Dieuwe de Boer

About author

Editor of Right Minds NZ, columnist at The BFD, and Secretary General for the New Conservatives. Follow me on Telegram and Twitter. In addition to writing about conservative politics and reactionary thought, I like books, gardening, biking, tech, reformed theology, beauty, and tradition.

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The Measure of Success

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The formation of a new government is in its final stage, perhaps even complete by the time you read this.

Globalism's Imported Contentions

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While the election results were finalised, and then re-finalised once a journalist found a host of errors, the coalition negotiations carried on quietly. They may be finished by the time this column gets published or they may go on for weeks.

Winning The War of Belief

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It's always an Israeli-Arab conflict that turns everyone back into a warmongering ethno-nationalist in five minutes flat.

I'm Taking A Break From Politics

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The final election results are in and so is my decision to hang up my coat.

A Preliminary Election Post-Mortem For NZ Conservatives

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The complete annihilation of Labour was great to see, but the election as a whole was a mixed bag. The young progressives turned out well for the Greens and the Maori Party.

Thinking About The Roman Empire

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Like many women, my wife Amie likes to watch Instagram reels. These are little clips, mostly from the lives of women, where the algorithm figures out what you like and feeds you more of it.

Revenge Of The Indigenous Race Realists

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"... If you're going to treat us like some new breed that's just arrived here, and wipe out our rights, there will be trouble in this country … Tonight, when you go to bed, 25% of all babies under 5 have Maori descent.

On Your Bike In Auckland

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I've been biking, using a pedal-assist e-bike, around Auckland since early February 2021. While I was born in the biking Mecca known as Holland, I had always been sceptical of biking here and claimed it would never work.

How Do You Value Your Vote?

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Family First has released their usual information guide for voters. It shows how politicians have voted on social issues and how party leaders say they would vote on those issues or potential issues today.

Why There Can Be No Right-Wing "Alliance"

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Bob McCroskie made a video titled "United they stand, divided they…" calling for "conservative-leaning" parties to work together along an Alliance-style setup. We've talked about this and it hasn't worked.