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James Shaw Finally Free to Buy That Ute He’s Always Wanted

Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz OUTDOORS WITH JAMES Outgoing Greens co-leader James Shaw has always harboured a dirty little fossil-fuelled secret ever since he went into environmental politics. The long-serving MP recently announced he is stepping down from his position as co-leader of the Greens, making room

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How Our Lives Have Changed

How Our Lives Have Changed

Once we lived a relatively carefree life in the best country in the world. Now we are lobbying against the agenda of the globalist WHO. It is unsurprising that a negative Evolution of Trust has transpired. The surprise is how quickly the level of trust of the political establishment declined.

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Fairness – A Requirement of Taxation
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Fairness – A Requirement of Taxation

Owen Jennings Owen Jennings is a former ACT MP. “Dear sir, your tax bill this year is $15,000.  Please pay immediately.  Kind regards IRD”. Imagine getting that demand, out of the blue. One of your first questions would most certainly be, “Just how much income are you assessing that

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What Labour Hid From Us
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What Labour Hid From Us

When National became government in 2008, Finance Minister Bill English’s determination to understand the extent of benefit-dependency led them to commission Taylor Fry to produce annual actuarial reports. These were duly published at the MSD website every year but ceased when the government changed in 2017. Now however,

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Is Luxon Going to Sell Us Out?
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Is Luxon Going to Sell Us Out?

It appears that Christopher Luxon is going to sell us all out to Maori radicals and agitators. It is very hard not to come to that conclusion, after his dancing on the head of a pin over support for David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill. It would seem that he

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BFD Caption Competition

BFD Caption Competition

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Govt to Axe Auckland Regional Fuel Tax

Hon Simeon Brown Minister of Transport Transport Minister Simeon Brown has confirmed that the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax will end on 30 June 2024. “Today, I can confirm that the Government has agreed to remove the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax in line with our coalition commitments, and legislation will be

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One Year on From Cyclone Gabrielle
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One Year on From Cyclone Gabrielle

John Tookey Professor of Construction Management, Auckland University of Technology Auckland University of Technology Cyclone Gabrielle caused chaos one year ago. Repairs due to that storm and the Auckland floods have required substantial time and resources. Hawkes Bay, parts of Auckland and the Coromandel all still bear the scars of

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Did You Know that the Treaty of Waitangi Was Rewritten?

Mike Butler Mike Butler wrote ‘The Treaty: Basic Facts,’ which is available at trosspublishing.com Complaints that the Luxon coalition Government is about to re-write the Treaty of Waitangi are a bit rich considering that the treaty was quietly re-written under another administration nearly forty years ago. In

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The Problem With Public Sector Job Ads
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The Problem With Public Sector Job Ads

Have any of you been looking for employment? How difficult is it to look at the public sector when you continue to see statements like this in public sector advertisements: Ideally you will also have a good understanding of tikanga (Maori customs and protocols), with the ability to weave te

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There Will Be Blood on the Floor if They Keep This Up

There Will Be Blood on the Floor if They Keep This Up

Oxford Dictionary defines anarchy as “a state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority or other controlling systems” which pretty much sums up our current political state. Our democracy is under attack but not from overseas; this is an internal attack from a tiny minority sector of

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Do NZ Newbies Deserve the Same Rights as NZ Kiwis?
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Do NZ Newbies Deserve the Same Rights as NZ Kiwis?

Brian Tamaki It’s time that Kiwis come together…Maori and European.  Our enemy is not each other, it is those who are still trying to invade our shores and trying to take us over.  As the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 to stop other nations from invading

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So Newsroom, What about Media Lies?
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So Newsroom, What about Media Lies?

On Waitangi Day it was the NZ Herald gaslighting us that they are honest, impartial and independent when they are as far removed from all of those as possible. Yesterday it was Newsroom’s turn to gaslight us, this time about disinformation. Newsroom are quite correct, except they aren’t

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