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Part Five: WHY NZ is of Interest to China
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Part Five: WHY NZ is of Interest to China

Professor Anne-Marie Brady Supplementary Submission to the New Zealand Parliament Justice Select Committee Inquiry into Foreign Interference Activities, 2019 * Part One: Magic Weapons * Part Two: Leninist tactic * Part Three: Soft Power * Part Four: Making NZ Serve China 4. One Belt, One Road This is the Xi government’s initiative

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Child Poverty: Pointing the Finger in the Right Direction

Child Poverty: Pointing the Finger in the Right Direction

Alwyn Poole innovativeducation.co.nz In an affluent country like New Zealand children are in material deprivation for one of two reasons. Either their parent(s) are not earning/receiving enough money in a relatively high-cost nation or they are not spending what they have in an effective and

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Today’s face of the day is no diplomat. It should have been said behind closed doors but she chose to be rude to a fellow PM in public.

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BFD Political Corner: Election 2020 Green Party
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BFD Political Corner: Election 2020 Green Party

BFD Political corner: Election 2020 is a series that features political speeches, political ads and political campaigns on Social media from a range of different political parties in the lead up to the New Zealand election. Today we have the Green Party: Please send us links to any speeches, social

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Part Four: Making NZ Serve China
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Part Four: Making NZ Serve China

Professor Anne-Marie Brady Supplementary Submission to the New Zealand Parliament Justice Select Committee Inquiry into Foreign Interference Activities, 2019 * Part One: Magic Weapons * Part Two: Leninist tactic * Part Three: Soft Power China’s political influence agenda and methods in the Xi era In the mid-1960s, Mao’s China

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Election Year – a Quick Glimpse Ahead
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Election Year – a Quick Glimpse Ahead

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com The 2020 general election will be held on Saturday, September 19th. It will give New Zealanders the opportunity to vote, not only for those we want to govern the country for the next three years, but also on whether we want cannabis and euthanasia to

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Almost 12,000 MORE Children on Benefits
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Almost 12,000 MORE Children on Benefits

Lindsay Mitchell Welfare commentator and researcher lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Data released under the Official Information Act on Tuesday reveals almost 12,000 more children are dependent on welfare benefits since December 2017. “At 31 December 2019 there were 206,395 children aged 0-18 reliant on caregiver on a main

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International Media are Beginning to Notice Ardern’s Slipping Halo

International Media are Beginning to Notice Ardern’s Slipping Halo

The Australian legacy media are not exactly noted for independence of thought. Obeying Homer Simpson’s “Code of the Schoolyard”, few of them will ever say anything unless they’re absolutely sure their colleagues agree with them. Whenever one of them parrots an opinion, the rest all squawk a chorus

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If You Think It Can’t Get Any Worse… It Probably Will

If You Think It Can’t Get Any Worse… It Probably Will

The Coronavirus is rapidly turning into a pandemic. The really worrying thing about this virus is how incredibly easily it passes from human to human. It seems you only have to look at someone with the virus, and you’ve got it. Countries are trying desperately to bring the bug

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