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Politicians are unique in one special regard: they never suffer the consequences of their actions and amazingly move from one well-filled trough to the next almost seamlessly. And so it is with Grant Robertson, arguably the worst Finance Minister in living memory. He’s quit Parliament and landed a
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists offers our deepest apology to the survivors, their whanau, and all those impacted by the abuses perpetrated at Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit by Dr Selwyn Leeks and staff. It is a shameful chapter in our nation’s history. The
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The only thing King-like about Kainga Ora is the right royal pig’s ear of a mess it is in. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member
How thick is the collective New Zealand media industry? Thick as a brick? Think tons of bricks. Yes, they’re that stupid. With mainstream news publishing racing downhill fast, like a runaway jalopy, how stupid would you have to be to step on the accelerator – twice? You remember the first
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AI nzcovidresponse.substack.com This is a shorter version of a more detailed post on early 2020 modelling documents and how then Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her Chief Science Advisor came up with Alert Levels (with no apparent public health involvement) in March 2020. The Ministry of Health published
Today, RNZ and both TV news channels lean well to the left, NZME and Stuff have both been captured by a radical interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi, and the Otago Daily Times won’t touch a cartoonist like Garrick Tremain. Don Brash Conservative views are less and less welcome
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Graham Adams Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. bassettbrashandhide.com Last week, Mihingarangi Forbes made an extraordinary claim while interviewing David Seymour on Mata Reports, a taxpayer-funded current affairs programme which, she says, looks at events through an “indigenous
The state of the nation is very fragile, as PM Luxon has rightly stated. Tough choices and tough love are what’s needed for a “fragile” New Zealand as it faces a “rough” economic forecast and massive infrastructure deficit, says Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. NZ Herald Let’s look at
lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com In today’s State of the Nation speech Christopher Luxon talked repeatedly about getting young people off welfare. It seems that National has devised a traffic light system which will use increasing levels of sanctions – welfare deductions – when beneficiaries fail to meet their obligations. He uses the
