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Lunchtime in St Patrick’s Square
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com The rallies in Auckland’s St Patrick’s Square provided significant contrasts. The women’s rights campaigners outnumbered the Trans
View from Your Window
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More like the Pot Calling the Kettle Black, Mike
Mike Munro, writing in the Weekend Herald, as usual, did not fail to disappoint. To most people this government has been the worst in living memory, but not to Mike Munro. On Munro’s bucket list of people to criticise is one, not unsurprisingly, Christopher Luxon. Mike is convinced that
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Round One and I Am Already Bored
Rod K So that’s it is it? Round one of a very boring fight? I really expected the ref to come out with a nice cup of tea and a packet of round wines, then a lie-down. Actually, it was very much like a lie-down. On the
No Easy Task for Chris Hipkins
Suze Wilson Massey University theconversation.com The live TV leaders debate between Labour’s Chris Hipkins and National’s Christopher Luxon made clear the policy and leadership style differences between the two contenders to become New Zealand’s next prime minister. But as TVNZ’s post-debate analysts tended to
NZDSOS Speak Truth, Justice and Healing
Daisy Eliora Edited 27th September. One paragraph was removed. How does a new independent health system sound to you? As you contemplate that thought you can be assured that the work to achieve this has already begun, as an exciting conference has illustrated. https://www.trialsitenews.com/a/new-zealands-
Is Ardern a Liability for Labour?
Graham Adams Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. This piece was first published at The Platform bassettbrashandhide.com Ministers are pretending the former PM has simply vanished. Late last week, Tova O’Brien asked Grant Robertson on her Stuff podcast
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Of Course He Will, He Won’t Have Any Choice Either
The media luvvies are starting to act all unhinged now that they’ve realised that Winston Peters is back. They are hollering for Christopher Luxon to say whether or not he will work with Winston Peters. So far the calls are falling on deaf ears as the media try to
Who Won the Leaders’ Debate?
Honourable Richard Prebble The Honourable Richard Prebble CBE is a former member of the New Zealand Parliament. Initially a member of the Labour Party, he joined the newly formed ACT New Zealand party under Roger Douglas in 1996, becoming its leader from 1996 to 2004. bassettbrashandhide.com There was a
Marmite or Vegemite? Winners Announced!
The fix result is in! The three lucky winners of the Win a Book Some Guy Scribbled In (better known as Shouting Across the Ditch, the first collected writings of Lushington D. Brady) competition have been decided. Using a mix of trans-Tasman rivalry, a game of eenie-meenie-minie-