Can you imagine a New Zealand in which independent media is gone and all that remains is a small group of large media organisations muzzled by funding from the government? It’s not some faraway dystopia. It is already happening. With the rapid corporate consolidation of traditional news outlets and
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David Seymour ACT Party Leader ACT welcomes the Government’s backdowns on COVID-19 powers, the Traveller Declaration Form and defunding of Shakespeare, while they’re backing down on policy they should keep going. Labour has held on to COVID powers for far too long, while the rest of the
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Stephanie Sugiaman mercatornet.com Stephanie Sugiaman is an intensive care nurse in Sydney. I am a nurse in intensive care in Sydney. We look after a wide range of cases, but mostly respiratory, spinal trauma and burns. I have looked after my fair share of tragic cases, including caring for
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The number of 18-25-year-olds joining gangs has skyrocketed over the past five years, National’s Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “New information shows there are more than 8,000 gang members in New Zealand – a 50 per cent increase since Labour came to power in 2017. “The
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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Since it opened around 25 years ago I’ve always referred to the Museum of New Zealand on the Wellington Waterfront not as Te Papa but as “Milo Mama” (geddit? milo/tea?). Inside that underwhelming tomb of cultural cringe, there are numerous displays, videos and ephemera paying homage to such
Guy Hatchard hatchardreport.com Dr Guy Hatchard is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. Information Opinion Earlier this week Leighton
