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Why Is the Immigration Minister Avoiding Queenstown?
When Labour won the last election all by themselves, some people thought they might actually get some stuff done, and I guess if you count banning and taxing, they have. But if you have been expecting them to actually fix problems, then you have been waiting a long time. Over
Government Gives Mongrel Mob $2.5 Million for Drug Rehab
The Government refuses to fund Gumboot Friday, arguably the best solution for mental health, but seems to have plenty of cash to give to the Mongrel Mob: A Mongrel Mob-led meth rehabilitation programme funded by the government, involves participants working on a “community garden” on the property of the president
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$2.75M Mongrel Mob Funding: Mind-Numbingly, Bone-Deep Stupid
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust The irony of the insult couldn’t be greater with the Hawkes Bay Mongrel Mob meth rehab programme being funnelled $2.75 million from the Proceeds of Crime Fund – funding that is seized from the very gangs that are peddling meth in the
Funding the Mob a Sick Joke
It is no wonder that the Government was reluctant to condemn the Chief Human Rights Commissioner about his $200 koha to the mob, when they have given the Mongrel Mob $2.75 million for a programme to manage a problem that they play a huge role in creating, National’s
Ihumatao Fiction
Say it ain’t so, Joe. The Ihumatao protest was a fraud, a con-job, bluster, bulldust, nonsense. Why? Because before any ‘steering group’ can be formed: “The first thing that has to happen is; the mythology of the SOUL protest, the cognitive dissonance that was promoted through their campaign and
A Question about the $55M Media Fund Made Ardern Laugh… but Not for Long
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 Surprisingly for a Minister of Finance, Grant Robertson is an
The Turning Tide of Public Opinion
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com On Monday, Roy Morgan, Australia’s longest running independent market research company, published the results of its June survey of New Zealand political opinion under the headline “Is the COVID-19 ‘honeymoon’ over for PM Jacinda Ardern?” The poll of 951 Kiwi voters showed waning support
Where’s the Escape Plan Jacinda?
Jacinda Ardern’s Labour party was returned with a majority under MMP in 2020, ostensibly off the back of perceived good management of the pandemic. What is becoming more and more obvious though is that keeping out the CCP Virus was a case of good luck rather than good management.