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If You Knew Siouxsie like I Know Siouxsie

If You Knew Siouxsie like I Know Siouxsie

It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Having the ear of the Prime Minister, and her off-sider, Ashley, certainly makes it easier to get away with practically anything that a regular Joe, or Joess, ever could…right?

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Free Press

Free Press

Free Press ACT Party The Haps The virus appears to be outrunning the world’s toughest lockdown, which is no longer short, nor sharp, enough. If eradication cannot be achieved with four weeks of Alert Level 4, the Government is going to need an honest conversation about its strategy. Government

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‘Short and Sharp’ Lockdown Will Be the Longest Ever

‘Short and Sharp’ Lockdown Will Be the Longest Ever

The Government had no choice but to extend the Auckland Level 4 Covid lockdown and ongoing restrictions elsewhere in the country because of its own ongoing failures, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins and Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop. “We must stamp out this current outbreak of Delta

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James Shaw’s Secret SNA Briefings
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James Shaw’s Secret SNA Briefings

Mark Cameron ACT Primary Industries spokesperson. The ACT Party is today challenging Associate Environment Minister James Shaw to show some transparency around the work he is doing on Significant Natural Areas. ACT asked Shaw through Parliamentary Written Questions what briefings he’s had over the past six months by name

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One Source of Truth

One Source of Truth

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Herald Jokes about No Media Bias

Herald Jokes about No Media Bias

It’s always good to start the weekend with a good piece of humour, and page C4 of the Business Section of the Weekend Herald provided it. The page was devoted to a typically well-written opinion piece by Bruce Cotterill. Cotterill was commenting that any chance of the media

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The High Cost of Failure

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Last Friday, a Muslim terrorist shouting “Allahu Akbar” ran through a west Auckland supermarket stabbing customers before being shot and killed by undercover Police. Of the seven people injured, three were critical, but thankfully, are now recovering. The youngest victim was a 29-year-old

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Willie Jackson Couldn’t Get It More Wrong If He Tried

Willie Jackson Couldn’t Get It More Wrong If He Tried

Willie Jackson has attacked me and this site on his Facebook page. In his rant, he claims that this site is “hateful”, that it was involved in Dirty Politics, and that it had a “terrible history of Dirty politics”. Like the Prime Minister he also thinks that the story was

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Unskilled Pruning of Labour Force Is a Rotten Policy

The Government’s confirmation of the availability of Recognised Seasonal Employer workers from selected countries is not enough to fix its rotten approach to labour supply, says National’s Horticulture spokesperson David Bennett. “Prior to the Delta Covid outbreak the Government announced the availability of RSE workers from certain countries.

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Public Numb to Weak Justice System

Darroch Ball Co-leader Sensible Sentencing Trust. We have become numb to how weak our justice system is, how weak sentences have become, and how offenders are now the sole focus of the system.  We are numb to the extent to which victims are now lost in the midst of

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Faces of the Day

Faces of the Day

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has defended Dr Siouxsie Wiles for her maskless beach visit that saw her come under fire from National Party leader Judith Collins. […] Ardern is the latest to defend Wiles after Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield also came to her defence. “I’ve had a

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