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Peters to Seek Judicial Review
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Peters to Seek Judicial Review

Winston Peters Leader NZ First New Zealand First Media After carefully considering advice from my lawyers, I have decided to seek a judicial review of the decision made by Trevor Mallard to trespass me from parliament grounds. This is not about whether former Members of Parliament should be treated differently

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Willie Says There Is Nothing to Fear
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Willie Says There Is Nothing to Fear

Philip Temple Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Philip Temple ONZM has been writing and commentating on current affairs for decades. He was given a Wallace Award by the Electoral Commission for the quality of his writing on the electoral system. On 24 April the Minister

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The BFD is seeking motivated, concise, reliable, and professionally-minded writers. Ideally, we prefer articles of 400-600 words in length. If you feel that the subject requires a longer post please keep it under 1000 words, (ideally under 800). Local news stories are as welcome as anything to do

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ACT Finally Work Out on Which Side Their Bread Is Buttered

Capitalist Information Opinion I recently finished reading this week’s edition of Free Press, the online newsletter from the ACT party which sails into my inbox each Monday. For the first time in ages, it has left me rather impressed. The ACT folk appear to have got the message from

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Govt Boosts the Popularity of Winston Peters
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Govt Boosts the Popularity of Winston Peters

Monica Hughes PhD themariachiyears.substack.com Winston Peters has been banned from New Zealand Parliament for two years because he met with anti-mandate protestors on Parliament grounds in late February. Peters now represents the primary opposition to the Labour Party’s desperate attempt under Ardern to maintain its grip

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If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Stephen Berry. What These Polls Tell Us The Roy Morgan poll is frequently written off as being too volatile

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Crisis Solved in a Mere 24 Hours

Crisis Solved in a Mere 24 Hours

Capitalist Information Opinion TV3 news this week, and the online NZ Herald, were running hilariously funny stories about how we are all going to be engulfed by the sea. Apparently, a couple of scientists (ahem “Scientists”) have started a website showing the entire NZ coastline or some such, and you

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Labour MP Agrees With VFF About Informed Consent

Labour MP Agrees With VFF About Informed Consent

Voices For Freedom voicesforfreedom.co.nz Information Opinion Ok, so the headline is a little cheeky as Voices for Freedom wasn’t around in 2016 but the sentiment remains: Informed consent is critical when it comes to consumers accessing relevant, unbiased information in order to make educated decisions about their

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Can You Help Me?

I was doing some research into National’s new candidate for Tauranga, Sam Uffindell. It struck me that there really was very little information out there about him. The more I dug, the less I found. The guy is a ghost on social media and barely registers in a Google

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The Speaker Will Lose This Battle

David Seymour ACT Party Leader The petty and vindictive trespass orders issued to people who simply visited the Parliament protest shouldn’t stand. The orders will only result in lengthy and costly legal battles and taxpayers will lose. Similar cases have been through the courts and the Speaker lost. A

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Latest Poll: More Labour Pains

The latest Newshub/Reid Research poll is out and Labour pains continue for the ruling party. It is now clear to anyone who cares to note that the polls for Labour are trending down at an increasingly alarming rate. The cost of living crisis has cost the Government dearly with

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