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Was the PM Promoting NZ or Herself on Her US Tour?
Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc. sportingshooters.nz Headlined as a trade mission, the Prime Minister’s tour of the USA seems to be more focused on what she has done with respect to gun laws and climate change than trade. The door opened for her as her arrival
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House Prices Falling at Last?
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 Warning Long read. 1348 words. In recent weeks, more and more commentators are suggesting that house prices in New Zealand have started to fall, and are expected to
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The Pot Calling the Kettle Black
Mark Freeman The Disinformation Project’s latest paper is itself shown to be disinformation by a classic book on propaganda that the paper is partially based on. The three-person Disinformation Project (TDP) is an ‘independent’ New Zealand research group whose funding is not publicly disclosed but whose findings are
Talking Fiction and Claiming It as Fact
Richard Prebble bassettbrashandhide.com Richard Prebble CBE is a former member of the New Zealand Parliament. Initially a member of the Labour Party, he joined the newly formed ACT New Zealand party under Roger Douglas in 1996, becoming its leader from 1996 to 2004. Prime Ministerial international travel is necessary,
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor Yesterday’s article #metoo Has a Lot to Answer for spoke well to the hypocrisy of TVNZ in its handling of the Kamahl Santamaria episode. Aside from showing how warped TVNZ’s priority-setting is by their placement of this story at the top of the 6 o’
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The Danger of Co-governance
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. 2110 words.
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More Gang Members on the Street
As gang crime escalates and the gang war in Auckland sees almost a shooting a day, we can wonder no more as to why this is happening. It is Labour’s soft on crime law and order policies which have seen the number of hardened gang members in prison drop