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Dividing a Country by Race

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com The same day that New Zealanders vote in the General Election to choose a new government, Australians vote in the Voice referendum to see whether constitutional recognition will be given to Aboriginal people. This is a landmark decision for Australia. If the Voice succeeds, the

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MSM Are Out of Step With Society

MSM Are Out of Step With Society

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com As the election closes in, there appears to be an overwhelming mood for change. New Zealanders have had enough. The chickens are coming home to roost for Labour as disgruntled voters, sick and tired of the incompetence, the lies and deceit, search for alternatives. Election

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Labour’s Put NZ in the Red

Labour’s Put NZ in the Red

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Back in 2017, when New Zealand’s economy was being described as a “rock star”, the opposition Labour Party railed against the role being played by immigration. Figures at the time showed that under National, annual net migration had grown from just 5,000 in

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Voters Need Answers about Labour’s Climate Policies

Voters Need Answers about Labour’s Climate Policies

Dr Muriel Newman Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. nzcpr.com “There is this huge fraction

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What the New Govt Needs to Do

Dr Muriel Newman Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. nzcpr.com After winning all seven Maori

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A Six Year History of Failure

Dr Muriel Newman Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. nzcpr.com It’s customary in the

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A Big Idea

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “The bedrock of any successful democracy is that it delivers government of the people, by the people, for the people. In the case of our current government, and too many other western democracies, this once abiding principle has been subverted. We now have government of

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All Are Equal End of Story
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All Are Equal End of Story

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Late last month the United States Supreme Court released a landmark judgement ruling that race cannot be used as a factor in considering college admissions. If such a judgement applied to New Zealand, it would signal the end of the University sector’s targeted race-based

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A High Stakes Election Gamble

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Thursday 6 July marked 100 days until the most important election of our lifetime. For many New Zealanders, the return of Labour to government along with the Greens and the Maori Party would be the final straw. It is no exaggeration to say that if

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The Labour Govt Has Betrayed Our Trust
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The Labour Govt Has Betrayed Our Trust

Dr Muriel Newman Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. nzcpr.com The Labour Government has betrayed

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Media Freedom to Be Muzzled

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com At a post-Cabinet press conference on the 8th of February, just two weeks after becoming New Zealand’s 41st Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins announced that Labour’s proposed hate speech legislation would be withdrawn and the matter referred to the Law Commission. He explained the

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The Great Global Warming Awakening

The Great Global Warming Awakening

Dr Muriel Newman Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce president, her background is in business and education. nzcpr.com On the last Friday of

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The Countdown to Our Future Has Begun
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The Countdown to Our Future Has Begun

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com The release of government budgets used to be memorable affairs. Crowded around the radio or telly, it was excise tax changes on petrol, alcohol and cigarettes that exercised Kiwis the most. Some, car keys at the ready, would make a mad dash to try to

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Long Live the King!
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Long Live the King!

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com The Coronation of King Charles III was watched by over 400 million people worldwide. Millions of royal fans crowded into London to be part of the celebration, with over a hundred thousand lining the procession route. The pomp and pageantry of the Westminster Abbey ceremony

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Tyranny of the Tail Waving the Dog

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com The shock defection of the Labour Cabinet Minister Meka Whaitiri, the MP for Ikaroa-Rawhiti, to the Maori Party caught the Prime Minister and her former colleagues by surprise. They were blind-sided, admitting they had no idea she was thinking of leaving the Party. Her decision

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Do You Want Maori to Control Water in New Zealand?
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Do You Want Maori to Control Water in New Zealand?

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “Hipkins and McAnulty can only hope the mainstream media remains largely dozy, lazy and uninformed on the role of Te Mana o te Wai statements until the election. For if the general public fully grasp that Maori will be given extensive — and exclusive — rights to

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