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Ardern’s Nightmarish Weekend

Ardern’s Nightmarish Weekend

Graham Adams Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Graham Adams is a journalist, columnist and reviewer who has written for many of the country’s media outlets including Metro, North & South, Noted, The Spinoff and Newsroom It should have been a weekend of media adulation to

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A Train-Wreck of an Idea

A Train-Wreck of an Idea

You can’t make this up, but the Government’s much vaunted and barely used white elephant train service from Hamilton to Papakura left two carriages behind. It’s not enough that the whole train idea is a lemon, but now the lemon is self-destructing: Passengers travelling in a carriage

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Jack Tame Howls at the Moon

Jack Tame Howls at the Moon

Jack Tame, writing in the NZ Herald, has come to the conclusion that we are all hypocrites. I presume he included himself. I found much of his article’s narrative quite simplistic; in the sense that talk is cheap but the consequences of what is being spoken are often not

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Another Day, Another of Ardern’s Fibs Exposed

Another Day, Another of Ardern’s Fibs Exposed

Ho, hum. Just another day, just another fib exposed. “Emails released under the Official Information Act show a long chain of communication between Vani and staffers in Ardern’s office. The emails also reveal that Ardern’s office was informed earlier this year that Vani’s project had narrowed from

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Slavery – Already in a Town near You

Slavery – Already in a Town near You

Owen Jennings Did you know that the popular hymn “Amazing Grace” can be played on just the black keys of the piano? Most Negro spirituals can. Amazing Grace is not usually considered a Negro spiritual, but it almost certainly originated deep in the bowels of a slave galley ship, crossing

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Paying for Land You No Longer Own

Paying for Land You No Longer Own

Diane Beattie Facebook In case anyone was confused as to why the farmers were protesting on Friday I thought I would just put something here so people have an idea of why. Firstly SNA’s (Significant Natural Areas), are areas of farmland or lifestyle blocks that the Government is getting

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