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Job Losses & Possible Death Knell for Some Polytechnics

Job Losses & Possible Death Knell for Some Polytechnics

National party The Government’s polytechnic and industry announcement yesterday will cost thousands of jobs and may be the death knell for some polytechnics. Moving apprentices back to polytechnics and creating one mega polytechnic will cost at least 1300 jobs in industry and probably as much again in polytechnics. Employers

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Union Magazine ‘Inflammatory and Divisive’
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Union Magazine ‘Inflammatory and Divisive’

ACT party The Police Association has continued the bullying and scapegoating of law-abiding gun owners started by the prime minister and parliament. The cover of this month’s Police News magazine features an article attacking the gun lobby and is accompanied by divisive imagery. The publication is promoted as

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Jacinda Ardern PM

Jacinda’s Midas Touch with Australia

Jacinda is nothing more than a virtue signalling prime minister who has won international acclaim for donning a hijab and hugging people, but telling Australia how to manage its own immigration policy is going to cost us dearly. We have already speculated that her finger-wagging at Australia will result

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Things That Make Me Snigger

Things That Make Me Snigger

I had to have a bit of a snigger when I came across the following ad on the hard-left/ Alt-left/ Marxist/ Communist, infamous lair of the Wrongly Wrongson beast from the Red swamp.

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French Politicians See Through the CO2 Seer

French Politicians See Through the CO2 Seer

She has the magical power of being able to see a colourless, odourless, trace gas and even makes the cover of Vogue alongside our Dear Leader.  However, some French political leaders are not drinking the Kool-Aid. As James Delingpole so eloquently stated in February: Her alarmist rhetoric was exactly

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Foreign Minister Must Call Ambassador In over AUT Meddling

Foreign Minister Must Call Ambassador In over AUT Meddling

ACT party The Foreign Minister must seek an explanation from the Chinese Consul General over the second attempt in 12 months by the Chinese Government to shut down an event at the Auckland University of Technology. Newsroom reported this morning that AUT stopped a commemoration of the anniversary of Tiananmen

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Ihumatao: Disrespect of Whenua? Or Whanau?
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Ihumatao: Disrespect of Whenua? Or Whanau?

New Conservative party The deal that was struck between Te Kawerau a Maki, the Mana Whenua of Ihumatao, and Fletchers, via the chosen and mandated negotiator, Te Warena Taua, was a deal of mana and of sustainability, both for the archaeological site and for the families who will have a

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A Con Government
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A Con Government

by John There is every reason to believe this is a CON government. We are being conned on so many fronts it’s ridiculous. In all major policy areas, the pictures are quite different from the ones painted by the ministers. FINANCE Grant Robertson would have us believe that we

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How to Confuse Kelvin: Ask a Question

How to Confuse Kelvin: Ask a Question

Kelvin Davis, as first assistant deputy prime minister, was in the hot seat during Question Time on Wednesday. Bridges asked him some questions. Hon Simon Bridges: Is he concerned that more New Zealanders think the economy will be in a worse state in the next year than think it will

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#parttimePM
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#parttimePM

Yesterday, I wrote about how Simon Bridges cannot get any hits on the prime minister because she is surrounded by henchmen who immediately leap to her defence, and will pull out the gender card if necessary, as Grant Robertson did on Tuesday. Calling Jacinda Ardern a “part-time Prime Minister”

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