Tag: Nanny-State

  • Stick that could yet beat Clark

    Stick that could yet beat Clark The smacking bill passed with a hefty majority in Parliament, but it has left a deep schism through middle New Zealand. Politicians from both major parties are resolutely refusing to make it an election issue, but it just won’t go away By EMILY WATT – The Dominion Post |…

  • ACT campaign launch: We provide the spine

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/vote08/4724654a28435.html ACT campaign launch: We provide the spine 12 October 2008 ACT has launched its election campaign with leader Rodney Hide saying only his party can put some backbone into a National-led government. Act’s launch at the Alexandra Park Raceway in Auckland started a day of launches which also sees Labour, National and United Future…

  • Cindy Kiro’s got her hand in your wallet

    This blog is worth reading: http://libertyscott.blogspot.com/2008/08/cindy-kiros-got-her-hand-in-your-wallet.html

  • Joe Bennett Unleashed

    From: http://www.starstuddedsuperstep.com/2008/06/joe-bennett-unleashed.html A brilliant excerpt from an interview with Joe Bennett, aptly entitled, “Joe Bennett Unleashed” – written up by Zoe George, and found in the April/May 2008 edition of the Canterbury Today business magazine. Child abuse is a topic of great discussion among New Zealanders, particularly in the wake of Sue Bradford’s controversial anti-smacking…