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NZ Race Relations Roundup

NZ Race Relations Roundup

breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com News: Reserve Bank report tots up $69b of assets in Maori economy Maori businesses and non-profit organisations owned almost $69 billion in assets as of 2018, according to a new report on the Maori economy released by the Reserve Bank. The report, produced by economic consultancy Berl,

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Daily News Roundup – 29 January 2021

Daily News Roundup – 29 January 2021

Covid: MIQ Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): Calls to restrict returnee numbers to avoid more Covid-19 outbreaks 1News: NZ should ‘have goal of no Covid-19 positive people’ arriving into country – Michael Baker RNZ: Pressure mounts for full audit of MIQ network after Covid-19 community cases John Anthony (Stuff): Allowing different plane arrivals

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The Woke Womble of MediaWorks

The Woke Womble of MediaWorks

The Woke Womble of MediaWorks Cam Wallace cancelled John Banks for the crime of allowing Maori culture to be categorised as “stone age” on his radio show yet Cam Wallace allows Martyn Bradbury (who has the violent nickname Bomber) to regularly appear despite several recent posts on his blog inciting

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Big Tech Protects Violence and Hate

Big Tech Protects Violence and Hate

Looks like it’s time for service providers to remove Facebook from their servers and for Google to blacklist it from search results and remove Facebook apps from Google Play. No doubt Apple will ban Facebook from its App store. That’s how it works, isn’t it, if a

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Daily News Roundup – 28 January 2021

Daily News Roundup – 28 January 2021

Covid: General David Welch (The Conversation): Northland case is a reminder NZ’s ‘dumb good luck’ may run out Jamie Morton (Herald): Why aren’t we seeing more cases in Northland? Amelia Wade (Herald): Two new Auckland community cases, locations of interest released Adam Pearse (Northern Advocate): Two positive Auckland

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

“Calls to can John Banks over ‘stone age culture’ comments about Maori on Magic Talk” The Spinoff At the signing of the treaty in 1840 had Maori: 1. Discovered metallurgy, smelting, smithing or any other type of metal working? 2. Discovered the wheel? 3. A written language created by Maori

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Biden Buyer’s Remorse Is a Bit Late

Biden Buyer’s Remorse Is a Bit Late

At some point, you have to start wondering just how dumb the American left really are. After voting in a sleepy, creepy, career swamp monster, they’re shocked – shocked – that he’s doing exactly what he said he’d do. Somehow, it seems, they imagined that “business as usual” in

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

A reader writes about a Newshub stuff up… Hi Juana, I just heard that “extra-reinforcements” had been sent to Northland to help with Covid testing. Surely they are just reinforcements? Unless of course, they had sent reinforcements before, but even then they’re still reinforcements. Aren’t they? Please share

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If you don’t have a Silver level subscription yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics podcast by Cam Slater that was first published 26th October 2020. Insight: Politics Podcast with Cam Slater – Episode 28 If you enjoyed

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NZ Race Relations Roundup

NZ Race Relations Roundup

breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com News: Pakeha lack ‘cultural competency’ to lead Oranga Tamariki, which needs ‘by Maori, for Maori’ overhaul – Whanau Ora chair Pakeha have had their turn trying to look after New Zealand’s vulnerable, the chair of Whanau Ora says, and should cede responsibility to Maori following the resignation

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Daily News Roundup – 27 January 2021

Daily News Roundup – 27 January 2021

Covid: Vaccine Tova O’Brien (Newshub): New Zealand catching up to allies on COVID-19 vaccines but mass roll-out won’t begin until mid-year Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Not much time for DHBs to get ready to administer Covid vaccines, vendor warns Rowan Quinn (RNZ): Health staff train up to administer Pfizer

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Worried Maddow Laments the ‘Tough’ Times Trump Put Fauci Through

Worried Maddow Laments the ‘Tough’ Times Trump Put Fauci Through

Duncan Schroeder newsbusters.org Considering that the journalists at MSNBC consider Democrats the party of science and Republicans the party of collecting magic beans, it’s not surprising that Rachel Maddow on Friday tried to spin life for Anthony Fauci under Trump as a nightmare. She lamented the “tough” times

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Daily News Roundup – 26 January 2021

Daily News Roundup – 26 January 2021

Covid Luke Malpass (Stuff): Northland Covid-19 case threatens to bring summer to screeching halt Audrey Young (Herald): Aussie suspension adds to Cabinet’s Covid agenda (paywalled) Richard Harman: Testing the limts – the Northland Covid-19 case Katie Todd (RNZ): ‘This is totally on the government’ – anger grows in Northland after community

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Both countries start with the letter “A” I guess but seriously Newshub how many wines had your writer had when they confused Australia with America? Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.

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