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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

A criminal with 35 convictions – all against female victims – is expected to be deported to New Zealand after having his visa cancelled by Australian immigration authorities under a new policy. […] [Glenn Taylor] was born in New Zealand but has lived in Australia since he was four years old. He has

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Let Kids Be Kids  

Let Kids Be Kids  

Mark Freeman A Waikato mother is travelling around the country, informing people about the sexualisation of children in the school curriculum and encouraging parents to find out more from their children’s schools. Penny Marie is the founder of Let Kids Be Kids, a New Zealand-wide grassroots network of

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We Need to Think about How to Protect Our Data

We Need to Think about How to Protect Our Data

Markus Luczak-Roesch, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington The Conversation New Zealand shifted closer towards digital credentials for access to online services this week with the launch of the Trust Framework Authority. It will determine which organisations are verified to provide digital identity services. The digital ID scheme

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The Vulnerable Are Still Being Required to Take the Jab

The Vulnerable Are Still Being Required to Take the Jab

It is appalling in 2024 that people who are at a particularly high risk of dying or becoming seriously unwell are told they must have the Covid-19 gene therapy jab. This comes as cardiologists, specialists and doctors around the world are asking for this vaccine to be urgently pulled

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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 guests were Winston Peters, Nathan Smith, Olivia Pierson and, of course, we have the buddies. Enjoy! WINSTON PETERS: On Election Promises Delivered, The Media, Foreign Policy, What’s Happening Inside The Greens And TPM Winston Peters drops in for

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NZ Children Treated as Educational Guinea Pigs

NZ Children Treated as Educational Guinea Pigs

A friend commented recently that her working week as a primary school teacher is five days in the classroom, plus several hours per night and most of Saturday at home. She’s diligent but understandably she is planning retirement. The demands of teaching have forced many good teachers out and

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Paddy Throws One on Matters of Race

Paddy Throws One on Matters of Race

Joseph Los’e, the Herald’s Kaupapa Maori editor, had an article in Monday’s Herald featuring Paddy Gower and his thoughts on matters of race. Evidently the problems concerning race are, by and large, caused by old white men. There are a number of points Gower made that I,

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Why We Need to Invest in Infrastructure

Bryce Edwards Democracy Project Fixing New Zealand’s rail and ferry infrastructure is becoming the most significant political issue of this year. Having cancelled KiwiRail’s Cook Strait ferry and portside upgrade programme in December without first establishing a Plan B, Finance Minister Nicola Willis has since been grappling, alongside

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NZ Politics Daily: 5 July 2024

NZ Politics Daily: 5 July 2024

Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HOUSING Joel MacManus (Spinoff): The problem with Chris Bishop’s plan to flood the housing market Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Housing Minister's plan to 'flood' the country with new homes cautiously welcomed Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Government wants to 'flood the

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A Forlorn Hope
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A Forlorn Hope

Via Stuff we find out that Chris Hipkins wants to mend Labour’s relationship with Auckland, after treating Auckland so harshly during the lockdowns and derisively trying to tell us what to do from Wellington. The Labour Party is on a mission to reconnect with Auckland, after losing substantial support

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Wellington's winter of discontent

Wellington's winter of discontent

Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards Dissatisfaction with the Wellington City Council has hit new highs. The Council has just released the results of its annual survey of residents, which shows just how much discontent there is in the city. Overall, Wellingtonians seem to feel that the city is broken

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Crime and Punishment

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The Prime Minister has announced a long overdue no nonsense hard line on fighting crime. He will certainly have public support. But here’s one good move that I doubt has occurred to him and that’s to get more women judges. The constant ludicrous

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Govt Announces Biotech Deregulation Is Coming Soon

Guy Hatchard Dr Guy Hatchard is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior manager at Genetic

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Sex Education at Wakatipu High School 2024

Rodney Hide Rodney Hide is a former ACT Party leader and minister in the National-ACT Government from 2008 to 2011 My 13-year-old daughter is a year-9 student at Wakatipu High School. The School’s Head of Health and Physical Education emailed me explaining an upcoming course

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An Example of Rage Against the Machine

A message I sent to Waipa Council as a private citizen and resident of the district has caused headlines across the country. You may or may not agree with the message (and I am not defending it here) but the follow-up will give you a deep insight into how

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