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Waititi’s Wife under Scrutiny for Video

Waititi’s Wife under Scrutiny for Video

Chris Lynch Chris Lynch is a journalist, videographer and content producer, broadcasting from his independent news and production company in Christchurch, New Zealand. chrislynchmedia.com New Zealand police are investigating a highly inflammatory video recorded by Kiri Tamihere-Waititi, the wife of Maori Party Co-Leader Rawiri Waititi. In a social media

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The Uglification of Children Is a Sign of Something Sinister

The Uglification of Children Is a Sign of Something Sinister

Kimberly Ells Kimberly Ells is the author of The Invincible Family. Follow her at Invincible Family Substack. mercatornet.com I saw a teenaged girl at the store recently. She was hardly recognisable as a teenaged girl because of the extreme facial piercings, the Halloween-inspired make-up, the outlandish hairdo, and the

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The 4 Big Trends To Watch

Paul Spoonley Distinguished Professor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University The first data from the 2023 census will be released on May 29 – and not before time. We will see how successful – or not – the census exercise was in achieving participation and coverage. It’s no secret past

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Te Pati Maori Are the Worst

Te Pati Maori Are the Worst

Dr Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz Toxicity and disinformation are becoming a big part of New Zealand politics. And much of this relates to debates about ethnicity, race, and racism. We

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‘Pride’ Isn’t a Virtue for Our Kids

‘Pride’ Isn’t a Virtue for Our Kids

Bob McCoskrie bobmccoskrie.com There are so many ‘LGBT’-focused days, campaigns and flags during the year that it may be easier to mark the days when it’s not being showcased. But following on quickly from Pink Shirt Day is the next one being targeted at children – Pride Week.

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Insideout Hide Inappropriate Award-Winning Poem

Insideout Hide Inappropriate Award-Winning Poem

Bob McCoskrie bobmccoskrie.com Here’s the latest Media Release from Family First NZ … InsideOut has tried to ‘hide’ poetry that won an award as part of Out on the Shelves because many people on social media said that there were potentially underlying themes of sexual innuendo, incest and self-harm.

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The Ethics of Renting Someone’s Womb

The Ethics of Renting Someone’s Womb

Michael Cook Michael Cook is the editor-in-chief of Mercator. He lives in Sydney, Australia. mercatornet.com The American state of Michigan recently legalised commercial surrogacy. “This is the most pro-family thing that the Legislature has done,” said Governor Gretchen Whitmer as she signed the legislation into law. Every American state

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Does the End Justify the Means?

Does the End Justify the Means?

Simon O’Connor onpointnz.substack.com When I think of the various protest, or activist, movements of late one deeply troubling observation is becoming abundantly clear – there are those in New Zealand who genuinely believe that violence is acceptable when it comes to their cause.  The classic, ‘the end justifies

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Social Justice Ideology Compromises ‘Real’ Science

Social Justice Ideology Compromises ‘Real’ Science

John Klar libertynation.com Once upon a time, scientific inquiry was premised on ideas of objectivity, factual analysis, and avoiding bias. The advent of social justice theory, post-modernist thought, and climate alarmism have polluted the waters of many once-prestigious science journals. This political transformation of what was once called science

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Who Set up Gen Z to Fail?

Who Set up Gen Z to Fail?

For the past generation or so, Western society has been running a vast, largely unacknowledged social engineering experiment on its children. That it has been a grotesque failure is more and more inescapable. But no-one, least of all those most responsible, want to talk about that. In fact, they’ve

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You Can’t Say That

You Can’t Say That

Charles Chubb What are you really saying when you say, “You can’t talk about that because you’re not [insert minority group]”? You’re basically saying that there is no conversation to be had on the topic. I was thinking about this specifically when Don Lemon said to Elon

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Mind Your Language

Mind Your Language

Bob Day Bob’s contribution to the Australian community has been reflected in a wide range of appointments including National President of the Housing Industry Association, Co-Founder and Inaugural President of Independent Contractors of Australia, Director of The Centre for Independent Studies and Senator for South Australia. libertyitch.com Everyone

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What Statistics Tell Us (2)

Tani Newton As I said last time, the statistics tell us much, but also little. They tell us that the Western world is in population decline and extinguishing itself. Some would say that immigration is temporarily propping up the population, but it would be more realistic to say that immigration

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Why Hitler Loved ‘Social Justice’

Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the editor at large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org In August 1920 in Munich, a young Adolf Hitler delivered one of his first public speeches before a crowd of some 2,000 people. During his speech, which lasted nearly

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Now It’s the Great DVD Revival

Now It’s the Great DVD Revival

It’s quite often said that people got rid of their records and bought CDs, now they’re getting rid of their CDs and buying records. I never did either. I kept all my records and bought CDs. In fact, I bought a bunch of records at bargain prices when

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The Power of a Name

Steven Tucker Steven Tucker is a UK-based writer whose work has appeared in print and online worldwide. The author of over ten books, mostly about fringe beliefs and eccentrics, his latest title, “Hitler’s and Stalin’s Misuse of Science” exposes how the insane and murderous abuses of science perpetrated

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