ONLY BINDING CITIZEN’S INITIATIVES and REFERENDA WILL DO! With an election coming up we the voter’s will be confronted by politicians and parties that we the voter, on finding their track record less than satisfactory and therefore their proposed future plans probably no better than their past … [Read more...] about TAKE BACK YOUR POWER
Blog (Opinion pieces)
Introduction to Direct Democracy as distinct from Indirect Democracy
Here's an introduction to the topic of Direct Democracy with a comparison to Indirect Democracy. You can see the benefits of people having direct control over their Parliament. The national well-being from citizen's direct participation is the next step in the evolution of democratic freedom. … [Read more...] about Introduction to Direct Democracy as distinct from Indirect Democracy
Trip to Switzerland Made Business Delegation Boldly Consider New Zealand’s Future
A delegation of New Zealand businessmen and women led by Dr. Oliver Hartwich, Executive Director of the New Zealand Initiative, visited Switzerland from May 21 to 26, 2017, intent on discovering policy settings that would form the basis of reform in New Zealand. Dr. Hartwich, who holds … [Read more...] about Trip to Switzerland Made Business Delegation Boldly Consider New Zealand’s Future
If We Don’t Own Our Country We Won’t Have Any Say in Running It
An Opinion by Rex Warwood I don’t know about you, but for a long time I’ve had an uneasy feeling about our political parties in New Zealand and how they have been behaving. I have come to the conclusion there is no difference between Labour or National. They are not running the country how we … [Read more...] about If We Don’t Own Our Country We Won’t Have Any Say in Running It
The Curse of Hooking Up with the Communist State
Opinion by Winston Jacob, Party President The Precarious Position For too long Western nations and New Zealand have developed economies dependent on Red China as both a main export market and chief supplier of cheap … [Read more...] about The Curse of Hooking Up with the Communist State
Immigration
Research on NZ Reserve Bank data on the economic impact of immigration is unambiguous. Michael Reddell, who is qualified to interpret the data, concludes in a North and South magazine article from January 2017 that: "I point out there’s just no evidence that in 25 years of this large-scale … [Read more...] about Immigration