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The Greens and the Coalition of Chaos

The Greens and the Coalition of Chaos

Michael Bassett Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments bassettbrashandhide.com It’s hard to suppress my feeling that Green Party MPs inhabit another planet. Their policy announcement at the

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Why Shane Te Pou Is Wrong
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Why Shane Te Pou Is Wrong

Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com On the odd occasion when I have found myself in a TV studio with Shane Te Pou, I have always found him a likeable and reasonable kind of

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A Response to the NZ Listener

A Response to the NZ Listener

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com As another example of the tricked leading the willfully blind, Australian “ethicist and moral philosopher” Peter Singer still pushes their desperate tropes in his article in NZ’s The Listener: that anti-vaxers are crazy and selfish, and the shots are safe

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There Is a Swarm of Entitlement

Lindsay Mitchell Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under commission and exhibits

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An Acceptable Excuse to Commit Tax Fraud

An Acceptable Excuse to Commit Tax Fraud

Simon Black Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur, and a free man. His daily e-letter, Sovereign Letters, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more freedom, more opportunity, and more

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I’ve Cancelled My Sub to the NBR

I’ve Cancelled My Sub to the NBR

Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com I have subscribed to the National Business Review for many years and try to read their daily emails most days. Sometimes they have had some good articles, and

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Is Racism Justified in the Health Sector?

Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006. bassettbrashandhide.com I’ve just read a depressing defence of the Government’s policy of prioritizing Maori and Pasifika when it comes to surgical waiting lists. It was written by

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The Number of Shots and the Link to All Cause Mortality

The Number of Shots and the Link to All Cause Mortality

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Providing the most likely explanation for increased all cause mortality being seen in New Zealand and across all highly vaccinated nations, the mechanisms of action of the Covid-19 vaccines have the capacity to cause multiple health harms. This has been shown

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Labour Jumps from Cow Pat to Cow Pat

Labour Jumps from Cow Pat to Cow Pat

Michael Bassett Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former minister in the 1984–1990 governments. bassettbrashandhide.com How can it be that everything this Labour government touches crumbles? Chris Hipkins and his team score zero

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Who Is a Maori?
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Who Is a Maori?

Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com/post As cabinet ministers traipse around the country, feverishly talking up Budget largesse in the hope it will help their re-election, they inadvertently let slip what Labour’s key priorities are. A recent senior citizens’ meeting was told that grants to Maori are top priority. Pasifika

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In Defence of ‘Urban Sprawl’

Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com In Newsroom Thursday (8 June 2023), Dr Iresh Jayawardena, a lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland, has a column criticizing the National Party’s recently-announced housing policy. He notes that the National Party’s proposed policy “would require councils

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What Zero COVID Cost Us

What Zero COVID Cost Us

Ananish Chaudhuri bassettbrashandhide.com Ananish Chaudhuri, PhD. is Professor of Experimental Economics at the University of Auckland. He is the author of a new book “Nudged into lockdown? Behavioral Economics, Uncertainty and Covid-19.” You can read more about Ananish Chaudhuri’s work here. Ashley Bloomfield was Knighted recently for the

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Why Tamihere Needs Labour to Win
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Why Tamihere Needs Labour to Win

Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Ever since John Tamihere was humiliated in the 2019 Auckland mayoral race he has seemed determined to prove that Auckland voters were wise to reject him. His stunts on behalf of the Maori Party keep downgrading the good work he started many years ago with the

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The Future: Pampers Faces Backlash for Ad

sovereignman.com SATIRE In a world brimming with bewildering headlines, we spend a lot of time thinking about the future… and to where all of this insanity leads. “Future Headline Friday” is our satirical take of where the world is going if it remains on its current path. While our

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A Fourth Article for the Treaty?

A Fourth Article for the Treaty?

lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Massey University issued a draft Tiriti o Waitangi Policy in May 2022 to staff, students and stakeholders which expresses its “commitment to uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its associated principles”. It was prepared by the Office of the DVC Maori (Deputy Vice Chancellor Maori) to update

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