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Do You Trust Us?
The findings on trust in media organisations is out and the left-wing dominated media have taken a flogging. It seems that the public is well attuned to their lying ways and are voting with their feet. Newsroom reports: Less than half the New Zealand public now professes ‘overall trust’
Government’s COVID Spend Forces Treasury Accounting Change
Yes, I know. Here comes the accountant in all her boring glory. But, try to bear with me on this, because it is important. It demonstrates yet another way in which the government is fudging the numbers, trying to make things look better than they really are. However, if you
Economic Naivete (Or Gullibility)
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Retired Auckland lawyer David Schnauer, instead of taking up line dancing or acquiring a stable of mistresses, has foolishly instead, opted to spend his remaining years pontificating about the economy. In a recent amateurish contribution in the NZ Herald he bemoaned the sale of New
Don’t Let Them Tell You Inflation Is Good for the Poor. It’s Not
Since time immemorial inflation has robbed the poor. This has always been true and there is no longer any argument about it. You’d think that Grant Robertson would know this, but it appears that the Bachelor of Arts honours student can’t read history books. His profligate spending is
The Anti-woke Essay the Army Brass Don’t Want You to See
New Zealand Chief of Army Writing Competition Winner of the New Zealand Defence Force Private Writing Category: Can the Army Afford to Go Woke, Benign Social Progress or National Security Threat By Mr N. Dell I write this essay fully aware of the backlash and, at times, real-world consequences
First We Must Grieve
Julie Birky brownstone.org Julie Penrod Birky is a clinical social worker specializing in the treatment of behavior disorders for children, adolescents, and young adults. She is also a college instructor, develops mental health education programs, and teaches Mental Health First Aid. More than a decade ago, my sister lost
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The Ministry of Health is looking for a mind, having demonstrably lost theirs during the course of the Kung Flu-demic. They’re not looking for just any mind, no sir, they want a controlling one, which – to be fair – seems par for the course of this outbreak, where excessive
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History Curriculum Sent to the Future
Chris Baillie ACT Education spokesperson The ACT Party today welcomes the New Zealand History curriculum being delayed a year, we just hope it means there’ll be a significant rewrite. The draft history curriculum divides history into villains and victims, contains significant gaps, and pushes a narrow set of highly
Bishop Tamaki’s Place in History
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Regrettably, it’s fashionable in New Zealand to mock Bishop Tamaki, but throughout history, that’s always been the case with great men who bucked excessive authoritarianism. Who knows? Possibly future generations may include His Grace’s name in the annals of noble martyrs who
Fast Tracking Residency for 170000 Migrants
New Zealand First Media “Instead of wise, focused, and essential immigration, the fast tracking of residency for 170,000 immigrants on working visas is a blatant return to the dangerous unfettered immigration policies of the past thirty years,” says Winston Peters Leader of New Zealand First. “It will only add