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Mother’s Day Is Here to Stay

Mother’s Day Is Here to Stay

Brian Tamaki Trans activists want you to believe it should be ‘Happy Birthing Parent’ or ‘Family Day’ this Sunday, not ‘Happy Mother’s Day’. We will not allow trans rights to push aside women’s rights or mothers’ rights. Trans activists are doing everything possible to erase women, including from

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Why We Build New Prisons

Wokeness is something we regulars on this website all detest; you know the sort of thing – political correctness, Marxist dogma, concerns about causing “offence” to weak, feeble people, shouting down others’ opinions. Capitalism is something we all support; you know the sort of thing – profit-making undertakings. Throw in some other

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Losing Confidence in the Integrity of NZ Elections
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Losing Confidence in the Integrity of NZ Elections

Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz Do you believe New Zealand runs its general elections fairly and competently? As a voter, can you be confident that the votes on your ballot will

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Hands-Down Winner of ‘Utterly Spineless Bigot of the Day’
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Hands-Down Winner of ‘Utterly Spineless Bigot of the Day’

How disgusting. Hands-down winner of ‘Utterly Spineless Bigot of the Day (and Tomorrow) (and Into Next Week)’ “It doesn’t say anything about being related to Jews”. Of course not, except: “Vogel is owned by a Jewish immigrant”. Just for Mr Hatred’s information ‘Vogel’s’ is owned by GoodmanFielder,

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More Harm Than Good
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More Harm Than Good

Chris Trotter democracyproject.substack.com TO START LOSING, so soon after you won, requires a special kind of political incompetence. At the heart of this Coalition Government’s failure to retain, and build upon, the public support that won it the 2023 General Election are two fundamental errors: one tactical,

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Replay Radio: The Crunch
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Replay Radio: The Crunch

Here is the replay of The Crunch from this week. My guest this week was Simon Anderson and, of course, we have the Buddies. Enjoy! SIMON ANDERSON: On The Return Of RCR And The Current Media Landscape Cam catches up with journalist Simon Anderson to talk about the return of

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Winston Peters: On Remarks by Maori Party MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi
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Winston Peters: On Remarks by Maori Party MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi

Winston Peters Winston Peters is the Leader of New Zealand First, NZ Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Minister of Racing. The above was posted on X on May 6 and reported by Kiwiblog on May 7 bassettbrashandhide.com On Wednesday last week Maori Party MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi gave a

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Letter Sent to the Vice Chancellor AUT

Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com The following was written on behalf of Hobson’s Pledge: Dear Vice Chancellor Damon Salesa, We are a group of New Zealanders whose primary objective is to fight

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Just What Are China Shills Cheering For?

Just What Are China Shills Cheering For?

He can threaten Winston Peters all he likes, but it’s undeniable that former NSW premier and ALP heavyweight Bob Carr is a vocal proponent of Communist China. In fact, the Financial Review in 2018 openly described Carr as “China’s pawn”. Yet, as the Fin Review noted, Carr was

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Following the Political Money
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Following the Political Money

Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz “Follow the money” is the classic directive to journalists trying to understand where power and influence lie in society. In terms of uncovering who influences various

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Reading Policy in NZ Plus …

Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11 – 13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1 – 13. alwynpoole.substack.

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The F Bomb

Name Withheld In a very important Finance meeting this month, Hamilton City Councillor Sarah Thomson was upset by the word: FUDGE. Yep, the dreaded F-Bomb. It was so bad that it made the lead story on the Waikato Times website, distracting from her fellow (can I use that word?) Greenie

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Green Party Grapples With Persistent Scandals
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Green Party Grapples With Persistent Scandals

Jacqui Van Der Kaay Jacqui Van Der Kaay is a former journalist, holds a Masters degree in Political Science from Victoria University of Wellington and has a specialist interest in political leadership, voter behaviour, immigration and how social media affects democracy. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz Parliament’s speaker

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It’s a Fair Point, and Proves How Puerile Media Are

It’s a Fair Point, and Proves How Puerile Media Are

The legacy media still aren’t getting it as to why people no longer trust them. A case in point is the puerile questions media were asking about “woke food”. Then they get all upset when the Prime Minister slams them so they go and write articles about it in

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Even Albo Agrees: It’s a Genocide Chant

Even Albo Agrees: It’s a Genocide Chant

It looks like Chloe Swarbrick is fast running out of threadbare excuses to hide behind: even a bog-standard lefty like Anthony Albanese admits that her favourite genocide chant is “violent” and “has no place on our streets”. Still think it has a place on the streets of Auckland, Chloe? Do

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