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Brooke van Velden ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson The Government is rushing through the Housing Tax Changes (Interest Limitation Rules) before 1 October under urgency in order to lay their hands on an extra $800 million. From October 1, most residential property investors will no longer be able to
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Reporting on a Lower Hutt charity delivering food parcels to the needy, the Stuff website quoted one of the well-meaning charity workers saying, “Access to kai is a basic human right.” It’s no such thing, not the least because so-called human rights
Chris Penk First published by The BFD 17th June 2020 The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! In my experience (and I did live there for a few years), our Australian brethren are commendably direct.
News that the United States, United Kingdom and Australia have formed a partnership without New Zealand is concerning and leaves many questions for the Government to answer, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “It’s disappointing that after many years of New Zealand’s co-operation with our traditional
Information Satire Sheriff Ardern strode into the Karangahape Saloon letting the batwing doors swing behind her. She ordered a RED~EYE (whisky) from the barperson and groaned. “Trotsky Comrade I’m in it up to my neck. I should have warned Siouxsie about the ‘Banshee Woman’ from Irish mythology who
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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell me about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was taken as we were about to cross the Kai Iwi rail over bridge east of Kai Iwi on route to Waverley
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Auckland journalist, English-born Steve Kilgallon, over the years has called me for info’ on things I know about. He’s balanced and sensible and not a beat-up artist like so many in his trade. Thus when he recently wrote an expose about Race
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Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 The Maori Party has launched a petition calling on Parliament to change the country’s official name to Aotearoa and “officially restore the Te Reo Maori names for
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John Maunder Some of the answers to the complexities of the climate system are given in my recently published book “Fifteen shades of climate… the fall of the weather dice and the butterfly effect”. The following are extracts are from pages 5-9. Weather dice were shown on the cover
Brooke van Velden ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson ACT is calling on the Government to issue exemptions and extensions for any landlord caught out by Alert Level changes when it comes to complying by the new standards. Alert Level 4 means that tradespeople have been unable to carry out
Alwyn Poole As stated before – with good advice and superb help – I have been able to process a data set that has information and ranks every high school in NZ on: * Level 3 NCEA results – UE results. * Retention until 17 yo. * Comparisons of deciles and attendance by decile. The information
