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GDP Drops 1.6%

GDP Drops 1.6%

So after all that effort on the part of the ‘Team of 5 Million’,  we now have 3 new COVID-19 cases, with two of the cases having done a road trip from Auckland to Wellington, hugged people, attended a funeral and God knows what else. That has already resulted in

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Today’s World Is Awash with Fiat Money.

Today’s World Is Awash with Fiat Money.

Viv Forbes saltbushclub.com “Fiat” means “let it be so”. Fiat money is token currency supplied and regulated by governments and central banks. Its value relies on a government decree that it alone must be used as “legal tender” in paying for anything in that country. Its value falls as

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The Phoney War

The Phoney War

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Last year it was the war against global warming which brought out the imitative marchers. This year it’s been the war against the coronavirus. More recently our feeble-minded wets, in tedious copycat fashion we’re all so wearingly bored with, marched in a war

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National MP Paul Goldsmith

Podcast: Paul Goldsmith

The Taxpayer’s Union is giving taxpayers the opportunity to get to know their MPs beyond photo-ops and party-line speeches. In this episode, Islay Aitchison interviews National MP Paul Goldmith.

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Robertson Joins the Fray

Robertson Joins the Fray

While Grant Robertson has no financial or economic background, I thought he was doing a reasonable job as minister of finance. There may, however, be an element of comparison with some of the true dullards in the current cabinet that helped forge that opinion. He is certainly no Bill English,

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The New Normal

The New Normal

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com So here we all are living our ‘new normal’ – Alert Level 1 in the battle against COVID-19. That’s where we’re expected to stay until a vaccine is available. It’s only at that stage that our borders could fully re-open and New Zealanders

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Jacinda is Angry

Jacinda is Angry

The prime minister has expressed her anger at the fact that The Warehouse Group is about to lay off 1,080 workers. She is particularly angry because the company accepted the government wage subsidy in March, taking $68 million in government subsidies at that time. This week alone, we have

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Tweet of the Day

Tweet of the Day

Prime Minister says if each of us spend $100 a day in our local economy things should come right. She is living in a different reality from the citizens of New Zealand, we don't have access to this much money in a week. — Pamela Taylor (@PamelaT34912263) June 10,

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150,000 Reasons to Go to Level 1 Today

150,000 Reasons to Go to Level 1 Today

Press Release: ACT Party “Labour doesn’t want the COVID-19 crisis to end, but it has 150,000 reasons to move to Level 1 when Cabinet meets,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “New Zealanders have been receiving a daily political broadcast from Ardern and her team throughout the COVID-19 crisis.

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Prime Minister Declares:  “THE ECONOMY IS BACK”

Prime Minister Declares: “THE ECONOMY IS BACK”

Of course it is, Jacinda. You have declared it so and so it shall be. Except, like so many other things you and your pathetically inept colleagues have managed to do to this country of ours, you couldn’t be more wrong and you’ve been drinking too much of

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A Covid Farce

A Covid Farce

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com The COVID-19 restrictions in New Zealand have become a farce. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is now looking foolish after thousands of people took to the streets in protest action on Monday, thumbing their nose at her Level 2 lockdown rules, while the Police watched on

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Judith Collins on Border Restrictions & Todd Muller as Leader

Judith Collins on Border Restrictions & Todd Muller as Leader

National MP Judith Collins says the government doesn’t have a clear plan in place for opening New Zealand’s borders. Film workers have been allowed to fly into the capital to work on the Avatar franchise despite the borders remaining closed. And the Prime Minister has put the brakes

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