Guy Hatchard PhD HatchardReport.com Guy Hatchard PhD was formerly a senior manager at Genetic ID, a global food testing and certification company. Information Opinion Time to bring government and media to account In what might be an alarming augury for the NZ government, I have noticed during the last
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We need a new strategy to safely steer New Zealand through the Omicron wave and out of endless restrictions, Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon says. “The Omicron variant has arrived and case numbers are set to increase rapidly in the coming weeks and months. The situation has changed so it is
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Geoffrey Miller Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz International analyst Geoffrey Miller examines New Zealand’s positioning amidst tensions between Russia, Ukraine and the West Geoffrey Miller is the Democracy Project’s international analyst and writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues. He
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James is 8. He is a bright, imaginative, sensitive and caring little boy, who loves being read to and adores animals, his family and playing with swords, toy guns and Lego. He is soon entering his fourth year at school but he still cannot read even at his age level
David Seymour ACT Party Leader The mask of kindness has fallen off Jacinda’s Government. Chris Hipkins‘ use of Charlotte Bellis’s personal information to publicly attack her is reckless and nasty. Hipkins released a statement yesterday in a desperate effort to save face over the Bellis saga. Charlotte has
Gary Moller garymoller.com Gary is a Health Practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance rather than just treating the symptoms. I’ve written this article for the adventure sports industry. However, what I have got to say here applies to other
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Harry McCathie Five years ago, Mary (not her real name) made the decision to move into a retirement village. It proved to be a good decision as in the intervening years her health declined and she suffered a bad fall. The early Covid years were difficult with the restrictions imposed
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments With Waitangi Day coming up, it looks as if we are to receive another dose of nonsense about
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