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What Did Paul Goldsmith Do?

What Did Paul Goldsmith Do?

Goldsmith has the effrontery to declare that National Governments have ‘ensured equal citizenship and equal opportunity for all New Zealanders’.

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Right...Orr Wrong

Right...Orr Wrong

To believe that I could work this out but that Orr, with his degrees in geography and economics, could not, has to be disingenuous to say the least.

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The Last of the Few

The Last of the Few

This level of firsthand detail brought a personal touch to the incredible story of the Battle of Britain. 

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Looking at the Stats in Reality

Looking at the Stats in Reality

Despite the protestations of those who wish to make political capital out of it, the average length of life among Māori has nothing to do with racism – systemic, endemic or otherwise.

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Where Is the Choice?

Where Is the Choice?

I am not going to humiliate myself by trying to explain to them that poisoning me is not good for me. I want a way to explain to them that poisoning me will not be good for them.

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Who Has Consented to War?

Who Has Consented to War?

In the past, the kings and rulers who declared war rode into it at the head of their troops. There was no question of whether or not they believed in what they were doing when their own lives were first in the firing line.

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Ancestors and the Culture Clash

Ancestors and the Culture Clash

In New Zealand, we are left placing a great importance on incorporating this part of Māori culture into our lives, which sees that you can be judged on the tribe you come from, your ancestors and even the mountain you grow up near.

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Have Your Say to the Law Commission

Have Your Say to the Law Commission

If this discussion achieves its evidently intended outcomes, we will eventually have laws against ‘misgendering’ and ‘deadnaming’. That would amount to a loss of freedom of speech or even to forced speech.

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