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UBI: Make Slavery Great Again
Slavery, for many, will seem easier than struggling, and far safer. Once dependent, the luxury of struggling may be gone. We need a real conversation before we turn irretrievably down that road. For most, that will probably not happen.
It’s Long Past Time to Bulldoze Them All
The Australian university sector is inimical in almost every way to the nation’s interests.
We Must Seize the Opportunity to Replace the WHO
Structural reform of the Security Council’s composition, particularly permanent membership, is critical.
Bill Gates Said What?
Shocker: climate Nostradamus Bill Gates calls Eco-Doomism ‘wrong’.
Teachers denounce ‘Eurocentric’ and ‘knowledge-rich’ curriculum as a step backwards for ‘Aotearoa’
“Omitting this discourages kids from learning the full history of Aotearoa."
TPU audit suggests free GP visits won’t fix a doctor shortage
A “political gimmick to justify a new tax.”
Hobson’s Pledge warns private property rights threatened by ‘heritage’ claims
“Most of us assume Treaty settlements deal with Crown land, not your backyard, not your family farm."
Bill Gates says climate change ‘won’t end humanity’
Does this mean the conspiracy theorists were right?
Campaign truck for Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara listed as repossessed
“It’s not my truck. Ask the owner. I have no knowledge of it.”
Newman: Bureaucratic defiance reveals NZ’s ‘deep state’ problem
"...no nation prospers when its people are divided..."
NZ joins Nordic nations in call for free Gaza aid and full ceasefire implementation
They welcomed “the first phase of the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict”.
