Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz Increasingly the New Zealand Parliament is becoming a place for the affluent. New research out today on the socioeconomic and occupational backgrounds of those in the
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Imagine you have some friends at your house for a social gathering. Suddenly a gun-toting criminal bursts in the door with a shotgun, takes aim at one of your chums and opens fire. Your friend is lying on the floor, dead, with a gaping hole in his chest. Shocking
lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com While Thursday morning’s news heralded 134 job losses at the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Social Development has just announced their own plan to achieve the 6.5% savings requested by the new government: We will begin by offering people in some parts of our
John Porter With Critical Race Theory (CRT), we face a doctrine deeply embedded for decades with its genesis in Marxism. I have written earlier that we should all have serious concerns about the incremental creep of CRT into our lives and also into our country’s culture and governance. The
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.realitycheck.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com Some politicians just don’t get the concept of democracy. That every New Zealander, citizen and resident, gets to cast a
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Here is the replay of The Crunch from this week. My guests this week were Alwyn Poole, Gary Moller and, of course, we have the Buddies. Enjoy! ALWYN POOLE: Education Specialist: On The State Of NZ’s Education System; Concerning Statistics, Potential Impacts And Solutions Education specialist Alwyn Poole drops
The fraudulent ‘Aotearoa’ will be a fully-fledged, dangerous, poverty-ridden, third-world mess. Please don’t let our country’s continuing slide into a racist quagmire be your legacy. If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.
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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo was the view from the Bridge of the Hikawa Maru (93-year-old historic ship, open to tourists) looking
