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All Smoke, But No Fire
The Labour Party is desperate to light a fire under the Government’s tobacco excise increases. Unfortunately they have a very weak person on the job. It’s the former Health Minister Ayesha Verrall, who, going by her performances in the House, would be hard pushed to light a cigarette,
Open Letter to the Hon Dr Shane Reti
Dr Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior manager
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If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. It Is the Pakeha Way Do Maori activists ever wonder why their actions do not provoke equal and opposite reactions from Pakeha? And, if they do, how do they explain the
Socialism Is Like Undead Zombies
Christopher Luxon wants more dams. It’s an admirable goal, but belies the fact that it usually requires other people’s money to do it and so, like the zombie apocalypse, the undead of socialism rise again to stalk the land. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon wants to remove “red tape”
The State of the Nation
Hon Christopher Luxon Prime Minister Thank you for coming to my first State of the Nation as Prime Minister. Thank you for coming to a speech where I don’t just get to talk about what we want to do. But a speech about what we will do, and what
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No Company for White Men
One thing I like doing is visiting business websites, particularly those that claim to be inclusive, rainbow-ticked, etc. For example, one particular company that boasts about being inclusive is, according to its website, “Australasia’s largest homegrown tech company”. The first thing I see is a photo of a
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Crown–Maori Partnership?
Geoff Parker First published on NZCPR Breaking Views Some in New Zealand’s society today believe there is a Crown/Maori Partnership. Let’s go back to the time Te Tiriti was signed by the chiefs and Governor Hobson who was acting for the Queen of England. It is agreed
The Amazing Achievements of Waka Konetahi
Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Years 11–13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1–13. alwynpoole.substack.
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