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Ardern Tries to Muzzle Media

Ardern Tries to Muzzle Media

The freedom to hold different opinions from those held by Ardern or speak your mind about them has mysteriously disappeared. I received two reprimands recently from friends after I criticised the prime minister. How dare the dictatorial Ardern government polarise the people I love! A recent post of the Atlantic

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Leighton Baker on Binding Citizens Initiated Referenda
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Leighton Baker on Binding Citizens Initiated Referenda

Leighton Baker Leader New Conservative The below article is in response to The BFD article earlier this week, New Conservatives Should Prove They Are New By Dumping Their Key Platform by BFD Editor Juana Atkins. There’s much to like about The BFD. Thanks for providing a platform for open,

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New Zealand at a Crossroads

New Zealand at a Crossroads

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “Marxists get up early in the morning to further their cause. We must get up even earlier to defend our freedom.”   British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, 1978 New Zealand is at a crossroads. This is the moment that will define the next generation. Will our

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Barry Soper on the Government’s Spin on Illegal Lockdown

Barry Soper on the Government’s Spin on Illegal Lockdown

After Thursday’s release of previously secret Crown Law advice the government has hit the spin cycle. On top of that they have been trying to bully media organisations to remove the story, and have even set some journalists on the trail of trying to identify the leaker. Barry Soper

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Newshub has been leaked an internal memo sent to all ministers from the Prime Minister’s office instructing them not to speak to the media about Friday afternoon’s document dump. It directs that ministers instead respond with brief written comments that must be signed off by Prime Minister Jacinda

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Mean Age of COVID-19 Death Equal to Average Life Expectancy

Simon Thornley covidplanb.co.nz To understand the risks of ending lockdown, it is useful to think of a worst-case scenario. What would happen if ending lockdown led to a fate like Spain, Italy and New York? A well-known epidemiologist has calculated the answer. For individuals aged less

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Reason Number Three: Cannabis Will Be More Than Just Smoking a Joint

Reason Number Three: Cannabis Will Be More Than Just Smoking a Joint

saynopetodope.org.nz JOINT GUMMI BEAR When you think about “marijuana”, you probably immediately think about a joint. But legalising marijuana will be far more than that. People will be popping it between classes, sucking on it while driving, drinking it before work, chewing on it while they talk to

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Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent

Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com We’re about to enter the greatest economic depression in our history. But make no mistake, it’s not been caused by the coronavirus but instead is entirely man-made, singularly attributable to cop-out mismanagement by the government. From time to time we all

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In Her Quest for ‘Perfect’ Ardern Misses ‘Proportionate’

In Her Quest for ‘Perfect’ Ardern Misses ‘Proportionate’

Cautious, self-confessed ‘perfectionist’ Ardern was never going to allow Winston’s Aussie ski bunnies to frolic on our slopes this winter. (But the publicity of attending Morrison’s cabinet meeting by Skype was useful for her global brand building. Never mind that he almost forgot to cover it in

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Good Morning; Kittens. This Is Your Queen

Good Morning; Kittens. This Is Your Queen

Information Satire Good morning; kittens. This is your queen; On March 23rd, 2020, I announced to the nation that I would be destroying New Zealand’s enviable and hard-won economic stability by moving into glorious lock-down. Some of the wags among you suggest it should in fact be

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