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Family First v the Government
familyfirst.org.nz Warning Long read: 1976 words A FULL SUMMARY OF EVENTS Here is a summary of events, relating to ongoing attempts by the Charities Board to deregister Family First. If the Charities Board are successful it would be a watershed, not just for Family First, but for other
Holidays as Tools of the Regime
Many years ago, I had a friend who grew up Muslim in Singapore. But as a nation with a multiplicity of ethnicities (dominated by Chinese) and religions (most notably Islam, Buddhism and Christianity, as well as a sizeable irreligious population), Singapore’s approach to solving group tensions was to recognise
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Supreme Court Strikes Discrimination Against Religious Schools
familyfirst.org.nz This is a great decision from the US Supreme Court this week which the NZ media seemed to ignore, although ironically they’re watching the abortion ruling like a hawk. US Supreme Court justices ruled that excluding faith-based schools from a state’s private school voucher
View from Your Window
**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was taken from the front window of my truck: a genuine 1955 Vauxhall Velox EIP. Taken in traffic in Mt Maunganui. Was
Willie, William and Jan Walking in a Winter Wonderland
Alwyn Poole Innovative Education Consultants innovativeeducation.co.nz innovativeeducation.co.nz/generation-skip innovativeeducation.co.nz/books-aloud It has been astonishing to read recently just how disconnected senior government MPs are with the reality of their decisions for young people, as evidenced by their press releases and comments. Starting
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From the Desk of a Male Pale and Stale
The word absurd first cropped up in about 1557 as a derivative of the French absurde, based on the Latin absurdus (incongruous, dissonant, out of tune). Nowadays the adjective of the word is commonly meant to mean wildly unreasonable, unsound or incongruous or extremely silly or ridiculous. Absurdity seems to
Death is a Seasonal Thing
Fred Too Life is like roosting on a perch – we can stay sitting there for years, some of us quite contentedly, until something comes along and knocks us off. That might be an unexpected accident or an illness. We might just get too old and weak and gently slip away.
The Revolution Within
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. Warning Long read: 2092 words
Oh, So Now ‘My Body, My Choice’ Is Important?
Watching the left and liberal right people absolutely unhinge themselves over the recent US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade and send any future decisions over abortion back where debate correctly belongs, the state legislatures, has been an exercise in side-splitting hilarity. The very same people now
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