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Clark Caught with Wet Bus Tickets

Clark Caught with Wet Bus Tickets

Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz Warning Satire WATCH OUT SUPERMARKETS! Consumer Affairs Minister David Clark is making the big plays at the moment. Clark yesterday announced the new role of Grocery Commissioner to crack down on New Zealand’s supermarket duopoly. Labour have unsurprisingly talked a big game about making a

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The Difference a Mere 5 km Makes

The Difference a Mere 5 km Makes

For around a century, and rightly so, New Zealand was governed with the farming interests foremost in the minds of successive governments; what rural interests wanted – went. This ended with the “War on Farming” initiated by the Lange Government, continued by the Clark Government, and most notably in recent years

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Govt Urged to Take Urgent Action

New Zealand Game Developers Association (NZGDA) Existing government measures won’t stop one of our fastest-growing sectors moving to Australia.“Existing government policies won’t stop New Zealand gaming and interactive media companies from choosing to expand in Australia instead of New Zealand,” New Zealand Game Developers Association (NZGDA) Chairman

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Small Fish in a Big Pond

Small Fish in a Big Pond

Information Opinion Queen’s Birthday 1998 was an interesting three-day experience which opened my eyes to all manner of things. I realise this may sound a bit odd, but that weekend was the first time I had ever experienced how “ordinary people” (around 90% of the population) live; their lifestyles,

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Why There Is a Labour Shortage

Why There Is a Labour Shortage

John Tamny brownstone.org John Tamny is Senior Scholar of the Brownstone institute, editor of RealClearMarkets, and Vice President at FreedomWorks Cato Institute co-founder Ed Crane always marvels at the simplistic thought processes of economic reporters and commentators. It truly mystifies him that they still spill so much ink on

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Tourism Hits an Absolutely New Low

Tourism Hits an Absolutely New Low

Hey! You wanna come to New Zealand? It is a great place to visit! Please come on over – we would be delighted to see you. But there is just one thing. We are slightly short on workers right now, so how about… you change your own sheets? We’ll give

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The Govt Created the Skills Shortage

The Immigration Minister’s comments that employers across the tourism sector are struggling to hire staff because of low wages and insecure working conditions are unhelpful, insulting to business owners and an attempt to distract from the Government’s immigration failures, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “Through no

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The Fairy Princess in Europe

The Fairy Princess in Europe

Jacinda is wrapping up her European tour, which her minions in the media are describing as an unmitigated success. Pictured in a white, floaty dress with Boris Johnson, she looked more like a bride than a prime minister. She ought to confer with Mrs Johnson, who is commended for her

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Face of the Day

Part of the PM’s visit to Europe has involved encouraging tourists to return to NZ. On a Facebook Live, she said, “We had three main goals for this trip, as had been the case with others so far: really focused on making sure that the world knows we are

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

It appears from the letter I received from Wokie Kotahi tonight that the poor souls can’t even decide on what to call themselves! If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to

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Insurance Company to Pay for Life

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg newsbusters.org Tierin-Rose grew up in a large Christian family on the coast of Connecticut. After high school she moved to Alabama to dance with a professional ballet company while attending Liberty University. She served as an MRC Culture intern in Spring 2021 and became staff shortly there

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Why the Vaccine Clown Show Will Continue

Why the Vaccine Clown Show Will Continue

Monica Hughes PhD themariachiyears.substack.com This single meme encapsulates 70 years of American stupidity known as “better living through chemistry” aka pharmaddiction. As the old saying goes, all good things must come to an end, because things that can’t go on, won’t. But that doesn’t mean

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Businesses Suffer for Want of Clear Communication

Many people ask me why it is that I avoid investment or doing business (if it can possibly be avoided) in New Zealand altogether; today I shall give you some hilarious, classic examples of why that is. Don’t choke from laughing too much. Although, rather amusingly, whenever I answer

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Tinkering with Donation Laws: Money Still Buys Politics

Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. There’s huge public concern about the potential for the wealthy to translate their economic power into political

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