We do not need to imagine free speech as a line or as a circle. There has already been enough consideration of ‘what is free speech’, and reassessing it is a trap. The history of free speech has woven its way through centuries of societal evolution. It finds its roots
Debrin Foxcroft Finlay Macdonald Matt Garrow Veronika Meduna The Conversation theconversation.com From winning a single-party majority in 2020, Labour’s vote has virtually halved in 2023. Pre-election polls appear to have under-estimated support for National, which on the provisional results can form a government with ACT and won’t
Winston Peters only gave a single one on one interview on election night, and it was with me. This was recorded just before he walked down the waterfront at Russell to speak to his supporters. Help Fund Our NewsDesk We are building a NewsDesk, hiring journalists and taking the fight
The three parties campaigning to change the Government, National, ACT and NZ First, secured over 54 per cent of the vote, while the three pro-Government parties received 40 per cent. In terms of seats, it’s 69 (with NZ First) to 52, indicating a shift to the putative conservative right
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A couple of years ago, I wrote about Zealandia for the BFD. Zealandia is the name given to what was the world’s eighth continent, until it sunk beneath the Pacific, like the fabled Lemuria. Today, all that remains above the waves are its once-highlands, now islands, such as New
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New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Recently on a TV debate, Chris Hipkins and Chris Luxon both said vaccine injured should not be compensated. Hipkins implied that ACC was in place to compensate the injured, but our experience is that ACC is going out of its way
Gary Moller Gary Moller is a Health Practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. garymoller.com “Medicines are meant to help, not harm.
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nzdsos.com Dear Prime Minister, Minister of Health, MedSAFE General Manager, Director General of Health, Police Commissioner, major party leaders, President of RNZCGP, Human Rights Commissioner, Ombudsman, Chief Coroner, Chairman of the MCNZ, Chairman of the DCNZ, all Members of Parliament. Urgent Open Letter on the latest clear proof of
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Three weeks ago I highlighted a very disturbing trend in benefit numbers. In the 10-week period to September 15, 2023 the number of people on a main benefit rose by 6,768 or almost two per cent, whereas, in the 10-week period ending September 16, 2022, the numbers were virtually
Harry Palmer The music has stopped once more after another triennial game of musical chairs and we are inflicted again with the usual pick’n mix self-serving collection of MPs who dance to the tune of their puppet masters. Will anyone notice a difference? The parliamentarians who have found their
Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I began this Blog 3 years back with the onset of Covid and the lockdown. But as I’ve advised for some time now, I’m pulling stumps with tomorrow’s election. One reason is I spend half the year abroad and it causes me some
