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Opposition to ‘Aotearoa’ Name Change
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Opposition to ‘Aotearoa’ Name Change

Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 The Maori Party has launched a petition calling on Parliament to change the country’s official name to Aotearoa and “officially restore the Te Reo Maori names for

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Media Greedies

Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com 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 Early this year, under the guise of “enhancing public interest journalism” that was deemed to be at risk due

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Defending Democracy Is Tough These Days
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Defending Democracy Is Tough These Days

Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Unless you’ve been living under a stone, you will know that when David Seymour was bold enough to disclose the special code which allowed Maori New Zealanders in Auckland to get vaccinated without needing to make an appointment, he was dumped on from a great

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David Seymour Is Cast into Hell… Alongside Tova O’Brien

David Seymour Is Cast into Hell… Alongside Tova O’Brien

Graham Adams Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Graham Adams is a journalist, columnist and reviewer who has written for many of the country’s media outlets including Metro, North & South, Noted, The Spinoff and Newsroom. In his epic 14th-century poem Inferno, Dante depicted sinners who

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Dropping like Flies at Magic Talk

Dropping like Flies at Magic Talk

Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com 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

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Low Maori Vaccination Rates

Low Maori Vaccination Rates

Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com 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

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135,570 Jobs

135,570 Jobs

Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com 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

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Lockdown through the Eyes of Children

Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com Rodney Hide is former ACT Party leader, and Minister in the National-ACT Government from 2008 to 2011 As I write, me and my family are under house arrest. We are allowed out only to exercise and then only nearby and only briefly. I have to explain

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The Need for Experts with Wider Vision

The Need for Experts with Wider Vision

Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com 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 Whenever some unexpected global affliction hits mankind a set of instant “experts” rear up and give us their wisdom.

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Inflated Death Rate over COVID-Free Summer

Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com 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

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Most Open and Transparent Govt Ever

Most Open and Transparent Govt Ever

Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com 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

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Parliamentary Submission on RMA Replacement
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Parliamentary Submission on RMA Replacement

Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 Below is the oral submission Don Brash made today, August 26, before the Environment Select Committee of Parliament. You can read the written submission here. Mr Chairman/Madam

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Labour Must Uphold the Rule of Law

Labour Must Uphold the Rule of Law

Chris Trotter bassettbrashandhide.com When Daily Blog Editor, Martyn Bradbury, says Labour’s lucky the country’s currently distracted by the Covid-19 Delta Variant, he’s right. Were New Zealand safe and out of Lockdown, it would be in the midst of a dangerously divisive row about Oranga Tamariki, the

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The Advice of the COVID Experts

The Advice of the COVID Experts

Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com Rodney Hide is former ACT Party leader, and Minister in the National-ACT Government from 2008 to 2011 The good news is that the government has sought independent advice on Covid Policy. The bad news is that the advice is abysmal. Back in June Associate Minister of

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