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New Zealand’s Democracy Hangs in the Balance
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 Over the last year or so, I’ve read a lot of books (or more accurately, listened to a lot of books on Audible) on the US political
Is There Any Escape from Aotearoa?
Jacinda Ardern is in deep political doo-doo. Her poll numbers are tanking. She’s still got a good 18 months before another election, of course — but then, so did Kevin Rudd. Ardern must surely be turning in circles right now, trying to spot where the knife will come from. Whatever
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Got the Sack? You’re Not Going Back
Information Opinion The announcement from the government that employers do not have to rehire unvaccinated workers came as a shock. Employers should tread very carefully in this area, as it appears, to me at least, to fly in the face of employment law as it is applied today. The new
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Online School Is a Great Choice for Your Child
Mt Hobson Academy At the start of 2022 Mt Hobson Academy Connected (Online) was launched. It was done in the midst of all of the uncertainty and loss of learning due to covid but the real motivation was to make high-quality academics available across the whole nation and to significantly
Shop at Farmlands? Get This Shirt Now
Farmlands are the latest store to deploy discriminatory and pointless policies against their own customers. They’ve chucked someone out of their store and trespassed them for the high crime of not wearing a mask: A woman has been left shocked and hurt after being kicked out of a Farmlands
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You Couldn’t Make This Stuff Up
It’s coming up to three weeks since I last put my finger to the keyboard as family circumstances have led me to be somewhat busier than usual. I have however managed to keep tabs on most of the political machinations. The last two words of my headline succinctly cover
Your Mask Is as Useless as …
Following on from yesterday’s article about useless masks, I thought I would expand a bit on the actual data contained in the British Medical Journal study on the effectiveness of masks. The reality is that your mask is as useless as Jacinda Ardern. The tyrant Jacinda Ardern misrepresented the
Crybaby of the Day
He says Immigration New Zealand effectively told him he’s too fat for residency. He has to lose weight or go home. How much? They won’t say. […] A visa medical assessment determined his BMI put him in a “severe risk” category. But Rivera says he’s perfectly healthy, has
Tova and the Maori Elite
Dear Editor New Zealand already has Co-Governance. When Kiwis go to the polls on election day, they as individuals elect a Government. That is Co-Governance. The Treaty gave Maori Chieftainship over their own private land. It also gave them the right to sell their private land, which they did. They
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