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Small Businesses Bear Brunt of Ongoing Lockdowns

A fall in small business sales for the third consecutive month highlights the harm that has been done to small businesses in New Zealand, National’s Economic Development and Small Business spokesperson Todd McClay says. The Xero Small Business Index data for September shows small businesses sales in Auckland were

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It’s No Wonder Local Councils Are Rebelling against LGNZ

Jordan Williams Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director taxpayers.org.nz Information Op-Ed Local Government New Zealand President Stuart Crosby resorted to name calling in a recent opinion piece, calling the thousands of New Zealanders who emailed local councillors about Three Waters “wilfully ill-informed keyboard warriors”. This is a desperate

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How Jacinda Ardern Bought the NZ Media

How Jacinda Ardern Bought the NZ Media

Does Jacinda Ardern own the New Zealand media? This was the gist of the questions recently put by a Sky News Australia panel to Chantelle Baker. The panel wanted to know why, as James Morrow put it, “That Jacinda Ardern gets such a free ride in the New Zealand media?

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Three Years Has Just Flown By

Three Years Has Just Flown By

At this time three years ago I was flat on my back in North Shore hospital after having woken up after a severe stroke. The right side of my face had slumped, my right arm was dead with no ability to move, and I had trouble walking and maintaining my

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Jacinda’s Push Turns to Shove

Jacinda’s Push Turns to Shove

Is it really such a big deal that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern shoved a sign language interpreter out of the way, with a hip-and-shoulder worthy of Robert Dipierdomenico? (I realise that may lose in tans-Tasman translation: instead of a real football player, New Zealanders can insert whatever

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If They Steal It, We’ll Give It Back

If They Steal It, We’ll Give It Back

Simon Court ACT Local Government spokesperson ACT will be campaigning to return stolen property to councils, reversing Three Waters reforms and restoring democracy to New Zealand. If Labour steals it, ACT will give it back. It doesn’t occur to Nanaia Mahuta that if people don’t like her plan,

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Jacinda’s Traffic Lights Explained

Jacinda’s Traffic Lights Explained

Information Satire Traffic Light Explainer Editor: In an exclusive to The Woke Examiner the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, personally fleshed out her world-leading Covid Traffic Light system. “It will be like Lotto,” she said, “replacing the news at six. “Every Monday, on my channel, TVNZ ONE, I will front

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If No Jab, No Job then No Jab, No Benefit

If No Jab, No Job then No Jab, No Benefit

Jacinda Arden has made Covid-19 and her government’s response to it the core of her (public) focus: this is, after all, the “year of the vaccine”. Ironically Ardern was initially hesitant to mandate vaccinations and was on record as recently as mid-year opposing the use of vaccine

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Letter to the Editor: Principles

Letter to the Editor: Principles

Dear Editor Tolerance, diversity, acceptance and inclusion into society. These have been the catch cries of the past 30 years. Everyone is equal and discrimination can never be allowed in any way, shape or form. Suddenly a virus with a mortality rate no worse than influenza is thrown into the

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Our Venal NZ Media

Our Venal NZ Media

This week’s column started out to be about the venality of most of what passes these days for New Zealand’s mainstream news media (MSM). Venality: noun – the condition or quality of being venal; openness to bribery or corruption. Bribery? Really? Well, take a look here. Is the Ardern

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