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Are Rugby Stadiums Really Worth It?

Robert Hamlin Senior lecturer in marketing, University of Otago A multi-billion dollar stadium precinct has been proposed for Auckland, one of three proposals in front of Auckland Council for a new stadium in the city. The council is also considering revamping Eden Park. But is a new stadium really

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Update on the Murder of Angela Blackmoore

Update on the Murder of Angela Blackmoore

Chris Lynch Chris Lynch is a journalist, videographer and content producer, broadcasting from his independent news and production company in Christchurch, New Zealand. chrislynchmedia.com David Hawken and Rebecca Wright-Meldrum have received “life sentences” for their roles in the almost 30-year-old murder of Angela Blackmoore. Detective Sergeant

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Is This Selling out Our National Security?

Is This Selling out Our National Security?

Simon O’Connor Husband, step-father, and longtime student of philosophy and history. Also happen to be a former politician, including chairing New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Committee. onpointnz.substack.com In a recent New Zealand Herald article, former MP Richard Prebble argues that New Zealand should

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President Biden Must Not Encourage Illegal Mass Migration from Haiti

Senator Marco Rubio Marco Rubio is a U.S. Senator from Florida. The views expressed are the author’s own. realclearwire.com “It’s better to be the United States’ enemy than its friend.” Foreign officials tell me this is their perception under the Biden Administration, which has a strange

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The Polish Midwife Who Delivered 3000 Babies at Auschwitz

The Polish Midwife Who Delivered 3000 Babies at Auschwitz

Michael Cook Michael Cook Is Editor of Mercator mercatornet.com Fifty years ago died one of the most remarkable women of the 20th century. You have probably never heard of Stanistawa Leszczynska. Few people have. Yet she was a model of heroism and humanity who should be acclaimed around the

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The Importance of Hope

Simon O’Connor Husband, step-father, and longtime student of philosophy and history. Also happen to be a former politician, including chairing New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Committee. onpointnz.substack.com I am a great believer in hope. In fact, I think of myself as a rather

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Why AI Chatbots Have a Free Speech Problem

Why AI Chatbots Have a Free Speech Problem

Jordi Calvet-Bademunt Research Fellow and Visiting Scholar of Political Science Jacob Mchangama Research Professor of Political Science Vanderbilt University Google recently made headlines globally because its chatbot Gemini generated images of people of colour instead of white people in historical settings that featured white people. Adobe Firefly’s image

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Anti-establishment Feeling Is Rising From Both Sides

Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.substack.com Two-thirds of the country think that “New Zealand’s economy is rigged to advantage the rich and powerful”. They also believe that “New Zealand needs a strong leader

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What Is Killing the MSM

What Is Killing the MSM

Simon Anderson Simon Anderson is a technology consultant from Auckland, New Zealand. He believes in the fundamental right of all people to exercise their democratic rights peacefully, particularly with regard to free speech. Simon came into public consciousness as a video-documentarian during the trans-rights counter protests in Auckland

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When It’s Biden He Turns a Blind Eye

When It’s Biden He Turns a Blind Eye

Paul Sperry Paul Sperry is an investigative reporter for RealClearInvestigations. He is also a longtime media fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution. Sperry was previously the Washington bureau chief for Investor’s Business Daily, and his work has appeared in the New York Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times,

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Israel’s Water Innovation Benefits the World

Paul Driessen Paul Driessen is senior policy analyst for the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (www.CFACT.org) and author of books and articles on energy, environment, climate and human rights issues. cfact.org More than 3,400 years ago, Joshua led the Hebrew people across the Jordan River into

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Where Is the Integrity From the Top Twelve?

Where Is the Integrity From the Top Twelve?

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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The Treaty and Maori Wards

The Treaty and Maori Wards

Geoff Parker In her disjointed article, Josie Pagani promotes the dark forces that strive to undermine New Zealand’s precious democracy. In my view, Pagani pins her argument for Maori wards or ‘power-sharing’ on the Treaty of Waitangi, but there is nothing in the Treaty (any version or translation)

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Israel’s Attack Underscores the Need for Modernized Doctrine

Israel’s Attack Underscores the Need for Modernized Doctrine

Andy Yakulis LTC Andy Yakulis (U.S. Army, ret.), is focused on Defense Innovation, Defense Technology, and Defense Investing. He is a former special operations commander with 18 years of service in the Army. He is a graduate of Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Naval War College, and the

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Stuff to Produce Newshub Bulletin- But Will You Watch?

Stuff to Produce Newshub Bulletin- But Will You Watch?

Chris Lynch Chris Lynch is a journalist, videographer and content producer, broadcasting from his independent news and production company in Christchurch, New Zealand. chrislynchmedia.com Stuff and Warner Bros Discovery have announced that Stuff will produce a nightly news bulletin to replace Newshub. The Stuff-produced 6 pm news will

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