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Council Scared of Paper Cuts?

Council Scared of Paper Cuts?

Dear Editor It looks like the Ashburton District Council is doing its best to exacerbate the country’s housing crisis by applying the brakes to their consent process. Subject: ADC Update under Red Traffic Light Setting Good morning, The following is an update to council’s position under the Red

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What Have We Become?

What Have We Become?

New Zealanders used to be a fantastic bunch of people. We looked after one another, we were mostly fair-minded and we were quite laid back about a lot of issues. We were famous, not just for No 8 wire, but also for our “She’ll Be Right” attitude to life.

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Face of the Day

Murupara’s GP of 30 years standing, Dr Bernard Conlon, is to be suspended from practising medicine as of Friday. […] “To take me out of practice after three decades of dedicated service to my community is frankly difficult to comprehend, especially with winter coming and Covid-19 at our gates,” he

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The BFD Nightcap

The BFD Nightcap

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Science Must Involve Debate, Not Dogma

Science Must Involve Debate, Not Dogma

Guy Hatchard PhD HatchardReport.com Guy Hatchard PhD was formerly a senior manager at Genetic ID, a global food testing and certification company. Information Opinion Time to bring government and media to account In what might be an alarming augury for the NZ government, I have noticed during the last

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Navigating Through Omicron

We need a new strategy to safely steer New Zealand through the Omicron wave and out of endless restrictions, Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon says. “The Omicron variant has arrived and case numbers are set to increase rapidly in the coming weeks and months. The situation has changed so it is

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Here we go again: Numerous Adventure Events Cancelled!

Gary Moller garymoller.com Gary is a Health Practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance rather than just treating the symptoms. I’ve written this article for the adventure sports industry. However, what I have got to say here applies to other

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Village Life for the Unvaxed

Village Life for the Unvaxed

Harry McCathie Five years ago, Mary (not her real name) made the decision to move into a retirement village. It proved to be a good decision as in the intervening years her health declined and she suffered a bad fall. The early Covid years were difficult with the restrictions imposed

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WA Premier Snared in His Own Rules

WA Premier Snared in His Own Rules

It’s been a banner week for people getting a good, old dose of comeuppance. First there was Neil Young, daring Spotify to remove his music from their platform or ditch Joe Rogan. Apparently Neil didn’t take into account that he hasn’t had a hit in decades while

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Cancel MIQ Today

Cancel MIQ Today

David Seymour ACT Party Leader The saga of Charlotte Bellis should be a turning point for the Government. It should cancel MIQ today, as there is no justification for waiting another month. Bellis is far from the only case. The cruelty of MIQ has created many like hers. The absurdity

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Why National Has to Comply

Why National Has to Comply

Information Opinion Many of you on this site express frustration at an opposition that ‘does nothing’. They vote along with the government on anything to do with COVID, forcing us all to believe that, if they were in government, they would be doing exactly the same things. I don’t

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The Taliban Kinder Than the Ardern Regime?

The Taliban Kinder Than the Ardern Regime?

The case of Kiwi journalist Charlotte Bellis gives all the proof that we need that the Ardern regime is evil and acting against its own citizens. What makes this more obvious is that the medieval patriarchs of the Taliban appear to be kinder than Ardern: My name is Charlotte Bellis

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Red Queen Changes Pied Piper Tune

Red Queen Changes Pied Piper Tune

Information Opinion The Red Queen had been imitating the “Pied Piper of Hamelin”  by banning the RATs (Rapid Antigen Tests) from New Zealand for ordinary people even though these are readily available in other OECD countries. Singapore actually gives out free RAT kits containing 30 tests at a time. The

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Faces of the Day

Faces of the Day

GIVEALITTLE UPDATE Today Givealittle released our funds, in only 1 day you raised $40k to go towards our legal fund to fight these ridiculous mandates and to fight the fines! Thank you Danielle for organising this for us, as we felt embarrassed asking for help. She took control and within

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The Reactionary Political Ethos of Lockdowns and Mandates

The Reactionary Political Ethos of Lockdowns and Mandates

Jeffrey A. Tucker brownstone.org Jeffrey A. Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and ten books in 5 languages, most recently Liberty or Lockdown. He is also the editor of The Best of

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