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Something Bewildering Is Going on at Our Borders

Something Bewildering Is Going on at Our Borders

I have a question. I know I’ll be accused of being a racist for asking it but frankly, those who think I’m a racist may feel free to do so. I know who I am and I’m comfortable in my skin regardless of its colour and I’

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A Masterpiece of Mendacity

A Masterpiece of Mendacity

Crikey; what a masterpiece in the delivery of mendacity was Jacinda Ardern AKA Hardernurly’s outpouring to the pleb’s on Sunday past: “there’s never been any inconsistency from this podium.” That’s hilarious, but it was only the set-up for the real howler: “Never, ever have we

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That’s It. I’m Done.

That’s It. I’m Done.

I’m back in Wellington, having spent a few weeks in the South Island. Last time I was here, we were in Level 1, and life was pretty much as normal, but not now. In spite of there being no cases in Wellington, and absolutely none in the South Island,

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Greens co-leader James Shaw said the decision to support the funding of a private green school “was an error of judgment” and that he apologised for it. But he said the mistake wasn’t one that would warrant his resignation as co-leader. He did say there was a

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Oral Questions – 1 September 2020

Oral Questions – 1 September 2020

Questions to Ministers 1. Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by her statement that “if we were going to do something so significant as asking hundreds of thousands of people to be tested … we would not leave a message as significant as that to a website,

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Next Up, Alert Level 2.25

Next Up, Alert Level 2.25

Free Press The ACT Party As recently as last Monday, Auckland needed to stay at Level 3 for another week to defeat the virus. Yesterday it turned out that Level 2.5 was sufficient. New Zealanders want to trust the Government, but changes without rhyme or reason make it difficult.

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An Electorate Tick for the National Candidate

Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com When I get annoyed with National for taking positions I disagree with it makes it harder to support their MPs. But Chris Bishop has been a highly visible and effective local MP and this seals the deal for me: Hutt South MP Chris Bishop helped

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Nearly 400 a Day Out of Work Over Lockdown

Nearly 400 a Day Out of Work Over Lockdown

Press Release: National Party The first full week of lockdown cost nearly 400 New Zealanders their jobs every day, National’s Finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. Statistics from the Ministry for Social Development show that in the week till 21 August a total of 2,717 Kiwis joined the now

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The Government Is the Real Cluster

The Government Is the Real Cluster

The Government’s shambolic handling of COVID from the outset proves that they are the biggest cluster of all. Starting with the late closing of the borders through to the latest misinformation about testing the Government has shown that the superintendency of the virus was, for them, a step too

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New Conservative Congratulates Family First

New Conservative Congratulates Family First

Press Release: New Conservative New Conservative congratulates Family First on winning the appeal against their de-registration from the Charities Register. This is great news during a time of great erosion of core New Zealand principles such as free speech and democracy for the people. In 2017, the Charities Registration

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As Seen on TV

As Seen on TV

A BFD photoshopped image by BFD photoshopper Luke has made all the media headlines as a result of a bunch of whinging COVID Karens who were upset that Judith Collins‘ husband, David Wong-Tung, has a sense of humour…at the expense of the Prime Minister. It made the news

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Perspective

Perspective

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Seven people died on New Zealand roads on the weekend. That was not a headline story. But imagine if seven people had died of the COVID virus. We’d be back to full lockdown panic mode. From the beginning, back eight months, all governments were

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Things That Make Me Go Hmm

Why is Auckland council encouraging people to dob in to police those not wearing a face nappy? Read the bottom line, they are not referring to people on public transport they are referring to people generally. Is this yet another case of an over “simplified” announcement that Jacinda is going

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PM Says We Should Only Trust Government Ministers

PM Says We Should Only Trust Government Ministers

The circle of those who we can trust now no longer includes the Ministry of Health, and is just the Prime Minister and her ministers, according to our one source of truth: The Ministry of Health has launched a review into the communications botch-up that led to 700,000

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