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Neither Te Tiriti nor the Treaty Imply Co-governance

Neither Te Tiriti nor the Treaty Imply Co-governance

Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party leader from 2003 to 2006. On 13 May Newsroom carried a column by four writers at Victoria University under the heading “Commitments to equality in Te Tiriti mean co-governance”. In attacking those

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How Free Is Our Free Speech Really?

How Free Is Our Free Speech Really?

Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002 and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 A speech prepared for delivery at Massey University, 5 May 2022 Warning Long read. 3405 words. Ladies and gentlemen This was supposed to be the third speech in

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They Are Changing Our Constitution Without Our Consent
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They Are Changing Our Constitution Without Our Consent

Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002 and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 Warning Long read. 1539 words. Many people seem to think that New Zealand doesn’t have a constitution. And certainly, we are one of a very small number

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The Truth Behind the Headline

Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com An RNZ headline reads: High rate of suicide in pregnant and post-natal women “Suicide is the leading cause of death during pregnancy and the postnatal period, and Maori women are three times more likely to die this way, a new report has found.” That’

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A Great Result From the Labour Govt

A Great Result From the Labour Govt

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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Labour’s New Kind of Democracy
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Labour’s New Kind of Democracy

Richard Prebble bassettbrashandhide.com Richard Prebble CBE is a former member of the New Zealand Parliament. Initially a member of the Labour Party, he joined the newly formed ACT New Zealand party under Roger Douglas in 1996, becoming its leader from 1996 to 2004. The Maori Affairs Select Committee is

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Coffee Coloured People by the Score

Coffee Coloured People by the Score

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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You Say Co-governance I Say Apartheid

You Say Co-governance I Say Apartheid

Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Warning Long Read. 1488 words. Co-governance is currently the most polarising issue in New Zealand politics. There’s something of a culture war over the concept of giving Maori voters or leaders a mandated equal political influence in

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Time for Plain Speaking: No More Manglish!
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Time for Plain Speaking: No More Manglish!

Dennis Gates bassettbrashandhide.com Dennis Gates is a lawyer and company director. He was a sole practitioner in general practice until 2012. As well as a law degree he has a Bachelor of Social Science, is a Notary Public and has a certificate in NZ Sign Language. Recently he featured

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PM: “Come to New Zealand, We’re Kind.”

PM: “Come to New Zealand, We’re Kind.”

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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NZ’s Remarkable Rush to War

Bryce Edwards Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Warning Long read: 1,653 words New Zealand is now part of the war with Russia. And our independent foreign policy is virtually dead. That’s the upshot of the Government’s definitive fall into line with Five Eyes

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We Need to Restore Low Inflation

Richard Prebble bassettbrashandhide.com Richard Prebble CBE is a former member of the New Zealand Parliament. Initially a member of the Labour Party, he joined the newly formed ACT New Zealand party under Roger Douglas in 1996, becoming its leader from 1996 to 2004. The Reserve Bank’s .5% increase

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When You Have Nothing Good to Say Best You Say Nothing at All
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When You Have Nothing Good to Say Best You Say Nothing at All

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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I Can Tell You What Is Not Going to Happen in Tauranga
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I Can Tell You What Is Not Going to Happen in Tauranga

Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 It’s probably a bit early to answer that question definitively because as I write we know only two of the candidates from major parties, those for ACT

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The Govt’s Tourism ‘Slush Fund’

Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Was political corruption involved in the dishing out of millions of dollars by government ministers to tourism businesses? We can’t know, because the Government didn’t keep sufficient records or have proper processes for the handouts. That’s the obvious question arising from a scathing

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