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National has to make some major changes

National has to make some major changes

Matthew Hooton?s article in a newspaper entitled Jacinda Ardern on track for triumph in 2020 makes for interesting reading. While his numerical facts cannot be argued some of his other comments are open to debate. Matthew makes the point that Jacinda’s absolute rejection of a Capital Gains Tax

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Time to do something about poverty, Jacinda

The government that is ‘bringing kindness back’ is failing on every front, but its performance to date on child poverty is truly woeful. This is the policy on which Jacinda has staked her own reputation, as she has publicly stated that child poverty is the reason she went into politics.

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What Andrew Little wants banned

What Andrew Little wants banned

An e-mail I received five days ago from the Free Speech Coalition made some excellent points about how New Zealand officialdom is capitulating rather than standing up to threats to our freedoms. The first point that they brought to my attention was that Justice Minister Andrew Little had made

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Should the government censor our news?

Should the government censor our news?

MP Louisa Wall thinks it’s about time that the government censored our news and PM Jacinda Ardern is already onto it. Quote. Kia Ora. The Media and those that transmit their political content and other political content generated for these public mediums, are defined as The Fourth Estate or

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Kia kaha, St Heliers

Kia kaha, St Heliers

Right on! Auckland Transport has become an arrogant dictatorship and the good people of St Heliers have had enough. If you think calling AT an arrogant dictatorship is a bit harsh, even Phil Goff is calling for them to pull their head in. Quote. Auckland Transport did not front a

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Bradbury is frightened by Labour
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Bradbury is frightened by Labour

When a left-wing blogger starts writing that he is frightened by the intents of the Labou r government and their Green enablers, one really does have to pause for thought. Bradbury refers to the tweet above, from Duncan Webb and says: Quote. This doesn’t look good does it?

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The BFD crystal ball
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The BFD crystal ball

* Simon Bridges will spend today and tomorrow claiming success for the Capital Gains Tax being defeated. * The media will give the win to NZ First and will remind the public how great Jacinda is both as a leader and as mother of the nation. * Easter will happen. * Normal transmission will

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Right Minds Podcast: Free speech, guns, ANZAC Day & more

Right Minds Podcast: Free speech, guns, ANZAC Day & more

By Dieuwe de Boer Rightminds This is the first episode of the Right Minds Podcast, hosted by Dieuwe de Boer and Jesse Anderson and recorded on Tuesday 9th April, 2019. We start off by discussing the “hate speech” legislation that Andrew Little is fast-tracking and that is supported by

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Pot, kettle, Winston

Pot, kettle, Winston

It?s often said that calamities bring out the best in people. Witness, after all, the countless tales of everyday heroism and kindness that emerge in the wake of natural disasters, not to say man-made horrors like war and terrorism. The Christchurch massacre was not without its heroes, either.

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Oral Questions: 4 April 2019

Questions to Ministers 1.Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Minister of Housing and Urban Development: For which KiwiBuild developments were all dwellings already under construction at the time an underwrite was signed, and for which KiwiBuild developments were some of the dwellings already under construction at the time an underwrite

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Canterbury Regional Council Bill undermines democracy in our country

Press release New Zealand First party New Zealand First has opposed the Canterbury Regional Council (Ng?i Tahu Representation) Bill in parliament yesterday. The Bill seeks to have two members appointed to Environment Canterbury by ministers, based on the recommendation of Te R?nanga o Ng?i Tahu (TRoNT). ?New

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How to make the new Firearms legislation less disastrous

How to make the new Firearms legislation less disastrous

By Dieuwe de Boer Right Minds I am providing feedback on the proposed?Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Bill, or?“Tarrant’s Law” for short, named after its chief sponsor. This bill will in its current state: * Prohibit the general population from legally owning semi-automatic rifles; * Ban

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An inconvenient fact: Our gun laws were deregulated last year

An inconvenient fact: Our gun laws were deregulated last year

Press release ACT party The government appears to have hidden the fact that it deregulated New Zealand?s gun laws late last year, says ACT Leader David Seymour. Last December, eight days before Christmas, the prime minister made a regulation that allowed electronic applications for dealer?s licences, licences for

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