Police are looking into funding streams,
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
6 comments:
We can only pray that both Trevor and Jacinda repent and turn from their wicked ways. Thankfully they are both now largely out of the lives on everyday Kiwis.
Splintering of social realities? what a weird statement. More Orwellian lines from the Jacinda regime.
Ardern sweetly dismissed her time running the Young British Communists with a " i was young and silly then", when quite clearly she regretted none of that and wanted NZ run under a Soviet style regime with Maori at the top.
May she rot in hell.
A "National Maori Authority " (as shown in the contribution ) , search shows nine separate NMA all with management and offices .
When will all this stop as NZ cannot afford the duplicity?
Just Mallard ducking for cover.
Sorry.
His wife would make a wonderful politician, in my view (she's had to have lots of practice runs).
Seriously, the now far left Listener needs her as their editor.
Funny old world innit?
Ameni
@anon 0302 - yep they got away with it! Scott free! And in jabcindas case she’s got a $4m house in Sydney paid for with what money? Pms aren’t that well paid in nz and she was working in the local chip shop before that (or something of that nature).
The arses got away with their ruin of the country
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