Pee Kay: DOC’s OIA Response

In late October I posted an article about Northland iwi, Ngatiwai, landing on one of the strictly protected Poor Knights Islands, raising a flag and concreting in a carved pou in protest at the amendment to the Marine and Coastal Area Act.

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Matua Kahurangi: Brian Tamaki calls out mass immigration and multiculturalism

In a fiery interview on The Platform with Sean Plunket, Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki delivered a no-holds-barred critique of New Zealand's immigration and multicultural policies, arguing that the country is losing its identity, values, and cohesion under a wave of unregulated mass immigration and imported ideologies.

Matua Kahurangi: Kids strike for climate change hoax

Across New Zealand today, thousands of students are walking out of classrooms in yet another nationwide climate strike organised by the far-left, Strike 4 Climate. Supporters claim this protest is about demanding urgent action on climate change and environmental protection, but really it's more about political theatre than practical solutions.

Geoff Parker: Waitangi National Sick Day a huge success.

Yesterday’s first protest against the Waitangi Day annual charade, which called for people sick and tired of the aggression and lies to take a ‘sick day’ on Friday, was a magnificent success.

Richard Eldred: Thousands Shut Down London As Protesters Chant “Free Tommy”

Tommy Robinson supporters and Stand Up To Racism activists have staged rival protests in Central London. The Mail has the details.

The Met police have confirmed that six people have been arrested as Tommy Robinson supporters invade the Stand Up To Racism counter-demo area.

Chris Trotter: The Demonstration Effect.

What happened in Auckland on Saturday, 25 March 2023, revealed the power of officially-sanctioned protest. That power was demonstrated to even greater effect the following day in Wellington. New Zealanders are blessedly unfamiliar with this type of politics, which is more commonly associated with authoritarian regimes such as Viktor Orban’s Hungary, or Nicolás Maduro’s Venezuela. Nevertheless, the mass demonstrations against Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull (aka “Posie Parker”) strongly backed by government ministers and the state-owned media, revealed just how potent a weapon the mass mobilisation of sympathetic citizens by official, or quasi-official, forces backed up by the news media, can be.

Alistair Boyce: A ‘Pot Of Tears’ At Rainbows End

Mainstream New Zealand will be in quiet mourning today.

We have witnessed the violent intolerance of mob rule that was countenanced from its elected government and actively supported by a compliant, fomenting media.

There are no winners here, except the forces of division and intolerance.

The tragedy is transgender rights, celebration of transgender humanity and its mainstream acceptance may always be tainted by the violent, self-congratulatory extremism on display in Auckland’s Albert Park.

Rodney Hide: Freedom!

One of the most invigorating things about Camp Freedom is the absence of fear. The protesters aren't scared. They move freely amongst the crowd and greet and socialise in the usual human ways. There are smiles, handshakes and hugs.

I am not a hugger but I could not help myself. I hugged at Freedomville. I felt human. I was a person not a biohazard.

It was so unbelievably joyful.

To step into the camp is to step into freedom. Stepping out was to cross back into tyranny where people fear each other and wear filthy hankies tied across their faces in a madcap attempt to stay safe.

It's the lack of fear that makes for freedom and provides joy. Having left the Camp, I want back. The Camp is normal life to me; outside is weird, miserable, irrational and tyrannical.

Rodney Hide: I support the protest 100 percent

Hi David,

I note the following from a RNZ report:

ACT leader David Seymour was similarly derisive of the approach.

"It's possible to have a peaceful protest but I think what they're doing is far too intense. I think what they need to do is respect the law, respect people's basic property rights and not believe that because they disagree they have the right to trample over a whole lot of other people.

"I mean, they're trespassed, they're breaking the law ... but look, I just think it's rude to set up your tents on someone's lawn - not everyone in New Zealand can do it, what makes them different?"

I support the protest 100 percent.

I know several who have travelled up from Arrowtown including a young mother with her toddler. Good people who work their business and have been destroyed by policies you have supported.