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Face of the Day
Joining Newshub Nation on Saturday, ACT leader and incoming Regulation Minister David Seymour admitted coalition partners National and NZ First were sceptical of the [Treaty] referendum. He said the compromise was a law be drafted, debated in Parliament and sent to a Select Committee. That would “allow people to have
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Is the Kiwi a Mute Flightless Bird?
Luke Tetley-Jones familyfirst.org.nz Have Kiwis lost their voice? The kiwi has always been a flightless bird, but is it now also mute? We’ve seen an alarming increase in political tension over the past couple years with issues around covid, transgender issues and government etc. that it’
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Big Political Donations Can Be Secret
Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz New Zealand’s rules to regulate money in politics can now officially be declared broken. Although, in theory, political parties
View from Your Window
**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo was a view of Cefalu Sicily as seen from Cefalu Castle. The Castle is on a peak 270m above
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Why the Golden Arches in a Tourist Gem?
Peter Allan Williams peterallanwilliams.substack.com Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week It’s the end of civilization as we know it. McDonald’s is coming to Wanaka – providing the development friendly
Winston’s Goodwill Tour
So the new government is finally formed, and a three-party coalition agreement is signed; done and dusted. One overriding thought I’ve had during the last couple of days is wondering “What have they stuffed us on?” What (ahem) iron-clad promises have been ditched with the relevant party
Open Letter to the Incoming Parliament for 2023- 2026
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com As a member of parliament, you have a duty to represent all New Zealanders — the true sovereigns of this country. You are answerable to each one of us. No one else. Mary Hobbs On entering parliament this term you face a
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If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Thinking about the Roman Empire Like many women, my wife Amie likes to watch Instagram reels. These are little clips, mostly from the lives of women, where the algorithm figures out