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From the Desk of a Male Pale and Stale

I recently wrote an article addressing two significant concerns: 1. The bloating of the Te Whetu Ora HR Department, during its establishment (since then additional roles have been advertised!) 2. The visible promotion of Cultural Marxism, aided by this expansion. For instance, positions like “Group Manager, Organisational Culture Programme” or

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The Govt Hopes Private Investors Will Fund Social Services

Tom Baker Associate Professor in Human Geography University of Auckland It was scarcely mentioned during the election campaign, but we will undoubtedly be hearing more about “social investment”. As the National Party’s election platform stated, it will be the “organising framework” for funding and delivering social services. The finance

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How to Gift Someone a BFD Membership This Christmas

We have GREAT news. For many years readers have asked us for the ability to give a BFD membership as a present but we didn’t have the technology to do it. This Christmas we finally have what you have all been asking for. Gifting Our new system allows us

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Kerikeri Needs the Help of the Pied Piper
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Kerikeri Needs the Help of the Pied Piper

These photos were sent to me yesterday but this problem has been going on for months now. A person who goes to the Curves Gym noticed that the ground was subsiding and then another day some children told this person to be careful as there are rats there undermining the

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Labour Left Lots of Landmines
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Labour Left Lots of Landmines

Labour has left loads of economic landmines for the incoming Government to step on. Fortunately, they are being discovered but each one presents its own unique set of circumstances to defuse. Labour is the political equivalent of a Hamas IED factory, crafting landmines and other fiscal explosions for the unwary

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The Maori Party Are Still Blaming Colonization

The Maori Party Are Still Blaming Colonization

Dear Editor I am amazed that in the 74 years I have lived the Maori Party are still blaming colonization for the problems that Maori experience such as their health. When they are not blaming colonization they are claiming that the Treaty of Waitangi means co-governance. Enough has been

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Timaru Herald Ignores Rising Star’s Brilliant Debut

Timaru Herald Ignores Rising Star’s Brilliant Debut

It’s not every day a new MP makes such a splash in the House on debut that veteran journalist Audrey Young declares his offering to be the best maiden speech she has heard in her 30 years in the business, with mutterings around the press gallery and beyond of

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How to Gift Someone a BFD Membership This Christmas

We have GREAT news. For many years readers have asked us for the ability to give a BFD membership as a present but we didn’t have the technology to do it. This Christmas we finally have what you have all been asking for. Gifting Our new system allows us

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With Friends Like These…
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With Friends Like These…

Only two days into the new parliament, the next election had already been decided. The antics in parliament by Labour’s coalition partners have seen to that. This country is made up mainly of people who are tolerant of most things but they will not stand for the antics of

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Ditching Paul Hunt a Good Start, but Not Enough to Fix the HRC
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Ditching Paul Hunt a Good Start, but Not Enough to Fix the HRC

dailytelegraph.co.nz “THE JUSTICE MINISTER’S DECISION NOT TO REAPPOINT PAUL HUNT IS A GOOD START, BUT DOESN’T GO FAR ENOUGH TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION’S ROT,” SAYS ACT MP TODD STEPHENSON. “Just this week the Human Rights Commission hired an additional high-paid chief executive

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Spit in the Face of Protests
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Spit in the Face of Protests

Heather du Plessis-Allan has a column in yesterday’s paper about how nervous Government ministers are about protests and robust debate. It’s a whole lot of unnecessary hand wringing and tut-tutting if you ask me. Not everyone in the coalition Government is thrilled about its race relations

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How to Gift Someone a BFD Membership This Christmas

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Comment of the Day

Comment of the Day

As his caucus has been chanting about Gaza, waving Palestinian flags and wearing keffiyehs while being sworn in as MPs, [Green co-leader James Shaw] has been curiously absent. A casual observer could assume that, well, Shaw isn’t on the same page as the rest of his party. I’

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Just like That: The Data Went Missing

Just like That: The Data Went Missing

Rebekah Barnett Rebekah Barnett reports from Western Australia. She is a volunteer interviewer for Jab Injuries Australia and holds a BA in Communications from the University of Western Australia. Find her work on her Substack page, Dystopian Down Under. brownstone.org US-based genomics scientist Kevin McKernan says he has

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