NZCPR Podcast: The Radicalisation of Parliament

The new Parliament is one of the most radial ever elected.

Last week we saw a Green MP leading an anti-Semitic crowd in a war chant to destroy Israel.

And just days earlier both Green party leaders promised to amplify opposition to ACT’s policy to hold a referendum about the Treaty principles.

NZCPR Podcast: Healing Racial Tensions

The 14th of October is an important day for both New Zealand and Australia. 

Australia is holding a referendum about giving a Voice to indigenous rights. 

We are holding a general election where indigenous rights – co-governance – have become a significant issue. It may well be a defining issue of the campaign and could explain the rise in support for New Zealand First. 

NZCPR Podcast: Media Influence

It is highly likely that Labour will suffer a historic defeat on the 14th of October. 

Voters will be sending politicians a very clear message that they were elected to serve the public not dictate to them. It’s a message all politicians should heed. 

But there is another political player that is being sent a message – and that’s the media. 

NZCPR Podcast: Dangerous Influence

The Waitangi Tribunal was established in 1975 as a commission of inquiry into the Crown’s alleged breaches of the Treaty. The hope was that it would achieve reconciliation. 

It hasn’t. 

NZCPR Podcast: Six Years of Failure

Public opinion polls are now converging on the view that Labour’s term in government is coming to an end.

When it came to power in 2017 Jacinda Ardern said her government would be open, honest, and transparent.

Time has proved otherwise.

NZCPR Podcast: Cultural Injustice

In 2019 the Labour Party introduced a new corrections policy called Hokai Rangi. It takes a tikanga Maori approach to sentencing. 

The Minister behind the scheme was Kelvin Davis. He said it would make the corrections system work better for Maori who make up more than half of the prison population. He said the objective was to reduce the number of Maori in prison to match the Maori share of the general population. 

NZCPR Podcast: A Big Idea

The government is the answer to our problems, at least that’s what the politicians would like us to believe. 

Since Labour took office in 2017 there has been a seismic shift towards greater state intervention and socialist control. But it is also true that all of the major parties have moved to the left. 

NZCPR Podcast: All Are Equal

The United States Supreme Court has ruled against a university giving preferential entry on the grounds of race. The Court said the American constitution is colour-blind and prohibits racial preference. 

NZCPR Podcast: A High Stakes Election

This is a podcast of the latest NZCPR feature article - to read the article click HERE. 

All podcasts can be viewed on our Podcast page HERE.

NZCPR Podcast: The inequality of the Maori seats

When the 1968 Royal Commission on the Electoral System recommended the introduction of MMP voting, they warned that the Maori seats should be abolished to avoid over-representation of Maori in Parliament.

That's exactly what we have today.

NZCPR Podcast: Labour's Climate Scandal

Our farmers are the most efficient food producers in the world…. with the lowest carbon footprint.

NZCPR Podcast: Media Muzzle

The government is proposing major changes to the control of free speech. 

NZCPR Podcast: The Great Global Warming Awakening

We are told the climate is in crisis. 

We are told radical changes are required if the planet is to have any future at all. 

NZCPR Podcast: Labour is the Problem

Grant Robertson has delivered his 2023 annual budget. 

This year's budget was more about words, than figures. 

It was an election-year budget. 

The Labour Party speeches were about success, and sound economic management. That’s despite its failure in virtually every area of governance. 

NZCPR Podcast: Long Live the King!

The Coronation of King Charles III was a grand affair. It was watched by over 400 million people worldwide. Millions of royal fans crowded into London to be part of the celebration, with over a hundred thousand lining the procession route. 

But back home here in New Zealand, some used the Coronation to condemn the Monarchy and promote their own sovereignty over our democracy. Their goal is clear for all to see - a constitution with the "principles" of the Treaty of Waitangi as supreme law. 

This is a podcast of the latest NZCPR feature article - to read the article click HERE. 

All podcasts can be viewed on our Podcast page HERE.

NZCPR Podcast: The Tyranny of the Minority

The shock defection of the Labour Cabinet Minister Meka Whaitiri to the Maori Party caught the Prime Minister and her former colleagues by surprise. They were blind-sided, admitting they had no idea she was thinking of leaving the Party.

NZCPR Podcast: Freshwater - the iwi agenda

Tuku Morgan and John Tamihere have made it very clear that if the Maori Party is the kingmaker after the election, they will not settle for anything less than full ownership of New Zealand’s freshwater.

This is a podcast of the latest NZCPR feature article - to read the article click HERE. 

All podcasts can be viewed on our Podcast page HERE.