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Insideout Hide Inappropriate Award-Winning Poem

Insideout Hide Inappropriate Award-Winning Poem

Bob McCoskrie bobmccoskrie.com Here’s the latest Media Release from Family First NZ … InsideOut has tried to ‘hide’ poetry that won an award as part of Out on the Shelves because many people on social media said that there were potentially underlying themes of sexual innuendo, incest and self-harm.

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The Most Vital Thing About Bringing back Charter Schools

The Most Vital Thing About Bringing back Charter Schools

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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Treaty Settlements – Let’s Be Honest

Mike Butler Mike Butler is the author of The First Colonist and The Treaty – Basic Facts and Treaty Transparency Let’s be honest about treaty settlements for a few minutes. The table below shows that around $4.6 billion has been largely paid as financial redress for alleged breaches of

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True or False?

Hendrik van der Breggen Hendrik van der Breggen, PhD, is a retired philosophy professor (formerly at Providence University College, Manitoba, Canada) and author of the recent book Untangling Popular Anti-Israel Arguments: Critical Thinking about the Israel-Hamas War. A PDF is available for free at his blog APOLOGIA or the paperback

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The Ethics of Renting Someone’s Womb

The Ethics of Renting Someone’s Womb

Michael Cook Michael Cook is the editor-in-chief of Mercator. He lives in Sydney, Australia. mercatornet.com The American state of Michigan recently legalised commercial surrogacy. “This is the most pro-family thing that the Legislature has done,” said Governor Gretchen Whitmer as she signed the legislation into law. Every American state

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Elon Musk’s X Is Not as Dangerous as Its Critics Want You to Believe

Kurt Mahlburg Kurt Mahlburg is a husband, father, freelance writer, and a familiar Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He is the Senior Editor at Australia’s largest Christian news site The Daily Declaration and a Contributing Editor at Mercator. His writings can also be found at Intellectual

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The Netherlands’ U-Turn to Climate Sanity

Craig Rucker Craig Rucker is a co-founder of CFACT and currently serves as its president. Widely heralded as a leader in the free market environmental, think tank community in Washington, D.C., Rucker is a frequent guest on radio talk shows, written extensively in numerous publications, and has appeared in

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Why Trump’s Trials Don’t Hurt Him in the Polls

Why Trump’s Trials Don’t Hurt Him in the Polls

Louis Perron Louis Perron, Ph.D., is a political consultant who has orchestrated successful election campaigns around the globe. He is the author of the new book “Beat the Incumbent: Proven Strategies and Tactics to Win Elections.” realclearwire.com Donald Trump is out on bail in four jurisdictions facing dozens

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The Huge Electoral Threat to Rishi Sunak

The Huge Electoral Threat to Rishi Sunak

Alia Middleton Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Surrey At the last count, 118 MPs have announced they will not contest July’s general election. The vast majority – more than 75 – are Conservatives (or former Conservatives who have been suspended from the party). They include veterans such as Graham Brady,

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Govt Warned About the WHO Pandemic Treaty

Govt Warned About the WHO Pandemic Treaty

dailytelegraph.co.nz As New Zealand prepared to participate in the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly (WHA77) on May 27, 2024, significant concerns were voiced by a group of local government representatives regarding potential commitments that could affect the Nation’s Sovereignty. A letter signed by a Mayor, Councillors and Community

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That Is Not What They Told Us

familyfirst.org.nz While some in the U.S. health community continue to claim that gender transition procedures save lives, a new study is showing that the dangerous interventions actually increase the risk of suicide. A study published last month entitled “Risk of Suicide and Self-Harm Following Gender-Affirmation Surgery” evaluated

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Married at First Sight NZ Pops the Question

Rebecca Trelease Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology Following the hugely successful recent season of Married At First Sight (MAFS) Australia, fans of the format – and the reality romance genre in general – will be wondering if the rebooted New Zealand version can live up to expectations. The

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How Japan Handled the Pandemic

Nick Jenkins I am a New Zealander who has been living in Japan for the last ten years. I have noticed New Zealanders being advised to prepare for another pandemic. Here in Japan we handled the last pandemic extremely well by not panicking and not closing businesses or mandating vaccines

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When the State Funds a Private Charity
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When the State Funds a Private Charity

Dr Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.substack.com Whenever politicians dole out taxpayer funding to groups or individuals, they must do so in a wholly transparent way with due process to ensure conflicts of interest don’

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What the Statistics Don’t Tell Us

Tani Newton I’ve been writing about the declining fertility of much of the world and our prospects for the future when population decline sets in. It makes me want to ask what the alternative to this grim fate is. Could it be possible to change it? Research looking at

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Does the End Justify the Means?

Does the End Justify the Means?

Simon O’Connor onpointnz.substack.com When I think of the various protest, or activist, movements of late one deeply troubling observation is becoming abundantly clear – there are those in New Zealand who genuinely believe that violence is acceptable when it comes to their cause.  The classic, ‘the end justifies

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