From the BFD’s Stuff-up of the day.

by Karl du Fresne

The man masquerading as the guardian of New Zealanders’ human rights has weighed in, from his Olympian heights, on the Posie Parker affair.

As usual, Paul Hunt’s opinion is worthless and leaves us wondering once again what we did to deserve this third-rate British import and how much longer we should be expected to put up with him.

The chief human rights commissioner writes, as if we all eagerly awaited his insights, that he wants to provide a human rights perspective on the issues raised by Parker’s visit. He adds, in Uriah Heep fashion, that he does this “from where I sit with my multiple privileges and advantages”.

Oh, please. Breast-beating liberal white guilt has rarely been more cringingly displayed. We can only hope his $365,000 salary eases the pain.

Hunt wrings his hands over the scenes that forced Parker to abandon her rally in Auckland last weekend but conspicuously refuses to condemn outright the behaviour of the mob that assaulted her, harassed her and shouted her down.

He gives away his bias in his very first sentence by revealing he attended the rally because he wanted to show support for his “trans friends”. Ingratiating himself with the wokerati is more important to Hunt than demonstrating the impartiality we’re entitled to expect from a senior public servant. Clearly, it’s also more important than standing up for free speech.

Hunt doesn’t just pass up the opportunity to emphatically defend free speech; he effectively aligns himself with its enemies.

At one point he pays token lip service to freedom of expression, acknowledging that it’s “a vital pillar of our democracy”. But he negates that in his very next sentence by quoting the late radical Maori lawyer Moana Jackson, who said “No one’s exercise of free speech should make another feel less free”.

So free speech is okay just as long as it doesn’t make anyone feel bad? That’s a novel new take. If the elected representatives who make New Zealand law took that view, they would have written it into the Bill of Rights Act, Section 14 of which unequivocally guarantees freedom to “seek, receive and impart information and opinions of any kind in any form”.

Nothing about injured feelings there, but apparently the chief commissioner of human rights thinks we should regard Moana Jackson, rather than the New Zealand Parliament, as the ultimate authority. That’s a very peculiar position for a senior public servant to take.

Hunt goes on to remind us of a supposed link between transphobia and colonisation. He quotes Tina Ngata, another radical activist, as saying “Transphobia was brought here on a boat”.

No one who approvingly cites such palpably absurd extremist rhetoric can expect to be taken seriously on anything. That whooshing sound you just heard was Hunt launching himself in the direction of Planet Woke, which orbits in a distant ideological universe no one realised existed. Tina Ngata is probably already there.

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As previously reported, the ACT Party want the HRC, including Meng Foon (‘Foon the Goon’.)’s position disestablished.

by Cam Slater on the BFD

The tranny who assaulted Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as Posie Parker, thought it was all shits and giggles until the constabulary came calling. Eliana Rubashkyn, a refugee weirdo has bolted to Australia as arrest warrants appear imminent, and has been shit-posting and gloating about his exploits all over Twitter. But now, all of a sudden he is turning on the tears.

The protester who doused Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as Posie Parker, with tomato juice says police are seeking a warrant for her arrest.

Eli Rubashkyn said she has been told by police a warrant for her arrest was likely be filed in the Auckland District Court by 3pm.

However, police have denied this, saying no warrant is out for her arrest.

A spokesperson told the Herald several attempts were made yesterday and today to locate a person of interest in relation to a “publicised assault” at Albert Park on Saturday.

“That person is aware that police would like to locate and talk to them about the incident, and ask them to come forward so the matter can be dealt with appropriately.

“Police will not be commenting further on the investigation or what steps have been taken.”

Rubashkyn, who is now in Australia, shared a screenshot of an alleged email from police urging her to front up – claiming the situation could escalate unnecessarily if a warrant is served.

Rubashkyn told the Herald that they would probably not return to New Zealand for some time.

”I am scared. I have been receiving a lot of death threats.

“Some people are asking to revoke my citizenship. I have a warrant for arrest issued already so I will be arrested if I am in New Zealand.

“I will go to prison, National want to make an example, to them free speech is more important than human rights.” –NZ Herald

The NZ Herald, naturally, has decided to portray poor Eliana as a victim in all this. The media in general seem to be treating him as some sort of hero when the fact is he is an irrational and violent fruit loop.

He is so far gone that he doesn’t realise that ‘free speech’ is a fundamental human right, and his assault on a woman wanting to exercise that right actually breached Keen-Minshull’s rights.

The Police are also apparently blissfully aware he has been bragging about successfully fleeing New Zealand since yesterday all over social media. Police Intelligence? Forget it. The Police are so far behind the eight ball that they are looking more and more stupid as time ticks by.

What perplexes me is the desire of the media to paint this moron as a victim and smear everyone else who was standing up for the right of a woman to speak freely. It seems to have escaped almost all of the mainstream media that the protest was organised and attended by a violent mob of far-left groups, but they ignore the elephant in the room and try to find ‘far-right’ people.

The mad tranny really needs to stop crying a river of tears, dry his eyes and man up and take his licks.

Not so much fun now, is it luvvie?

