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Chris Hipkins Takes on New Role

Chris Hipkins Takes on New Role

Gordon Lightfoot| Politics Warning Satire SORRY! Former Covid response Minister Chris Hipkins has been doing so much apologising lately that PM Jacinda Ardern has made him the new Minister of Apologies. Following his apology to Charlotte Bellis for comments about her MIQ application, Hipkins is now being called on to

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The BFD can help. we have done all the hard work and have already built a huge audience but what we are always looking for more of is quality NZ content. We want to help motivated,  professionally-minded writers who are already writing quality content for their own blog site’

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View from Your Window

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Govt Now without a Leg to Stand On

Govt Now without a Leg to Stand On

Guy Hatchard PhD 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 This study raises

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Speaker’s Farewell Tour Cost around $40,000 per MP

David Seymour ACT Party Leader Most New Zealanders could only ever dream of a $40,000 two-week trip to Europe but that’s what five MPs, including the Speaker have just completed and are charging back to the taxpayer. While New Zealanders are being squeezed from every direction by

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The Matariki Big Mac
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The Matariki Big Mac

Dieuwe de Boer rightminds.nz Information Opinion You can follow Dieuwe de Boer on Telegram or Twitter. The introduction of a new public holiday comes with a battle as old as time. Public “holy days” have generally arisen through either religious observances or national achievements. Christmas and Easter come from

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The Govt Is Sticking Its Nose Where It Isn’t Welcome
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The Govt Is Sticking Its Nose Where It Isn’t Welcome

familyfirst.org.nz How important is religious liberty in New Zealand? As we’ve been sharing, The Ministry of Education is threatening to ‘intervene’ into the beliefs of Bethlehem College. The Ministry is demanding the school remove reference to traditional biblical marriage from their Statement Of Belief, in order to

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One Thing We Do Well Is Bureaucracy: Part Three

One Thing We Do Well Is Bureaucracy: Part Three

And just like that… It’s all over. We left off where my son and the lawyer were both AWOL and I was required to persuade them both to provide personal ID information in triplicate and also to sign Account Operating Authority forms… even though neither of them had access

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Over the Top Again Lads

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 Lincoln National, America’s

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Nothing Says Get Stuffed like a Good Hard Kick in the Balls

Peter Goodfellow has finally seen the writing on the wall for his presidency but in his usual backroom secret-deal fashion he has announced his resignation just days after nominations for his position closed and, more importantly, has announced that, while he won’t seek the presidency, he wants to

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