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Stop the Treaty

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com The World Health Assembly are in congress this week to discuss the proposed Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness Treaty (“the Treaty”) and amendments to the International Health Regulations (“IHR”). Authored by Kirsten Murfitt from New Zealand Lawyers Speaking Out With Science (NZLSOS)

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Time for Action on Gangs

Time for Action on Gangs

Nicole McKee ACT Justice spokesperson A gang fuelled crime wave in Auckland that’s seen five drive by shootings over the weekend and a further seven at homes in South Auckland overnight shows we need urgent action on gangs. Once upon a time gangs had an unspoken rule where they

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Safe Water

Safe Water

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The MOH’s Own Data Says What?

The MOH’s Own Data Says What?

voicesforfreedom.co.nz How many times in the last 18 months have you heard the line spouted that the Covid vaccine lowers your chance of becoming unwell enough to be hospitalised? Or, that you’ll be less likely to catch the coof in the first place? Before anyone has a

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orange for the win

Orange for the Win

The Government waited for the Princess of the Pestilence to jog off overseas before delivering the bad news that we can all stay at Orange for the foreseeable future because if we don’t then Omicron will surge some more with winter approaching. Clearly, the Government believes ‘Orange for Win’

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BFD Pop up Quiz
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BFD Pop up Quiz

Take our BFD Pop up quiz and then share the quiz on social media. By sharing the quiz you will help even more readers to discover The BFD. Share this BFD Opinion poll so others can discover The BFD using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the

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nepotism Government Simply Isn’t Listening
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Face of the Day

Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta has not directly communicated with New Zealand’s Ambassador to Russia or our Embassy in Moscow since the Ukraine invasion began. Brownlee, National’s foreign affairs spokesperson and a former Foreign Affairs Minister, said the lack of communication between Mahuta and the embassy “makes no

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A Luxury New Zealand Cannot Afford
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A Luxury New Zealand Cannot Afford

New Zealand First Media Rt Hon Winston Peters Otago University POLS 213 NZ Foreign Policy Class 1 pm Monday 23 May 2022 Partisanship, Politics & Foreign-Policy: A luxury New Zealand Cannot Afford Thank you for your invitation to close this semester for your class. There was a time when

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The Great Building Bust

The Great Building Bust

The fallout has started. Construction companies are starting to go to the wall. Every time a downturn hits, one of the first signs is the collapse of building. Construction companies often have tight margins and once payments from clients start to be delayed the whole house of cards begins to

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The Govt Is Failing in Its Duty of Care to Us
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The Govt Is Failing in Its Duty of Care to Us

Guy Hatchard hatchardreport.com Dr Guy Hatchard 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 PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. Warning Long read. 1805 words. Information

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Lessons from Australia: Can Luxon Learn?

The Aussie election was held over last weekend and the incumbent conservative government of Scott Morrison was tipped from office in favour of a ghost campaign from the Labor Party led by Anthony Albanese. There were very salient lessons to be learned from that election for the National Party and

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Govt Fund Media $327 Million

Hon Kris Faafoi Minister Broadcasting and Media The Government is substantially increasing the amount of funding for public media to ensure New Zealanders can continue to access quality local content and trusted news. “Our decision to create a new independent and future-focused public media entity is about achieving this

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Lock Em Down and Lock Em Out
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Lock Em Down and Lock Em Out

David Seymour ACT Party Leader With interest rates set to undergo another hike this week, the pressure being heaped on Kiwi households is close to breaking point. The Government’s mismanagement of the border and unworkable isolation periods are making the problem worse for no benefit. Until New Zealand is

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We Are One – Nope
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We Are One – Nope

Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc “We Are One” was the catch cry after the Christchurch Mosque shootings. Some consequences of that tragedy made a mockery of what unity we may have had, when the NZ Government and the NZ Police began targeting responsible, law-abiding NZ firearms owners

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Urgent Parliament Sitting to Remove Presstitution Statute

Kay O’Lacey wokejoke.nz Warning Satire An unexpected outcome of this Government’s Public Interest Journalism Fund is that it has ‘inadvertently’ criminalised many journalists who have apparently fallen foul of an 1891 statute criminalising so-called ‘presstitution’. Seemingly the government of the day recognised the value of an

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Will There Be a Populist Revolution in Local Government?
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Will There Be a Populist Revolution in Local Government?

I’m usually not interested in local government. In 2019, I didn’t even know the majority of the names I put my preferences to when I filled out the ballot. My votes were based on whether or not I had heard of the person before and whether or not

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