Not just violent Leftists, but the big problems for Police Chief Coster and his fellow Leftists are going to get bigger too. Government department employees are supposed to be politically neutral — but it’s become glaringly obvious that Coster and his minions are not. Hipkins won’t sack Coster and establish a Royal Commission of Inquiry into Police Corruption, but the next ACT + National government must. —Eds

only by looking up the online Maori dictionary

Te Kaporeihana Āwhina Hunga Whara

Āta mātai, mātai whetū

Te Aka Matua O Te Ture

Te Amorangi Mātauranga Matua

Toi Aotearoa

Āta mātai, mātai whetū

Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau

Tumuaki o te Mana Arotake

Whānautanga, Matenga, Mārenatanga

Irirangi Te Motu

Mana Arotake Aotearoa

Manatū Ahu Matua

Te Mana Rererangi Tūmatanui o Aotearoa

Ngā Rātonga Kaupapa Atawhai

Te Komihana Tauhokohoko

Te whatu Ora

Te Tari Ture o te Karauna

Tāhū o te Ture

Te Tari Taake

Nga Pirihimana O Aotearoa

Of course, it’s this government’s version of the ‘Treaty’ and we all know what that is — we’ve had many posts on the subject from Roger Childs, John Robinson, Bruce Moon and others.

from Roger D

New Zealand ENGINEERS, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, and LAWYERS, this on top of the REAL ESTATE AGENTS who had their marching orders last week.

Our City Councilors in Hamilton, by the way, had their training a while back, though I do believe there was the odd absentee! This is mandatory for all NZ Local Government Councilors and staff.

It is a two-hour course that has to be paid for in the vicinity of $30, including the employer having to pay their wages and travel to the venue at the same time.

Complaints have been laid and feelings are running high, but if you do not register there is every likelihood of you not being allowed to practice your particular profession or trade.

Read some of these websites, and see for yourselves the absolute rubbish one has to digest in this two hour session ( try the Engineers website for starters, and read the Te Ao Maori site there, or the Chartered Accountants https://www.charteredaccountantsanz.com/news-and-analysis/news/gaining-perspective-on-the-treaty-of-waitangi).

All of this gives a minority of the population who claim some Maori ancestry more rights and privileges than anyone else. Hiring someone based on their ability to do the job is no longer critical: their ancestry is!

Also businesses should focus on 50% of staff being of Maori ancestry, if not also in management roles, it does not matter if they cannot perform in those positions. [That will be very difficult unless we all identify as Maori; in fact the way things are headed, that sounds like a good idea. Your local mandated iwi could charge admission fees, and we’re in the money! —Eds]

Still freshwater makes for good opportunities. This is another photo from one of Kapiti’s top exponents with a camera, Karl Webber.

“Stuart Nash must leave Parliament,” says the National Party Deputy Leader. “A stench is now swirling around the Government and Hipkins must act swiftly to clear it.”

New Zealand prides itself on being globally recognised as one of the least corrupt countries in the world.

Successive Governments have worked hard to maintain that reputation and to uphold the integrity of Cabinet decision-making: including by carefully managing Ministers’ potential conflicts of interest and keeping Cabinet discussions secret.

Stuart Nash’s actions have thrown all that in the air.

In 2020 he wrote to two business people (who were also donors) about Cabinet’s decisions on a proposed policy change affecting the obligations of commercial landlords and their tenants. In doing so, Nash gave donors confidential Government information they had an interest in – information so secret that most New Zealanders could never dream of getting it. That stinks.

Nash has not not only disgraced himself and his Party, he has brought the integrity of New Zealand’s political system into disrepute.

The only reason we know this is that Nash got caught.

Big questions now need to be asked.

– Had Nash leaked from Cabinet before?

– Had he properly declared and managed personal interests that might have been influencing his decision making?

– How long has Minister Nash been operating according to a totally different set of rules than anyone else?

– Are other Ministers doing this sort of thing too?

– Are Ministers properly declaring potential conflicts of interests?

– Are Ministers being improperly influenced by their personal interests?

This sorry episode also gives a new slant to another worrying episode dating from Nash’s time as the Minister of Tourism.

Last year the Auditor General published a report criticising the management of a $290m Government tourism grant scheme that Nash was responsbile for. The Auditor-General called-out a lack of clarity and documentation supporting grant decisions saying “Trust and confidence can be undermined where the criteria are not clear and when some applicants are treated, or perceived to be treated differently than most applicants”.

The Prime Minister should protect New Zealand’s reputation by initiating a through and independent inquiry into Nash’s conduct and any other breaches of Cabinet rules he may have been responsible for.

Yes, you’re right, Parliament shouldn’t have to spend our time on scandals of this sort. I’d much prefer we were focused on work to address the cost of living crisis and deal with pressing issues with crime, health services and education standards. Instead, we are dealing with yet another errant Government Minister, whose disgraceful behaviour has made the whole place look bad.

Hipkins must act. Initiate the inquiry, exit Nash and close this sorry chapter once and for all.

Audrey Hale, 28-year-old mass-murderer in Nashville, USA, who spouted Leftist dogma and, naturally, wore their face napkin identity badge — article