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One Country, One People, One Law
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One Country, One People, One Law

Why on earth does the National leader, Christopher Luxon, bother to go to Ngaruawahia? Is it a case of if you don’t go you’re insulting your supposed hosts, and if you do go it’s their chance to insult you? Regardless, it serves no useful purpose. ACT and

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Do We Want Democracy, or Division?

Do We Want Democracy, or Division?

Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com Too many politicians at every level of government – central and local – are either ignorant about what the Treaty of Waitangi meant or are intimidated by those for whom

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Avi Yemini’s New Zealand Book Tour

Avi Yemini’s New Zealand Book Tour

On Friday and Saturday, I assisted the Rebel News team with the New Zealand book launch of Avi Yemini’s new book, Rebel From the Start. For those who missed the Auckland and Wellington events, I have permission from Patrick Lim to use his footage of the Wellington event so

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Realism and Commonsense – Not Political Platitudes

Realism and Commonsense – Not Political Platitudes

Rt Hon Winston Peters New Plymouth 27 August 2023 Good afternoon and thank you for the chance to speak with you today. This province is famous for its energy resources, but long before that and yet now, for being an agricultural powerhouse, and the province of newer industries. During the

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins had a fine rant on Sunday. The shape of Labour’s campaign, and ruling out NZ First, is clearly a Hipkins view of the world, with the party’s caucus only consulted on Sunday morning just ahead of his speech. With 20 or more MPs currently

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What Is Wrong with NZ’s Hospitals

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com A whistle-blower in Hawke’s Bay recently spoke to Alex Spence from the New Zealand Herald about significant issues with the Radiology Department in Hawke’s Bay Hospital. The Herald will continue reporting on the impact of the staffing crisis

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Supporting the Health Care System

Supporting the Health Care System

Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Under a National government, many more New Zealanders will gain access to essential cancer treatments. The National Cancer Control Agency has identified 13 cancer treatments as either lifesaving or life-prolonging and currently, these treatments lack funding in New Zealand. These therapies target lung, bowel,

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Bryce Edwards: Who Is Funding National to Victory?

Bryce Edwards: Who Is Funding National to Victory?

Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz National is not only winning the race towards the general election finish line, but is also miles

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Herding Us into a Phony New World
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Herding Us into a Phony New World

Harry Palmer If there is one thing an objective observer would remark on when visiting this world for the first time – the friendly Martian if you like – it would be on how interconnected the hierarchies of Western countries are – particularly the English-language speaking ones – despite their claims of being

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Fail of the Day
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Fail of the Day

With just hours to go to before Avi Yemini’s book launch in Wellington last night, the Cathedral of St Paul cancelled the hall hire that Avi Yemini and Rebel News booked months ago. Avi says: And instead of just admitting they were scared, they tried to blame me and

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‘Working’ from Home

‘Working’ from Home

Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com David Seymour makes no bones about his desire to clean up the grossly excessive bureaucracy. Some of his expressed goals, such as wiping out the farcical Women’s Affairs Department, an agency set up in the 1980s by the then Labour Government as a sop to

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Is ‘Partnership’ with Iwi to Be Feared or Just Unfair?
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Is ‘Partnership’ with Iwi to Be Feared or Just Unfair?

Graham Adams commonroomnz.com Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. This article was first published by The Common Room It can’t be long now until a supporter of co-governance repeats President Roosevelt’s famous exhortation at his first

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They’re Coming after Our Boys
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They’re Coming after Our Boys

It’s been interesting watching the NZSIS’s shift in priorities from external threats such as foreign agents of influence towards so-called ‘extremists’ in New Zealand. Of course, I was amused firstly by the NZSIS releasing a list of the 50 indicators for ‘extremism’ but also by the security

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Value Your Vote – Election 2023

Value Your Vote – Election 2023

familyfirst.org.nz As you prepare to vote in the upcoming 2023 New Zealand General Election, our Value Your Vote resource will help you vote for candidates and parties that share your values. Visit our Value Your Vote website to see the voting record of all MPs on values-based

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Replay Radio – The Crunch
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Replay Radio – The Crunch

This week’s guests were Rukshan Fernando, Avi Yemini and Ezra Levant. Enjoy the replays! Help Fund Our NewsDesk We are building a NewsDesk, hiring journalists and taking the fight to the mainstream media. Will you help fund our NewsDesk? * For security reasons, credit card donations require Javascript. Please enable

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The First Duty of Intelligent Men

The First Duty of Intelligent Men

I ask any person who really cares about our future and blindly believes that replacing Labour with National will be the panacea to change the current racist, co-governance course we are currently on to think and look again. George Orwell said, “We have now sunk to a depth of

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