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When the Report Is a Failure

When the Report Is a Failure

Rod Kane Yesterday the long-awaited report into the ‘great parliamentary grounds protest’ was released. The report, costing a refrigerated shipload of arms and legs and running to well over two hundred pages made two basic findings; 1. The police on the front line handled themselves with professionalism and restraint

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The Dark Art of Influencing

Marta Rychert Senior Researcher in Drug Policy Chris Wilkins Associate Professor and leader of drug research team Massey University The recently announced review of New Zealand’s lobbying sector needs to tackle questions of transparency and access if it is to make any real difference to how industries influence decision

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The Dutch Prove the Slippery Slope Argument

The Dutch Prove the Slippery Slope Argument

Dominic Wilkinson Consultant Neonatologist and Professor of Ethics University of Oxford Ernst Kuipers, the Dutch health minister, recently announced that regulations were being modified to allow doctors to actively end the lives of children aged one to twelve years who were terminally ill and suffering unbearably. Previously, assisted dying was

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Three Waters Is Back on the Table
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Three Waters Is Back on the Table

Cranmer cranmer.substack.com Lawyer with over 25 years experience in some of the world’s biggest law firms. I divide my time between the UK and NZ. This Substack explores issues facing NZ at present under my nom du plume, Cranmer. Last week saw Labour’s biggest policy headache,

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The Truth Will Set You Free

The Truth Will Set You Free

Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com 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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Musk Slams Pushing Transitioning on Kids

Musk Slams Pushing Transitioning on Kids

Autumn Johnson newsbusters.org Autumn is a practicing attorney licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia. When not working, Autumn enjoys reading, writing, playing video games, and spending time with her cats. Twitter owner Elon Musk has been tweeting about a topic that many times gets

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The Process Is the Punishment

The Process Is the Punishment

Right To Life News righttolife.org.uk The bail conditions for a pro-life volunteer, which prevented her from engaging in any public prayer, have been relaxed after her legal team argued that the restrictions were “disproportionate” and “unnecessary”. Isabel Vaughan-Spruce was arrested for silently praying in a so-

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Beer Makers Should Stick To Making Beer

Douglas Andrews papundits.wordpress.com Douglas Andrews began part-time editing for The Patriot Post more than two decades ago, working primarily with Mark Alexander. He joined our editorial team full-time as a writer and analyst in 2020. As a former Marine with 30 years of research and writing

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The Biggest Threat to Women’s Rights

The Biggest Threat to Women’s Rights

Emmy Griffin papundits.wordpress.com Emmy Griffin is a Chicago native who now resides in the South. As a former educator, she has had the opportunity to teach all grade levels K-12. The passion that drove her during teaching — the love of her students and the people they are

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Don’t Call Them Socialist It Simply Isn’t True

Lawrence W. Reed fee.org Lawrence W. Reed is FEE’s President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow, and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty, having served for nearly 11 years as FEE’s president (2008-2019). He is author of the 2020 book, Was Jesus a Socialist? as well as

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Maori Do Not Own the Water

G P Stephenson John Tamihere is a former Labour Cabinet minister and the chief executive of Whanau Ora and West Auckland Urban Maori organisation Te Whanau o Waipareira. He is tane vice-president of Te Pati Maori. OPINION: If we were playing Jeopardy, the answer is Maori, and the winning

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Why Chris Hipkins Is Heading to Brisbane – Not Beijing

Why Chris Hipkins Is Heading to Brisbane – Not Beijing

Geoffrey Miller democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is the Democracy Project’s geopolitical analyst and writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues. He has lived in Germany and the Middle East and is a learner of Arabic and Russian. He is currently working on a PhD on

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The History of Bank IOUs

The History of Bank IOUs

Peter J Morgan Peter J Morgan  BE (Mech.), Dip. Teaching – professional forensic engineer, retired economics, mathematics and physics teacher Part 13 of 18 The social conditions prevailing in the Kingdom of England and Wales at the very beginning of the 18th century were such that the parliament of the Kingdom

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What They Meant by Essential and Nonessential

What They Meant by Essential and Nonessential

Jeffrey A. Tucker brownstone.org 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,

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Want to Be a Social Media Influencer?

Sheldon Fetter PhD Student, Department of Kinesiology Paige Coyne PhD Candidate, Department of Kinesiology Samantha Monk PhD Student, Department of Kinesiology Sarah Woodruff Professor, Director of the Community Health, Environment, and Wellness Lab University of Windsor Canadians spend more than two hours per day on social media platforms. Social media

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The Mental Health of Girls

Joanne Nova cfact.org A prize-winning science graduate in molecular biology. She has given keynotes about the medical revolution, gene technology and aging at conferences. She hosted a children’s TV series on Channel Nine, and has done over 200 radio interviews, many on the Australian ABC. She was

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