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Wet, Woke and a Waste of Space

Wet, Woke and a Waste of Space

Christopher Luxon seems to be impressing many people. The problem is that not many of them are conservative voters. His appeal is mainly to the wet, woke and crazy left. Which is everything you really need to know about him. His latest convert is James Shaw: Greens Party co-leader

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Dr Michael Schmidt’s Interview with Leighton Smith

Leighton Smith Podcast Episode 147 BFD writer Dr Michael John Schmidt writes a weekly column for The BFD From the Desk of a Male Pale and Stale. Listen to his interview with Leighton below. Leighton reads from a couple of Mike’s articles/ letters to the editor published both on

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Do you ever have one of those moments when you do a double-take in reaction to something someone has said? I had one of those moments yesterday when I was reading a press release from the National Party’s Paul Goldsmith. Instead of telling you why I had such

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A Medieval Approach to Fuelling the World
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A Medieval Approach to Fuelling the World

Ronald Stein cfact.org Ron Stein is an engineer who, drawing upon 25 years of project management and business development experience, launched PTS Advance in 1995. He is an author, engineer, and energy expert who writes frequently on issues of energy and economics. Today, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) divesting

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What’s behind the Vitriol of Ardern’s Fangirls?

What’s behind the Vitriol of Ardern’s Fangirls?

In C. S. Lewis’ The Silver Chair, the marvellous climax of the story sees the clique of bullies who’ve long ruled the “progressive” education institution, Experiment House, given a taste of their own medicine. “Their faces changed, and all the meanness, conceit, cruelty, and sneakishness almost disappeared in one

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The Dear Leader of Aotearoa

The Dear Leader of Aotearoa

Betteridge’s Law of Headlines states that, any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word “no”. But everyone knows that laws are made to be, if not broken, then at least bent a little. So, when Amy Brooke asks, Is Jacinda Ardern megalomanic? the

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Why Does No One Like Jacinda Ardern?

Why Does No One Like Jacinda Ardern?

Suze Wilson Massey University Suze Wilson’s research interest is leadership discourse and practice which she tackles from a critical/Foucauldian perspective. She seeks to highlight the problematic expectations commonly held of leaders and leadership, showing how these often entail expectations of perfection and omnipotence as well as an undervaluing

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The Day of the Living Unvaxxed

The Day of the Living Unvaxxed

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Seven Signs the Govt Narrative Is Crumbling

Seven Signs the Govt Narrative Is Crumbling

Voices for Freedom voicesforfreedom.co.nz What a funny old time it is to be alive right now. More and more people are awakening to the truth as reality unfolds before their eyes. People are seeing that the promises made regarding the safety and efficacy of the vaccine have been

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From the Desk of a Male Pale and Stale

Information Opinion A friend and I recently discussed my experience with the National Party – specifically my experience in the meetings that were held post their 2020 election collapse. This is not a specific criticism of the National Party; rather, other than Labour and the Greens, all parties seem to have

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Bye Bye Bridges Thanks for the By-Election
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Bye Bye Bridges Thanks for the By-Election

Bryce Edwards Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Bridges’ departure leaves National with plenty of problems. Losing any high-calibre frontbench politician is unfortunate, but particularly when the caucus is so lacking in experience. With a newbie like Luxon at the helm, it was highly advantageous to

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National’s Capital Gains Tax Needs to Go
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National’s Capital Gains Tax Needs to Go

Brooke van Velden ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson The National Party’s capital gains tax is causing stress and uncertainty for families and it needs to go. Stuff this morning reported the plight of the Spenceley family who have been forced to sell their home due to a health

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There Is Freedom In a Perfect World

There Is Freedom In a Perfect World

Imagine you had the freedom to choose whether or not to get vaccinated. Imagine a New Zealand where ‘Unite Against Covid’ advertising doesn’t appear on MSM, social media, billboards and buses and isn’t written or talked about either. In other words, a perfect world, perfectly neutral about what

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The Three Waters Tide Has Turned

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com 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. Warning Long Read. 2117 words.

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All Would Be Tyrants if They Could

All Would Be Tyrants if They Could

Yesterday, in a concerted push to address the building narrative that Jacinda Ardern is a tyrant, the NZ Herald and Newshub both republished an article from The Conversation by scold Suze Wilson trying to prove that people who call her a tyrant are either a) misogynists or b) sexist, or

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