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Tani Newton A near-continuous chorus of toots, cheers and waves greeted a gathering in central Gisborne last Wednesday. About 70 people met in Grey Street, holding signs, shouting messages and chalking on footpaths, to protest the controversial ‘upgrade’ of two blocks in the busy CBD. The project is being carried
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GREENS Anneke Smith (RNZ): Tana 'likely' knew about allegations of worker exploitation - investigation Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The Greens are responsible for tidying up their Darleen Tana mess Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Why the Greens hate party waka-jumping law and will be
Bryce Edwards has written a very good piece at The Democracy Project outlining the issues The Greens face in the Darleen Tana saga and it is his view that they are all of the Greens’ own making. Yesterday, the Green Party did its best to paint a picture in which
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards Yesterday, the Green Party did its best to paint a picture in which it is the victims of Darleen Tana. Naturally, there will be sympathy for the plight of a party embarrassed by an aberrant MP who appears to have misbehaved and looks to
Antonio Graceffo Antonio Graceffo, PhD, China-MBA MBA, is a China economic analyst teaching economics at the American University in Mongolia. He has spent 20 years in Asia and is the author of six books about China. On Sunday, 26 May 2024, Islamic gunmen stormed an Orthodox Christian church in Russia’
Duggan Flanakin Duggan Flanakin is a senior policy analyst with the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow. Six years ago, the World Economic Forum reported that insects are “good grub,” citing a Meticulous Research study predicting that the global market for edible insects could grow to $1.18 billion by 2023
Nate Jackson Nate Jackson contributes Posts at The Patriot Post site. His career in political analysis began in arguments about Reaganomics with his eighth grade American History teacher. Kamala Harris’s affair with Willie Brown, 31 years her senior, helped launch her career in the 1990s. He gave her two
The results of the UK election last Thursday threw up some interesting propositions. Sky News Australia provided, largely through Sky News UK, complete coverage of the results and associated commentary. Their own Laura Jayes, a journalist of a higher calibre than anyone we have to offer, complemented their coverage at
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GREENS RNZ: Greens will have 'sensitive' talks on invoking waka-jumping rule Andrew Geddis (Spinoff): So what’s the point of the party-hopping law, again? Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Darleen Tana and Greens destined for waka-jumping showdown after party ejection, leaving future as MP
The Greens are looking quite pathetic as they are now literally begging Darleen Tana to resign from parliament, mainly because she’s embarrassed them but also because they want her to resign so the next Green womble can come in on the list. The Green Party has asked MP Darleen
The Green Party has been left pleading with its now-ex member, Darleen Tana, to resign from Parliament after an elongated investigation into the MP’s links with migrant exploitation claims. A Stuff investigation, published in March, revealed links between Tana and migrant exploitation allegations at her husband’s bike shop.
Republished with Permission Author: Chris Trotter IT’S A POLITICAL MYSTERY, this alliance between the Left and well-connected property developers. The Right’s covert dealings with commercial greed-heads has for long been a disreputable feature of its brand. The Left, to its credit, still has to work at corruption. Doing
James Fite Editor-at-Large: James is our wordsmith extraordinaire, a legislation hound and lover of all things self-reliant and free. An author of politics and fiction at LibertyNation.com (often one and the same) he homesteads in the Arkansas wilderness. For the last few years, Kamala Harris has been panned by
Damon Hayhow Damon is the founder of the National Recomposition Institute and creator and founder of the Recomposer software system. He was also formerly the Australian Ambassador to the International Society of Sports Nutrition, president of the World Powerlifting Congress Australia and an Australian Champion in Bodybuilding and Powerlifting. A
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week. It’s intriguing to arrive in a foreign land on the eve of their General Election. Just why the United Kingdom votes on
