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Now, Who Called It a COVID Election?

Now, Who Called It a COVID Election?

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is copping a load of flak right now after more border cock-ups have been revealed. You know there is nothing but bad news because she’s making poor Chris Hipkins and the hapless Megan Woods front the press conferences. She doesn’t do bad news,

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Letter to the Prime Minister

Letter to the Prime Minister

Dear Prime Minister, You have well and truly blown it. There is now a palpable sense of anger in the country, particularly in Auckland. You might not be aware of it, living as you do in your own little global celebrity bubble, but the silent majority of people are well

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If Jacinda Is the Model, You Can Have the Role

If Jacinda Is the Model, You Can Have the Role

Oh, to have a leader like Jacinda Ardern! Oh, hell, no, thank you very much. The New Zealand prime minister, already a rock star amongst that tiny, incredibly privileged sliver of humanity that is the left-elite, sent her tiny legion of adoring fans into fresh paroxysms with her self-

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Bluescope: More Kiwi Jobs to Go

Bluescope: More Kiwi Jobs to Go

Long after Jacinda Ardern and her on-again, off-again lockdowns are consigned to the dustbin of electoral history, New Zealanders will be paying off the debt of her policies. But, that is, as we say in Australia, on the never-never. Which means that something has been bought on

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100 Days COVID-Free?

100 Days COVID-Free?

I hope Mr Hipkins doen’t tell me off, but some things about our ‘South Auckland family’ don’t add up. Is it alright to talk about it? After all, the repercussions are destroying the livelihoods of many of our Auckland friends and costing the country billions, so everything should

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Cannabis Legal Reform – Arguments for and Against: Part 2

Cannabis Legal Reform – Arguments for and Against: Part 2

James Farmer QC jamesfarmerqc.co.nz MEDICINAL CANNABIS IS NOW LEGAL AND SO CANNABIS FOR RECREATIONAL USE SHOULD BE ALSO In a separate article from her Herald piece (published in The Irish Times, 16 September 2019), Professor Cannon refers to a book written by a former New York Times journalist,

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oral-questions-–-6-august-2020

Oral Questions – 18 August 2020

Questions to Ministers 1. Hon JAMES SHAW to the Minister of Finance: Is the Government supporting working people who need to take leave due to COVID-19; if so, how? 2. Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime Minister: What advice, if any, has she received on the most likely way

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Rethink Needed for Level 3 Rules

Rethink Needed for Level 3 Rules

Roger Partridge nzinitiative.org.nz With the number of Auckland’s COVID cases increasing exponentially, there is every chance the Government will extend the city’s Alert Level 3 lockdown for several weeks. How we got here and the lessons we can learn are questions for another day. For now,

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The Pandemic

The Pandemic

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com New Zealand is arguably the easiest country in the world to stomp out a virus pandemic, simply because of our small population and our islands remoteness. But after the often embarrassing small nation self-awareness, the back-slapping, self-congratulations and infantile “team of 5

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Pooling Resources
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Pooling Resources

While many Kiwis are now drowning in debt, some are literally drowning. Official figures show nearly one hundred preventable deaths per year. Learning to swim saves lives. Which is why many schools had pools. But ‘health and safety’ gone mad has seen a lot of them close their pools in

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Renewable Energy Proves Too Expensive for California

Renewable Energy Proves Too Expensive for California

Don’t expect the Greens to have accurately costed their renewable energy scheme rolled out last month in preparation for election 2020. The idealistic just-turned-18s might love the green dream but in California, it’s a nightmare. “The Green Party wants an immediate ban on new industrial coal

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Smoking Cannabis – When in Rome …

Smoking Cannabis – When in Rome …

Steve Elers Manawatu Guardian Ahead of the cannabis legislation and control referendum, Justice Minister Andrew Little revealed he had “tried it a few times” when asked by The AM Show newsreader Amanda Gillies last week. So, the minister responsible for the government ministry that convicts thousands of people each year

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