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Exponential Growth of New Friends

A growth in new-found friendships must be anathema to the Government, as the level of division among friends and family caused by the Labour Government has been unparalleled. In many cases the gulf between people has not gone away. Some may purport it has and naively or arrogantly believe we

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Where Has Love Gone?

Where Has Love Gone?

Mike Donnellan “In olden days a glimpse of stocking was something shocking now heaven knows, anything goes.” “Anything Goes” Cole Porter 1934 Do you remember those days, when you couldn’t turn on the radio without hearing a man or a woman declaring their love for a member of the

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Rhetoric of the Day

Rhetoric of the Day

Waitangi Day. A national holiday for New Zealand and a quick passing nod to the signing of the Treaty, for most Kiwis. Then there’s the politics… and the media. According to MSM Kiwis are really racist. Are we? Where’s the evidence for this? In recent months right-wing extremists

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The True Cost of EVs

The True Cost of EVs

The Daily Mail reports on the hypocrisy of EV makers and those that drive them. For years, big tech companies like Apple and Tesla have assured the customers of their glossy stores and showrooms that all their goods are ethically sourced and sold. But a new series of images taken

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Stop Police from Using Excessive Force

Stop Police from Using Excessive Force

rutherford.org WASHINGTON, DC In the wake of a spate of incidents involving the use of excessive force by police against unarmed individuals, including the brutal killing of Tyre Nichols by members of a Memphis SCORPION police unit, The Rutherford Institute has called on the US Supreme Court to narrow

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What We Could Learn from the Faroe Islands

What We Could Learn from the Faroe Islands

Louis T. March mercatornet.com Louis T. March has a background in government, business and philanthropy. A former talk show host, author and public speaker, he is a dedicated student of history and genealogy. Louis lives with his family in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Ever heard of Tórshavn?

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Should We Upgrade to Humanity 2.0?

Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Last year an Oxford expert in transhumanism published “Future Superhuman: Our transhuman lives in a make-or-break century”. Elise Bohan, an Australian, argued that “ape-brained meat sacks” (aka human beings) need to be upgraded with

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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Olivia Boyd familyfirst.org.nz Olivia Boyd is our teenage guest writer who is very passionate about supporting the pro-life movement and ending human trafficking. Upon completion of her High School education, she intends to study law and psychology. She has an interest in human rights and social psychology and

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I’m Safe, Thanks for Asking!

Aucklanders are declaring themselves“safe” on a Facebook post labelled “The Auckland Region Flooding”. I appreciate those who asked if I was safe during the Auckland flooding but have zero tolerance for social media safety flag waving because it aligns too closely with the unsolicited Facebook declarations of “I’m

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Growing up in 1950s NZ

JM White My father, who was a carpenter and never out of work from age 15 until he retired at age 65, drank to excess regularly, once or twice a week, and just as regularly had fits of alcohol-induced rage. Although I didn’t like my father, at least I

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The Radical Left Wants to Change the Concept of Family

Jeffery L Degner mises.org Jeffery L Degner is an assistant professor of economics at Cornerstone University and a former Mises Summer Research Fellow. He holds Bachelor’s degrees in economics and history from Western Michigan University where he also earned an MA in applied economics. He is currently a

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The C-Word Is Not Allowed

The C-Word Is Not Allowed

A nurse rose as they entered and came to attention before the Director. “What’s the lesson this afternoon?” he asked. “We had Elementary Sex for the first forty minutes,” she answered. “But now it’s switched over to Elementary Class Consciousness.” Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Aldous Huxley intended

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Views of the Day

Views of the Day

Bob McCoskrie, of Family First, commented on the leaders and deputy leaders of Labour and National yesterday. We have a new prime minister, but if you thought that the radical social agenda would pause, or “reset Labour to the right” as some commentators have laughingly tried to claim, you just

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Can the Stone Age Be Sustainable?

Can the Stone Age Be Sustainable?

Nic Rawlence Senior Lecturer in Ancient DNA Kerry Walton Researcher Richard Walter Professor of Archaeology University of Otago New Zealand’s wilderness areas are the jewel in our ecotourism crown. But conservation laws may soon be in for a radical shake-up. Recent proposals would, among other things, allow Maori to

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Should Social Media Be for Adults Only?

Should Social Media Be for Adults Only?

Karl D. Stephan mercatornet.com Karl D Stephan received the BS in Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1976. Following a year of graduate study at Cornell, he received the Master of Engineering degree in 1977 and was employed by Motorola, Inc and Scientific-Atlanta as an RF development

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