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Business Owners Angry over Robertson’s Comments

Business Owners Angry over Robertson’s Comments

Small business owners in the retail sector deserve answers from the Deputy Prime Minister after he declared that throughout the whole pandemic “less than a handful of cases” were transmitted in retail settings, National’s Small Business spokesperson Todd McClay says. Minister Robertson’s comments were in reference to Auckland

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Restaurant Assn. Survey Shows Terrible Toll of Lockdowns

David Seymour ACT Leader A survey by the Restaurant Association of over a thousand members shows the grim toll the lockdowns are taking on those in the industry. This Government talks about “being kind” and “governing for all New Zealanders” and yet the health and wellbeing of people in hospitality

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Persecuting Our Fellow Human Beings Is Easy

Persecuting Our Fellow Human Beings Is Easy

Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Darryl is a businessman and a post-graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Auckland, with particular interests in the philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and AI. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Philosophy, Logic and

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We’re Fighting for You

We’re Fighting for You

Hon Judith Collins National Party Leader I am back in Auckland and have been out in a few different electorates catching up with small business owners and locals. In typical Kiwi fashion, the people I meet put on a brave face. However, often after a few minutes of talking about

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Police Bullying and Threats against Bluff Publican

Police Bullying and Threats against Bluff Publican

Yesterday we published a letter to the editor from a Bluff publican about an incident with Police regarding our now infamous “Gulag” image. We have now obtained further background information, video from the tavern and a recording of an interaction with Police at Bluff Police station. What is revealed is

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The Economic Storm Is Coming

The Economic Storm Is Coming

As most of you know, I am an accountant, looking after businesses of all shapes and sizes – from building firms to contractors, to hairdressers and beauticians, to commercial electrical companies. Each type of business has its own peculiar conditions, but they all have a number of things in common. When

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Succession: How True to Life Is the TV Series?

Succession: How True to Life Is the TV Series?

Bingbing Ge Lancaster University Bingbing Ge is a Teaching Fellow at Lancaster University Management School and a researcher at the Centre for Family Business. Her research focuses on family business management, entrepreneurship, and strategy. This article contains spoilers for season three of Succession. Succession is back for another series of

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Auckland Should Be at 3.3

David Seymour ACT Leader The Prime Minister should reactivate the forgotten ‘roadmap’ and move Auckland to Step 3 of Alert Level 3. As of last Tuesday, Auckland as a city was at 90 per cent single and 77 per cent fully vaccinated. If it makes sense to move to the

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Collins’ Comments

Collins’ Comments

Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz Greetings to all of you and my thanks for the work you are doing to stay home and follow the Covid-19 level 3 protocols.  I also warmly thank all who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 at this time. You are doing

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The Only Tool You Need to Break Down a Wall

The Only Tool You Need to Break Down a Wall

Donald Digby When most people think of the fall of the Berlin Wall they think of November 9th, 1989 and the chaotic scenes outside the Brandenburg Gate. Well, did you know the real fall of the Berlin wall started 3 months earlier and began with a picnic? The Pan-European

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… jeopardise (verb): : to expose to danger or risk Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Today’s word will get no comment from me, but I don’t expect others will be so restrained. It may be hard to believe that jeopardise was once controversial, but in 1870

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Small Businesses Bear Brunt of Ongoing Lockdowns

A fall in small business sales for the third consecutive month highlights the harm that has been done to small businesses in New Zealand, National’s Economic Development and Small Business spokesperson Todd McClay says. The Xero Small Business Index data for September shows small businesses sales in Auckland were

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More Segregation

More Segregation

I decided to give in and apply for my COVID passport. Here it is. Pretty neat, don’t you think? I’m not sure it will make my life any easier though, as each day seems to bring more and more proposed restrictions. Now it seems that we may need

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