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What Happens to NZ Workers if Their Employer Goes Bust?

What Happens to NZ Workers if Their Employer Goes Bust?

Trish Keeper Victoria University of Wellington theconversation.com When independent supermarket startup Supie went bust last month, the company’s 120 employees were told they wouldn’t be paid for their last two weeks of work, or receive any of their owed annual leave pay. The subsequent appointment of voluntary

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SUV and Ute Sales Slowed Due to NZ’s Clean Car Discount

Timothy Welch University of Auckland theconversation.com With National, ACT and NZ First locked in coalition negotiations, various urgent and climate-related transport challenges hang in the balance. Based on pre-election rhetoric, the Clean Car Discount (CCD) scheme may soon be gone. While popular with the public, National has

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Greens’ Hypocrisy on Full Display This Week

Greens’ Hypocrisy on Full Display This Week

Mary Hackshaw The rank hypocrisy of the Green Left has been on full display in the last week. The Melbourne Cup drew the usual rabble of protesters outside the Flemington venue, claiming that horse racing is cruel and that it kills. Following protests at recent Melbourne Cup parades of jockeys

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How Safe Is It to Tip Your Toes Into the Housing Market Right Now?

How Safe Is It to Tip Your Toes Into the Housing Market Right Now?

Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com Over the last couple of months, there have been lots of media reports which have had the effect of encouraging people to jump back into the housing market.

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This Wasn’t Supposed to Happen

Jeffrey A Tucker Jeffrey A Tucker is founder and president of the Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Liberty or Lockdown, and thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social

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It Really Did Influence the US Election

Graham J Noble libertynation.com In 2020, prior to the November presidential election, agencies of the federal government launched a coordinated effort to fight “disinformation.” This project quickly morphed into a campaign of social media censorship aimed overwhelmingly at Republicans and prominent conservatives. One group that entirely escaped reprimand for

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Mexicans Seize App to Enter US

Sarah Cowgill libertynation.com The country of Mexico is not publicly believed to torture its citizens. However, the US State Department seems to think its government is a direct and prolific violator of humanitarian rights. A 2022 report from the Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy, and Labor spells it out

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This Is Good News

This Is Good News

Gary Moller Gary Moller is a Health Practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. garymoller.com Gary: I have an important press release

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What Did They Do to Education?

What Did They Do to Education?

Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in-person private school for Year 11–13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1–13. alwynpoole.substack.

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Finding Our Way through a Puzzling Maze

Dr Guy David Hatchard globe.global Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior

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More ‘Theories’ Have Been Confirmed

Michael My name is Michael and my brand new book entitled Chaos is now available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.  In addition to my new book I have written seven other books that are available on Amazon.com including 7 Year Apocalypse, Lost Prophecies Of The

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High Stakes over Roundup Weed Killer

High Stakes over Roundup Weed Killer

John Klar libertynation.com Since its development as an integral part of genetically modified organism (GMO) cropping, glyphosate – the active weed-killing ingredient in Roundup – has attracted controversy over whether it causes human disease, particularly non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Previous jury verdicts have been split, with some finding liability and others

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Fed Farmers Not Happy with Greenpeace

dailytelegraph.co.nz GREENPEACE HAVE SHOWN THEY ARE NOTHING BUT AN ANTI-FARMING LOBBY GROUP BY CRITICISING FONTERRA’S NEW ON-FARM EMISSIONS TARGETS, SAYS FEDERATED FARMERS PRESIDENT WAYNE LANGFORD. “Yesterday Fonterra announced that they plan to reduce their emissions intensity 30% by 2030, but before the dust had even

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New Zealanders Share Their Experiences

New Zealanders Share Their Experiences

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Emily doubled over in excruciating pain. A day of Christmas shopping cut short by chest pain so intense she needed to be rushed to a doctor. What was supposed to be a joyous occasion was the start of a nightmare. The

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We Need Urgent Action on the WHO

We Need Urgent Action on the WHO

Gary Moller Gary Moller is a Health Practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. garymoller.com As we navigate the complexities of the

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Workplace Ageism and the Best Age to “Retire”

Workplace Ageism and the Best Age to “Retire”

familyfirst.org.nz A third of the New Zealand workforce is over the age of 55, and the proportion working past retirement age has risen steadily. Despite current labour shortages, ageism is still alive and well. Older workers in New Zealand believe ageism has grown more prevalent in workplaces in

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