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Karen Chhour: Interviewed by Mike Hosking

bassettbrashandhide.com KAREN CHHOUR: Interviewed by Mike Hosking May 14, 2024 Listen here at NewstalkZB. Transcript: Mike Hosking: So, the weird old business of the Children’s [Minister] appearing before the Waitangi Tribunal came to an end yesterday with a loss for the government. The High Court said the Tribunal

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Good, the Unions Are Worried
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Good, the Unions Are Worried

One of the reasons I support charter schools, but not the only reason, is that they put the fear of God in to the teachers’ unions. And so, it is with some pleasure that I see that, right on cue, the teachers’ unions are saying they are afraid of the

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The Govt’s Fast-Track Being Demolished by Submissions to Parliament
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The Govt’s Fast-Track Being Demolished by Submissions to Parliament

Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.substack.com The number of voices raising concerns about the Government’s Fast-Track Approvals Bill is rapidly growing. This is especially apparent now that Parliament’s select committee is listening

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The Tale of the PVSC and the Ombudsman – An Update

The Tale of the PVSC and the Ombudsman – An Update

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com What are they hiding? Why do Health New Zealand and the Ombudsman decline to provide data about adverse effects of the vaccine? On 13 Nov 2023 we posted an article about attempts to get information about the Post Vaccine Symptom Check

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The Bruce and Bernie Show

I have never liked Bruce Springsteen. He has written just one song which keeps getting repeated time and again – you’re a victim of “the man”, nothing in your life is your fault, the world is stacked against you; oh and it’s perfectly OK to abandon your wife and

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Preaching Personal Pronouns in the Public Service

Preaching Personal Pronouns in the Public Service

Bob McCoskrie bobmccoskrie.com You would think that at this time, the Public Service Commission would be concerned about jobs being lost and redundancies and all that sort of important and urgent stuff. But nope – the focus is on counselling, safe spaces and indoctrination for incorrect use of personal pronouns.

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Did the WHO and Others Know?

Did the WHO and Others Know?

A new definition was added to the other grief disorders prior to 2021. It is interesting if you take an unsuspicious look at it. If a sceptical view is espoused, the timing is impeccable. The WHO anticipated chronic grief and loss.  Grief is a natural reaction to all sorts of

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New Poll Flushes Opponents to Winston’s Bill Down the Dunny
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New Poll Flushes Opponents to Winston’s Bill Down the Dunny

On Tuesday I wrote about Winston’s no weirdos in women’s bathrooms bill. The Labour Party are all in on opposing this and I suggested that they should go for it, that Winston had the right of it. It turns out Winston and I were right. Family First commissioned

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Shane Destroys Greens

Shane Destroys Greens

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Coughlan Spins a Web on Poll Numbers

The spurious 1News Verian Poll produced results of orgasmic heights of delight to journalists on the left. Maiki Sherman appeared briefly to swap her priceless Maori heritage for Irish as she jigged around our television screens while spouting as much blarney as she could think of. It was an infantile

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Is the Coalition Going to Self-Destruct?
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Is the Coalition Going to Self-Destruct?

Chris Trotter democracyproject.substack.com ONE OF THE MOST PERPLEXING ASPECTS of the National-Act-NZ First coalition government is its perverse unreasonableness. Perverse, because in almost every instance the unreasonable nature of the Coalition’s policies generate reactions that can only be politically counterproductive to its chances of re-

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Winston’s Straight Flush
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Winston’s Straight Flush

Bob McCoskrie bobmccoskrie.com A bill called the “Fair Access to Bathrooms Bill” has been introduced as a private members bill to Parliament by NZ First. It’s pretty easy to understand, but the media and other opponents of the bill did everything they could to misrepresent it. WINSTON’S

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Not Reading the Room, Christopher
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Not Reading the Room, Christopher

Christopher Luxon is really bad at reading the room, and so it is with his announcement regarding the changes to the Christchurch Call: Jacinda Ardern’s vanity project that seeks to censor and tightly control social media. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and French President Emmanuel Macron have announced

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Some People Are Planning a New Future for Us All

Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy 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 Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior

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How Community Mask Mandates Grew Before Withering Away

How Community Mask Mandates Grew Before Withering Away

AI Like the previous post on how community mask mandates started in 2020, this was originally published in March 2023. But after re-reading Paul Thacker’s investigation into CDC mask flip-flops – and detailing how the Commission of Inquiry has an architect of the Covid response as Commissioner – I’

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