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Thornton Blackmore It has been said that the wizards and sages of ancient times once cast spells at the behest of ambitious kings. And so it follows that the despots of our day have supplanted the sorcerers of old with the high priests of technology in pursuit of their own
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 Do we need any more evidence that this government tolerates waste of taxpayers’ money? The sight of a
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Speech to Financial Services Council Conference It’s my pleasure to be speaking with you today, leaders of New Zealand’s financial service providers. Since I became National’s Finance Spokesperson I’ve really enjoyed meeting many of you and I’m looking forward to getting to know more of
JL Our bungling bureaucrats should headline their own comedy show like Australia’s Utopia or our own Gliding On. We all know that the messaging bleated ad nauseam from the podium of truth often did not reflect reality. For example, Ardern’s “Get vaccinated and you won’t get sick
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. The pandemic traffic light system
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Grant Robertson certainly has a strange way of looking at things. He has said that he thinks it is “unfair” that there is so much focus on Nanaia Mahuta. This is a rather strange way to describe what in reality is nepotism. “There are government agencies who have been contracting
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Seemingly perpetually under fire Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr, has advised that henceforth, “the bank will be increasing the number of conversations it has about climate change over the coming year.” Think about that. A talking Bank! The tourist potential is huge. But alas, the
By Adam Plover Summary In order to address the issue of whether the colonisation of New Zealand by the British was of benefit to the native people it is necessary to understand how they were living at the time of discovery of the islands of New Zealand by the outside
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