New Zealand Conservative

People have been throwing around words like Racism and Xenophobia during the past few days because some people feel a little uncomfortable that large tracts of New Zealand's agricultural land are being sold to Chinese interests. The same people see hypocrisy and racism in that the sale of agricultural land to a wealthy Canadian does not provoke the same level of disquiet. And nor it would engender similar disquiet if the purchaser were a Chinese Presbyterian from Colorado who would have similar cultural affinities and language to the majority New Zealanders. It is a lack of "cultural affinity" not the race of the buyers of the Crafar farms that generates the sense of unease in many if not the majority. Here's a true story from about 15 years ago. The Maersk Dubai was a container ship owned and operated by a Taiwanese company. The officers were Taiwanese and the crew were Filippino. On route to Canada two Romanian stowaways were found. The Taiwanese Mast...

Shocking image of an ecological disaster area. A place of horror where thousands of animals of have become trapped in the sticky petroleum and lost their lives. A truly horrendous disaster. No it is not the "toxic waste" polluting the beaches of Tauranga, it is this place and it has been doing this all by itself for tens of thousands of years and guess what - despite this "pollution" which has nothing whatsoever to do with human activities the world has continued to turn. It's not good that there is oil on the beaches , but it will clear itself up in the fullness of time all by itself and the world wont end even if all the oil on the Rena ends up spilled into the sea.

Some women died young on the end of the hangman's rope while others prospered, grew old and became Dames in their dotage Strange old world Click on image to close   Click on image to close