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Election 2020

The Wonkiness & Wackiness of Winston

The Wonkiness & Wackiness of Winston

If you look up synonyms for the words wonky or wacky in the Thesaurus it’s surprising how many you could apply to Winston in various forms. Most of them he would, in his view, probably find not very complimentary. It is fair to say that over his long parliamentary

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Meme of the Day

Meme of the Day

The BFD. Meme of the day. If you enjoyed this meme of the day please consider sharing it with your friends.

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Sheriff Collins and the Green-Eyed Gang

Sheriff Collins and the Green-Eyed Gang

Information Satire I couldn’t help noticin’ that the RED QUEEN has been  ‘ INCREDIBLY SULKY’ lately. Last week it was STUFF-UPS at the border for NOT ENOUGH testing, this week it is STUFF-UPS in West and South Auckland for TOO MUCH testing. I have my suspicions that the last one

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Tipping Points

Tipping Points

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Public sentiment is full of ‘tipping points’ – critical moments when small influences trigger more significant developments. We’ve seen a number of political tipping points over recent years that have contributed to the changing fortunes of parties and elections. The performance of United Future’s

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Guaranteed to Raise your Hackles and Blood Pressure

Guaranteed to Raise your Hackles and Blood Pressure

The PM’s skinny frame and tired face is an indication of the tough road she’s on. Faced with hard questions from Ryan Bridge on the AM show earlier this week she pursed her lips and sniffed when asked to accept responsibility for the border failure that allowed COVID

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BFD Political Corner: Election 2020 National Party

BFD Political Corner: Election 2020 National Party

BFD Political corner: Election 2020 is a series that features political speeches, political ads and political campaigns on Social media from a range of different political parties in the lead up to the New Zealand election. Today we have the National Party. ? #ANNOUNCEMENT National recognises that the first 1000 days

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Government Must Ease Border Blockage for Critical Workers

Government Must Ease Border Blockage for Critical Workers

NZ Initiative Wellington, 3 September 2020 – A chokepoint at the border is blocking entry of critical workers and suffocating the economy, according to a new paper from The New Zealand Initiative. New Zealand’s small size means both the public and private sectors often need international experts with niche skills.

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Our Political Comedians

Our Political Comedians

Jacinda, Grant, Chris, Megan and Phil, do me a favour and just naff off. I am sick to death of being told what instructions to follow on a daily basis. I wouldn’t mind quite so much if you could implement your own rules but you have shown consistently that

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Our “Single Source of Truth” Continues to Lie

Our “Single Source of Truth” Continues to Lie

For the life of me, I can’t work out why our “single source of truth” continues to lie about ‘that’ message. I have my hunches, but first, we need to consider why the message by “someone from comms” elicits only obfuscation from the great podium of porkies, which to

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

A grim new report has ranked New Zealand as one of the worst places to be a child due to its “terrifying” rates of obesity, suicide and illteracy. On Tuesday UNICEF released its annual Report Card which ranks wealthy countries on their child wellbeing – and the results are damning. Out

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