Syria: Not Our Fault, Not Our Problem
When refugee activists demand we take more Syrians, tell ’em to get stuffed.
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These Procedures Are Funded by Taxpayers
Health NZ say that since 2020 the service has been publicly funded to deliver up to 14 gender-affirming genital surgeries (either feminising or masculinising) per year.
No, This Is Too Risky
If the world’s most recognisable bioscientists can’t get it right, what hope is there for our government appointed local regulator?
Thousands of Images Uncovered in New Zealand
In 2023 alone, the team conducted 47 investigations, uncovering nearly three million pieces of illegal material and blocking over one million attempts to access websites hosting child abuse content.
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The Best and Worst of 2024
One thing for certain is that President Trump is a great friend of Israel and has declared that he not only wants American-Israeli hostages back, he wants them all given back.
Is He Trying to Incite?
Dr Carr’s language to parliament was incendiary and an incitement to violence. We are in rough and dangerous times.
Thinking Smart and Dumb About Flat Earth
By introducing a false binary, you can easily steer people to the next logical conclusion, like redirecting a river.
It Is Now Official
Behind all the hot air from the PM and finance minister, National is running a bigger borrow-and-spend government than six years of Ardern and Robertson.
NZ Politics Daily: 19 December 2024
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This Judge Needs to Be Sacked
A drunk dud judge attacks Winston Peters at a private function, and she’s in charge of the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court!
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