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The loss of local media has bigger impacts than most people realize.
New Zealand says China’s nuclear-capable missile test was legal, but unacceptable in a proudly nuclear-free Pacific.
Harvey says New Zealand has never written its Jeffersonian sentence, leaving rights vulnerable to ordinary politics.
Officials now say the COVID inquiry was wrong to claim key under-18 vaccine advice was not provided to ministers.
Peters is trying to make citizenship itself an election issue, asking whether voting should belong to residents or only to citizens.
Riley says the India FTA has been sold as a trade agreement, but the text points to wider commitments on migration, investment and policy.
Grant says TOP’s calculator works only if land tax revenue is inflated, population costs are understated and savings appear from nowhere.
Donors have raised more than $32,000 to support Ian Wishart’s media accountability campaign and High Court appeals.
Brown has confirmed Waikato Hospital’s promised 28-bed modular ward has been delayed until 2027.
A clear majority of voters back the SAVE America Act – so why is it stalled?
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Let me conclude with a challenge to the critics: if you have a proper argument, do the hard work and produce it. However, let me also venture a hypothesis. They won’t put forward any counter-argument. There’s a reason for that. They don’t have one.
Combat does not care about slogans. The battlefield does not care about politics. It only cares whether people are trained, prepared, capable, and trusted.
