Pattie O’Boyle - Straight Up

26/06/2026

25/06/2026

Whatever TOP’s intentions, many of its flagship policies involve higher taxation, greater redistribution, and more government intervention in economic outcomes.

Whatever label they use, the practical effect is usually to move New Zealand further left.

The cynic in me wonders if they could actually be more left than the left!

We do know that they have some pretty cosy “relatioships” with Labour & the Green already.

Christopher Luxon has hit out at the Opportunity Party, saying a vote for them looks like a 'vote for Labour or the Greens'. Joining ThreeNews Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong responded, saying Luxon's comments 'exhibit what's wrong with politics in New Zealand'.

24/06/2026

"If you tax success and subsidise failure, you will get less success and more failure."

Colinxy certainly makes alot of sense (and cents) in his wordpress article

If the “Cost of Greed Crisis” is the moral slogan of the redistributionist Left, then redistribution itself is the economic mechanism behind it. It is the central dogma of modern progressivism: tha…

23/06/2026

This would be a very sad day indeed.

I think the various polls are over-estimating the strength of TPM.

While Labour might win 1-3 of the Maori seats, they will only ever get the total number of seats based on their Party Vote, languishing around 30%. And NZ will not be faced with overhang or extra seats, so the Right will still have the majority.

And as long as TOP takes swinging greens (Teals) but doesn’t quite reach the 5% (dig abit deeper, and they get pretty flakey - as extremely theoritical, not exactly practical and thoroughly inexperienced), the Left starts looking even shakier.

Hold on tight folks, the ride towards 7/11 is looking pretty interesting.

What say you?

Left?
Right?

Both Labour and National have taken falls in the latest 1News Verian poll.

21/06/2026

Why do you reckon this particular post went “viral”? 140,000 views is a PB as such!

Was it the:-

A - topic, people love/hate that NZ got mass planted in pines trees from 2017-2025?

B - photo, people love/hate seeing good NZ farmland covered in pines for carbon?

C - mentioning both New Zealand Labour Party and Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand brings out all the lovers and haters?

D - all of the above

On one single issue, New Zealand Labour Party and Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand must not be elected to govern NZ in coming elections.

Don’t believe me - then take a drive through most rural districts and see the scurge they inflicted on NZ 2017-2023.

From the mountains to the sea

Freshly planted pine trees, care of Labour and Green’s poorly thought out legislation and policy settings.

And when concerned citizen’s tried to raise the issue - through MP & Mayoral meetings, through public meetings, through select committees, through public awareness social media campaigns, and finally (when every other attempt had been made to ask the “powers to be” to hit PAUSE and check the data to see that new legislation/policy settings were working as intended), a petition was signed by over 12,000 people and presented to government ministers via a peaceful 1200 people protest march up Lambton Quay to the Beehive.

Labour & The Greens got it wrong - they knew they had - yet they couldn’t/wouldn’t admit it - and now rural communities, regional economies and precious environments are worse off. Which means NZ Inc is worse off too!

Please share this timely reminder of yet another good reason NZ must never be governed by Labour and or The Greens ever, ever again!

Matthew Horncastle what say you?

18/06/2026

Something about my post struck a cord within the FB community - over 130,000 views! That’s a PB for sure, even if it’s about a subject that still distresses me.

* If you haven’t seen it, make sure you do!
* If you haven’t reacted to it, make sure you do!
* If you haven’t shared it, please consider doing so!

16/06/2026

The wealth of people like Peter Beck wasn’t created by taking a bigger slice of New Zealand’s pie; it was created largely by making the pie bigger.

Their companies sell innovation to the world, bringing foreign capital into New Zealand, creating hundreds of skilled jobs, generating new & significant tax revenue and lifting productivity.

That’s fundamentally different from wealth created by asset inflation or scarcity.

What’s not to love?

That’s the creation of wealth that NZ’ers must surely favour. It benefits NZ in so many different ways.

What say you?

The 2026 list from the National Business Review revealed the number of billionaires in New Zealand had risen from 18 to 26 in just a year.

13/06/2026

On one single issue, New Zealand Labour Party and Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand must not be elected to govern NZ in coming elections.

Don’t believe me - then take a drive through most rural districts and see the scurge they inflicted on NZ 2017-2023.

From the mountains to the sea

Freshly planted pine trees, care of Labour and Green’s poorly thought out legislation and policy settings.

And when concerned citizen’s tried to raise the issue - through MP & Mayoral meetings, through public meetings, through select committees, through public awareness social media campaigns, and finally (when every other attempt had been made to ask the “powers to be” to hit PAUSE and check the data to see that new legislation/policy settings were working as intended), a petition was signed by over 12,000 people and presented to government ministers via a peaceful 1200 people protest march up Lambton Quay to the Beehive.

Labour & The Greens got it wrong - they knew they had - yet they couldn’t/wouldn’t admit it - and now rural communities, regional economies and precious environments are worse off. Which means NZ Inc is worse off too!

Please share this timely reminder of yet another good reason NZ must never be governed by Labour and or The Greens ever, ever again!

Matthew Horncastle what say you?

24/05/2026

Good grief

Leakers

Horse-sized ducks or duck-sized horses?

God awful tone-deaf singing

Swearing

Nasty, unkind “sh*t” when Labour, supposedly, has a monopoly on being kind!

The Labour Party would appear to have really lost it - with even their own turning on them (by recording & sharing these cringe-worthy absurdities) - possibly a Trojan horse fiasco

There’s at least 3, supposedly, senior Labour MP’s involved in this whole embarrassing saga

Too bad their “training” didn’t include:-

1. how to execute on realistic & relevant reforms,
2. economic and commercial literacy,
3. clearer and more disciplined communication,
4. deeper engagement with provincial and working New Zealand, and
5. more cohesive leadership and caucus management.

Pattie O'Boyle

A bizarre audio recording from an internal Labour training session has been leaked and reveals senior Labour MPs referring to National MPs as duck-sized horses. Yes, duck-sized horses.