As Sun Tzu said, he who knows when to fight and when not to fight, will always be victorious. Sometimes, your enemies do enough damage to themselves that the best course is to just sit back and let them go at it. In Australia, opponents of the “Indigenous Voice” referendum
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Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Christopher Luxon was caught on microphone this week telling farmers, “We have lost the plot, and we have to get our mojo back”. He
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Dieuwe de Boer rightminds.nz You can follow Dieuwe de Boer on Telegram or Twitter. The summit organised by Peter Mortlock was on the North Shore at 7 pm on a Tuesday evening, so I arrived late. It was very well attended, perhaps 700 people, and we needed to park
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
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Graham Adams commonroomnz.com Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. This article was first published at The Common Room Debate has been shut down by allegations of ‘dog-whistling’. At a time when the dilapidated state of New Zealand’s
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Well, well, well, the final straw was not Meng Foon’s dodgy donations to Kiri Allen and the Labour party, but his dodgy undeclared conflicts of interest that finally broke the camel’s back. Another Labour flunky goes down hard. Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon has resigned from the role
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The Companies Register lists him as a current director of one company and former director of a further six, including Triple Eight Investments, which made a $9185 contribution to Kiri Allan. One News The Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon, who was in hot water over political donations, has resigned over
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