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
Christopher Luxon announced an admirable goal of doubling New Zealand’s exports within 10 years. This is something which simply must occur in order to make us a wealthy nation again, but the lack of enthusiasm for the policy shows the ‘New Zealand Disease’ is at the ‘luetic’ stage. Mike
As the only range in the Nelson Tasman district available for police training, it wasn’t just the club shutting down that concerned [Nelson Waimea Clay Target Club president Martin O’Connor]. “When the shit hits the fan, you ring the police, and if the police don’t have adequate
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Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org When I was seven, my class was taken to an auditorium in our elementary school. There was a projector in the room, and we packed in on the floor, criss-cross
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When American soldiers liberated Dachau and other concentration camps and discovered the full depth of Nazi barbarity, General Dwight D. Eisenhower made a point of touring the camps, with not only Generals George Patton and Omar Bradley, but a film crew in tow. Because, he said, he knew that some
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McBlog bobmccoskrie.com A new study came out last week that claims that shouting at children or using a raised voice can be as damaging as physical or sexual abuse. It raises a couple of important issues. Let’s check it out. According to media reports, new research published in
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* The author, Andrew Bydder, is a Hamilton City Councillor. These are his personal views. Voter turnout for council elections is around 33%. It is hard to describe the results as democratic when, for whatever reason, the majority don’t see voting as worthwhile. Clearly, something is wrong. The usual complaint
