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Election 2020

Now, Who Called It a COVID Election?

Now, Who Called It a COVID Election?

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is copping a load of flak right now after more border cock-ups have been revealed. You know there is nothing but bad news because she’s making poor Chris Hipkins and the hapless Megan Woods front the press conferences. She doesn’t do bad news, but

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Letter to the Prime Minister

Letter to the Prime Minister

Dear Prime Minister, You have well and truly blown it. There is now a palpable sense of anger in the country, particularly in Auckland. You might not be aware of it, living as you do in your own little global celebrity bubble, but the silent majority of people are well

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100 Days COVID-Free?

100 Days COVID-Free?

I hope Mr Hipkins doen’t tell me off, but some things about our ‘South Auckland family’ don’t add up. Is it alright to talk about it? After all, the repercussions are destroying the livelihoods of many of our Auckland friends and costing the country billions, so everything should

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Cannabis Legal Reform – Arguments for and Against: Part 2

Cannabis Legal Reform – Arguments for and Against: Part 2

James Farmer QC jamesfarmerqc.co.nz MEDICINAL CANNABIS IS NOW LEGAL AND SO CANNABIS FOR RECREATIONAL USE SHOULD BE ALSO In a separate article from her Herald piece (published in The Irish Times, 16 September 2019), Professor Cannon refers to a book written by a former New York Times journalist,

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Rethink Needed for Level 3 Rules

Rethink Needed for Level 3 Rules

Roger Partridge nzinitiative.org.nz With the number of Auckland’s COVID cases increasing exponentially, there is every chance the Government will extend the city’s Alert Level 3 lockdown for several weeks. How we got here and the lessons we can learn are questions for another day. For now,

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The Pandemic

The Pandemic

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com New Zealand is arguably the easiest country in the world to stomp out a virus pandemic, simply because of our small population and our islands remoteness. But after the often embarrassing small nation self-awareness, the back-slapping, self-congratulations and infantile “team of 5 million” claptrap, we’

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Renewable Energy Proves Too Expensive for California

Renewable Energy Proves Too Expensive for California

Don’t expect the Greens to have accurately costed their renewable energy scheme rolled out last month in preparation for election 2020. The idealistic just-turned-18s might love the green dream but in California, it’s a nightmare. “The Green Party wants an immediate ban on new industrial coal boilers, as

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Translating Civil Servant Speak

Translating Civil Servant Speak

You’ve got to love how civil servants fight back when they are being maligned by their political masters. When faced with mounting embarrassment and public discord over the failures at the border both Chris Hipkins and Jacinda Ardern said that their “expectations weren’t met.” Ignore for a moment

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Re-writing COVID History

Re-writing COVID History

As is the desire of our socialist Government, I have a similar urge to rewrite history, but the difference is that my observations will correct history with evidence. April 03 2020, Newshub headline: “Health boss stands by COVID-19 border measures as National blasts ‘not good enough’ response”. Four months later

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Cannabis Legal Reform – Arguments for and Against: Part 1

Cannabis Legal Reform – Arguments for and Against: Part 1

James Farmer QC jamesfarmerqc.co.nz I have consistently believed that cannabis is a harmful substance and that people who use it for “recreational purposes” would be more sensible to choose a healthy form of recreation that doesn’t put them and those dependent on them, i.e. their children

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Open Letter to the Prime Minister

Open Letter to the Prime Minister

You have problems. The lack of credibility and honesty of your administration, and of those you choose to work with, has been exposed this week. There is so much more for the populace to be concerned about than the pandemic, even more than a crumbling economy. What has emerged over

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