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Was National Too Wet for Bridges?
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Was National Too Wet for Bridges?

Bryce Edwards Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Last week’s shock 1News opinion poll was the final indication, if Bridges needed it, that his chances of eventually taking back the leadership and becoming PM were slim to none. Any feeling that it was worth waiting around

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Face of the Day

[…] some of the COVID-19 restrictions we face – like vaccine passes – could be dropped come April. […] The Government will also reconsider the restrictions Kiwis face too as Omicron spreads like wildfire. We still have a lot of COVID-19 rules in place that not everyone’s abiding by. […] The days

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Those Who Chose Shaming over Science

Those Who Chose Shaming over Science

Gabrielle Bauer brownstone.org Gabrielle divides her time between writing books, articles, and clinical materials for health professionals. She has received six national awards for her health journalism. She has written two books—Tokyo, My Everest, co-winner of the Canada-Japan Book Prize, and Waltzing The Tango, finalist in

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MIQ No Longer Makes Sense

MIQ No Longer Makes Sense

The Government’s move to bring forward the reopening date to international tourists is overdue but welcome news, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop and Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay say. “It’s pretty simple – the risk isn’t at the border anymore and allowing fully-vaccinated travellers to

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Just Make a Decision, Prime Minister

Just Make a Decision, Prime Minister

David Seymour ACT Party Leader The Prime Minister is holding on to Covid-19 longer than the saga of whether Ross and Rachel were on a break. We know Jacinda Ardern loves standing at the podium and making announcements. We know she needs Covid-19 to keep voters in a

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Trans Activists vs J.K. Rowling

Rachael Wong mercatornet.com Rachael Wong is the CEO of Women’s Forum Australia and an Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Notre Dame Australia. She has a particular interest in the crossover between law, ethics, health care, human rights and women’s issues. In

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Wordle of the Day

Wordle of the Day

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Tools of Diplomacy

Tools of Diplomacy

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Churches Take On the Govt in Court

familyfirst.org.nz Last month Police and Defence Force personnel won a case against the Covid-19 vaccination mandate on religious grounds and the right to refuse medical treatment. Now it’s the turn of churches to challenge the Government’s harsh restrictions in the courts. 15 applicants (on behalf

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Not Good Enough, Mr Seymour

Not Good Enough, Mr Seymour

Capitalist Every week, as most of you are undoubtedly aware, the ACT party emails a newsletter called Free Press to numerous people. The one which sailed into my email inbox yesterday was intriguing for a couple of reasons. First, there was no mention of the widespread criticism of David Seymour

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Act in Haste Repent at Leisure

Matthew Hall Allan Brent Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Dr Matthew Hall is a Senior Researcher at the Environmental Law Initiative (ELI) and a Visiting Scholar in the Faculty of Law, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. Allan graduated from the University of Otago with Law and

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COVID Response Has Always Followed the Science

COVID Response Has Always Followed the Science

David Seymour ACT Party Leader Labour’s Covid-19 response has always followed the science – political science. Three days after a TVNZ poll found 75 per cent of voters believed we should open the borders to negative tested travellers immediately, Labour has brought its reopening date for visitors forward by

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Terry Dunleavy: a Man on a Mission

Terry Dunleavy: a Man on a Mission

Dear Reader BFD columnist Terry Dunleavy passed away this week. The article that he had planned to write for today was going to tell us “why Luxon’s speech was NOT ‘State of the Nation’ but was welcome as reaffirmation of the State of the National Party”. In the years

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Bold Option for Public Transport
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Bold Option for Public Transport

Craig Lord Being strongly against the Dominion Road Light Rail proposal, Mayoral candidate Craig Lord wants the overpriced and nonsensical plan to be thrown in the bin and for the decision makers to consider other options – such as the Metrino PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) solution. “We need better options than

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We Know They’re Lying, They Know We Know They’re Lying

We Know They’re Lying, They Know We Know They’re Lying

Police have announced, well nothing. They can’t work out what sort of substance they say was thrown at Police on February 9 in Wellington. But we all know what that substance was, their own pepper spray, yet the Police double down on their lies by now blaming protestors for

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Face of the Day
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Face of the Day

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