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Antarctica Melts – We All Drown

Antarctica Melts – We All Drown

As we are so often told, sea level rise will inundate vast areas of coastline. Especially once the tipping point is reached and the positive feedback climate loop kicks in causing runaway melting of the ice caps. Melting the ice in Antarctica will cause 6m of sea level rise, the

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View from the Palace

View from the Palace

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There Are Already Limits on Our Speech

There Are Already Limits on Our Speech

familyfirst.org.nz “Free-speech is my right to say what you don’t want to hear” – George Orwell You can view and download the full Hate Speech fact sheet here. MAKE A SUBMISSION TO THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE by 6 August 2021 There are many things we are not

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‘Armed Response Teams’ Won’t Stop Another Eli Epiha

‘Armed Response Teams’ Won’t Stop Another Eli Epiha

Darroch Ball Co-leader Sensible Sentencing Trust. Armed Response Teams (ARTs) are a no-brainer. They provide a ready, well-trained, well-equipped, tactical team able to rapidly respond to dangerous firearms incidents in our communities. They also provide a very important presence in our community which allows our communities

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Labour’s Sacrificing of the Poor
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Labour’s Sacrificing of the Poor

Dr Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson like to think of themselves as left-wing politicians. So why aren’t they prioritising and championing the vulnerable

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Hate Speech Laws: Let’s Get the Message Out

Jonathan Ayling Free Speech Union www.fsu.nz Time is running out – and the groups who want these anti-speech laws are mobilising support for the hate speech laws. I’m writing to ask for your help to get the message out and recruit like-minded New Zealanders who believe

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Why the Government Will Fall in 2023

Why the Government Will Fall in 2023

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I’m old enough to vividly remember every election since 1949, which ushered in the first National government. I’d just turned ten and still recall my child’s shock on Sunday morning (the votes having been counted overnight) at the sight of my father’

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ACT’s Week in Action

ACT Party It’s the third and final week of the Parliamentary recess and ACT has again dominated the news agenda. We released the third of our Honest Conversations Policy Documents. This one about the Economic Recovery from COVID-19. We continued our tour of New Zealand and we took

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Faafoi Must Urgently Clarify Hormone Blocker Comments

Faafoi Must Urgently Clarify Hormone Blocker Comments

David Seymour ACT Leader Kris Faafoi needs to urgently clarify the comments he made on Newstalk ZB yesterday evening about parents being unable to deny their children hormone blockers. In an interview that can only be described as a train wreck, Faafoi said it’s not ok for parents to

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The World Leader of Woke

The World Leader of Woke

Unfortunately, WOKE New Zealand knows where it is going: it is deliberately charting its own progressive course in the world.

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

In a video announcing the protest, Taione said the Prime Minister was someone people had looked up to until she made the decision to allow Aden to re-enter the country. “We were proud of you when you handled the COVID-19 virus, but for me, looking at what you

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Government Must Urgently Prioritise Truancy Crisis

New Zealand’s truancy crisis is only going to get worse if schools aren’t required to submit their attendance data, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. Data released to National shows a third of our kids aren’t regularly attending school, with the situation even worse for decile

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Breaking News
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Breaking News

Labour Campaigns Team This is a quick update to share some breaking news: today, we introduced a Bill to ban conversion therapy in New Zealand. Conversion practices are outdated and have no place in a modern, inclusive Aotearoa. No one should have to suffer because of the misguided idea that

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