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Author Archives: Ewen McQueen
Marriage – the elephant in our economy
The institution of marriage builds wealth and economic prosperity. So reported the NZ Herald recently, based on new research. Shortly after, the National Party released its 100-point economic plan. No mention of the “M” word. Hardly surprising – none of … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Transformation, Honouring Marriage
Tagged Economics, Ewen McQueen, Marriage, NZ Election
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This is what lawlessness feels like
It’s 2.30am in Epsom. Someone has attempted to invade my elderly neighbour’s home. The offender is still in the vicinity. The police have been called but they aren’t coming – too busy. I’m standing in the street on my own. … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Renewal, Honouring Marriage, Protecting Children
Tagged Crime, Ewen McQueen, Family values, Lawlessness
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Is it time to red-sticker the ETS?
Is it time to red-sticker our Emissions Trading Scheme? Each year we pour billions into the ETS in an arguably futile exercise to reduce our tiny proportion of global emissions. In the meantime our critical infrastructure is collapsing around us. … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Transformation
Tagged Climate change, Cyclone Gabrielle, Emissions Trading Scheme, ETS, Ewen McQueen
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Abject political cowardice
Sing the party song – and nothing else. Absolutely nothing else. Not even the slightest squeak of a different note. Even if it is based on deep personal conviction about the sanctity of human life. This is what the National … Continue reading
Posted in Protecting Children, Respect for Life
Tagged Abortion, Christopher Luxon, Ewen McQueen, Simon O'Connor
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Jackson all over the co-governance paddock
Labour MP Willie Jackson is a likeable chap. But his TVNZ interview on co-governance last week was a difficult watch. Jackson was a flailing mass of contradictions, confusion, and ill-defined slogans. Interviewer Jack Tame tried to get some clarity, but … Continue reading
Posted in NZ History, Treaty of Waitangi
Tagged Co-governance, Ewen McQueen, Treaty of Waitangi, Willie Jackson
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Many aeroplanes, many aeroplanes…!
It is an overcast late afternoon at Maleme airfield in Crete. The place is packed with local Greeks. They are here for the annual service to remember the Battle of Crete. Included is a re-enactment of the day in 1941 … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Renewal, NZ History
Tagged ANZAC, Battle of Crete, Crete, Ewen McQueen, Maleme airfield, NZ in Greece WW2, NZ military campaigns
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When North Korea came to New Zealand
Kim Jong-un would be proud of it. A bill which establishes a State-ordained ideology, empowers activists to enforce the ideology, and threatens anyone who dares to resist with loss of livelihood and imprisonment. All of it introduced with classic doublespeak … Continue reading
Faafoi doubles down on doublespeak
How does threatening parents with jail encourage them to have “open and healthy discussion” with their children on sexuality and gender? Minister Kris Faafoi needs to tell us. Because he keeps repeating it. Faafoi tells us this is the real … Continue reading
Hate speech law – intimidation legalised
And so it begins. The all-out assault on Truth in our nation. In the same week that the New Zealand Olympic Committee selected a man to compete against women, our Government outlined its plans to criminalise anyone who dares to … Continue reading
We fought for them. They fought for us.
It was a sunny blue morning. But the skulls had bullet holes in them. They were in a glass case within a monument above the village of Sfakia on the south coast of Crete. The plaque noted they had been … Continue reading
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