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Heading Full Steam into the Hurricane
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former minister in the 1984-1990 governments. Watching Jacinda Ardern respond to the local body election results has been scary. Teeth flashing, hands waving, exhortations
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Should Residents Know If Violent Ex-Convicts Live Near?
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Below is Stuart Smith’s response. The story about Juliana Herrera is tragic and a situation that should never have happened. No matter where you choose to live, you can’t choose your neighbours. Devastatingly, Ms Herrera was the victim of a brutal murder by
Voter Apathy Won on the Day
I have been collating voter recommendations since I contested the 2013 local body elections under the Affordable Auckland affiliation. My efforts in 2013 and 2016 were quite minimal with the latter taking a couple of days. In 2019, I sought to write a full-scale guide covering every district health
Enough of Failure
Rt Hon Winston Peters NZ First Leader’s Address 16 October 2022 Ladies and Gentlemen. Good afternoon. It’s a personal inspiration to join you all here this afternoon in Christchurch – and to be part of the 29th New Zealand First Party Conference. As we said this time last year,
Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Lewis Andrew sojournal.co.nz I walk around now biting my tongue. There are dozens of people of my acquaintance who elicit an almost reflex action in me. “I told you so!” would be the easiest thing to say. It would be cathartic. But it’s not polite. It’s
Mmm…a Free Taste: An Article by Chris Trotter
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The Plot to Stop Avi Yemini Revealed
New documents released under the Official Information Act show how Immigration NZ scrambled to stop Avi Yemini entering New Zealand BEFORE it was even known that he would be coming to report on the protest at parliament. The heavily redacted documents show a predisposition towards refusing entry as they urgently
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