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How Labour’s Tax Cut Will Do Little but Benefit the Rich
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How Labour’s Tax Cut Will Do Little but Benefit the Rich

Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. democracyproject.nz Who would profit most from Labour’s GST-exemption policy? It won’t be those struggling with the cost of living – the average shopper

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It Is Time to Choose
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It Is Time to Choose

Phil Green In the dizzying world of New Zild politics, there’s enough to be going on to give us political tragics a nosebleed. Leftist commentator Chris Trotter has written an article for Insight which ascribes him to be in the NZ First camp, as well as saying the same

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Roll Up, Roll Up, We’ve Got Free Stuff
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Roll Up, Roll Up, We’ve Got Free Stuff

Chris Hipkins’s descent to the level of a carnival barker is slightly sad to watch, it’s so pathetic but entirely self-inflicted. ‘Roll up, roll up, we’ve got free stuff, just step inside the Labour Circus Tent, we’ve got GST-Free courgettes. What’s a courgette,

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A Six Year History of Failure

Dr Muriel Newman Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. nzcpr.com It’s customary in the

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Bravo, Hear, Hear, and So Say We All
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Bravo, Hear, Hear, and So Say We All

So the Government finally dropped all Covid 19 mandates, literally years after most of us even bothered to think about the nonsense anymore. I really feel for those last remaining mandated workers suffering under the misguided belief that masks and vaccines worked at preventing Covid 19. But Chris Hipkins’ statements

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

The promos are going up around town. This one was in Takapuna, and others are going up on Fanshawe Street. Lefty heads will be exploding. Find out more about Cam’s show here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove

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Jacinda’s Resignation
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Jacinda’s Resignation

Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com A number of readers have asked me how I picked the exact date Jacinda would announce her resignation on this Blog, 18 months before it occurred. This year since her resignation announcement, numerous opinions have been published on diverse blogs, specifically that it was to dodge

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There Is Zero Tolerance for Doctors Who Stray

There Is Zero Tolerance for Doctors Who Stray

Call it what you will. A Medical Council disciplinary trial, a kangaroo court or a show trial… A show trial is a public trial in which the guilt or innocence of the defendant has already been determined. The actual trial has as its only goal the presentation of both the

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Turns Out Grant Does Have a Big Hole to Fill

Turns Out Grant Does Have a Big Hole to Fill

Remember when last week the media and the politicians joked about how Nicola Willis was talking about Grant Robertson’s big hole? Well, it turns out he does in fact have a big hole that needs filling. Labour’s crazy GST-off-fruit-and-veges had a quarter of a

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We Should Watch Out for Professional Populism

We Should Watch Out for Professional Populism

I’m sure I’m not the only one who has noticed the rise in national populism around the world. As awareness of the globalist establishment agenda is growing and resistance to the establishment grows, we are witnessing a political realignment in which the traditional left-right divide is being

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Mental Health: We Need Change Now

Mental Health: We Need Change Now

Mike King Founder, I Am Hope commonroomnz.com I want to share with you a story. It’s a story about a little girl named Maddie, who lived in Tauranga and loved swimming in the ocean. One weekend, Maddie and her family went to the Mount for a swim. Now

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