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Comedian Leads the Charge Against Free Speech

Comedian Leads the Charge Against Free Speech

Dr Don Brash Founding Member Free Speech Coalition As you know, last week the Free Speech Coalition were finally in court – standing up to the ‘thug’s veto’ enabled by Phil Goff and Auckland Council caving into protesters who threatened to disrupt a totally legal speaking event that was scheduled

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Audio: JAG Deflects, Distracts & Denies

Audio: JAG Deflects, Distracts & Denies

In the above interview, Julie Anne Genter (to use a vulgar phrase) got her arse handed to her by the very polite Peter Williams. She was asked about points made in Troy Bowker’s NZ Herald article and her response was that it was fake news and that it is

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Puketapapa: An Absolutely Biased Guide to Auckland Local Elections
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Puketapapa: An Absolutely Biased Guide to Auckland Local Elections

Puketapapa Local Board RATINGS GUIDE: $ to $$$$$ with $ being a leftist trougher and $$$$$ being small government dynamo For some, however, a clown is more appropriate. More than one may be awarded. As Vote Auckland.co.nz has started giving candidates the opportunity to add more information to their profiles online, I’

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BDF Transcript: Ardern on the Labour Party Sex Assault Scandal

BDF Transcript: Ardern on the Labour Party Sex Assault Scandal

Transcript starts at 8:04. Transcribers note: Jacinda Ardern’s demeanour in this interview is noticeably different from previous interviews with Mike Hosking. She is clearly uncomfortable discussing the subject, her words are terse, her sentences clipped and she is speaking more quickly than usual at the start. Notes in

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Bennett Belatedly Hits Her Target Hard

Bennett Belatedly Hits Her Target Hard

Hansard Report 11/09/19: Hon PAULA BENNETT (Deputy Leader—National): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I move, That the House take note of miscellaneous business. The prime minister says she did not know there were sexual assault allegations against one of her staff members until Monday. I could go through

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Sergeant Jacinda Shultz

Sergeant Jacinda Shultz

Does anyone remember Hogan’s Heroes? Barry Soper does. He has likened our much loved prime minister to Sergeant Schultz of Hogan’s Heroes… that esteemed German officer who said repeatedly, particularly in a crisis – “I see nothing, I hear nothing, I know nothing”. If you have listened to Jacinda

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Face of the Day
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Face of the Day

Haworth  issued a statement on Tuesday claiming a 19-year-old woman did not tell  him she was sexually assaulted by a Labour staffer, when they met in  August 2018. He also said the accusation was also not provided to a  panel established to investigate the man’s conduct. […] Haworth

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oral-questions-12-september-2019

Oral Questions 12 September 2019

Questions to Ministers Hon PAULA BENNETT to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her statements and actions? CLAYTON MITCHELL to the Minister for Regional Economic Development: What recent progress has been made on Provincial Growth Fund projects? Hon PAULA BENNETT to the Minister for Women: Does she believe

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First Head Rolls as Labour Sex Scandal goes Bananas

First Head Rolls as Labour Sex Scandal goes Bananas

Labour’s president, Nigel Haworth, has fallen on his sword as the Labour sex scandal threatens to engulf the Prime Minister. Labour President Nigel Haworth has resigned over his handling of sexual assault allegations.  Haworth offered his resignation to Ardern after she read correspondence  to the party confirming that the

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Food Police Threaten Success of School Lunches
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Food Police Threaten Success of School Lunches

Beth Houlbrooke ACT Deputy Leader / Vice President Sure enough, the do-gooders are going to start lecturing on what free school lunches should contain. I think lunches in schools programmes should involve the kids, have them prepare simple, low-cost food such as peanut butter or egg sandwiches, bake some

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Labour’s Newspeak Dictionary
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Labour’s Newspeak Dictionary

1. An unsolicited and unwanted hug. Labour’s Newspeak definition: Rape 2. Shoving your hands down someone’s pants and grabbing them by the genitals without their consent. Labour’s Newspeak definition: Common Assault 3.Pulling a woman’s ponytail Labour’s Newspeak definition: Sexual assault 4. Rough Vaginal penetration

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Bridges and Bennett Can’t Hit the Broad Side of a Barn
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Bridges and Bennett Can’t Hit the Broad Side of a Barn

Talk about a target-rich environment. The Labour party are in such disarray right now that a three-year-old with a pea shooter would be able to take one of them out, but sadly no three year olds were available. To fail to get in any hits on a

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Labour Party Members’ Open Letter to the PM

Labour Party Members’ Open Letter to the PM

Dear Prime Minister, We are a group of Labour party members who are writing to you to urge you to immediately take action regarding the allegations of repeated sexual assaults, harassment and predatory behaviour by one of your staff, who is a member of the Labour Party, as detailed in

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This Government Is in Trouble

This Government Is in Trouble

While listening to Jacinda’s interview with Mike Hosking yesterday morning, it was impossible not to notice how her demeanour has changed. Gone were the quips, the cheery voice, the almost patronising tone she adopts with Hosking every week. This was someone under enormous stress. Her tone was flat, she

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