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China’s message to New Zealand

China’s message to New Zealand

Geoffrey Miller Geoffrey Miller is the Democracy Project’s geopolitical analyst and writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues. He has lived in Germany and the Middle East and is a learner of Arabic and Russian. He is currently working on a PhD at the University

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The Unfortunate potential for political violence in NZ

The Unfortunate potential for political violence in NZ

Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards The assassination attempt on US presidential candidate Donald Trump is a reflection on how toxic and polarised politics has become in that country. When people attempt to carry out assassinations, we can hope that these are isolated aberrations, but the fear is always that

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I Would Scrap Many of Wellington’s Cycleways

I Would Scrap Many of Wellington’s Cycleways

Gary Moller Gary Moller is a Health Practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. Having ridden Wellington’s streets almost daily for 50

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Trump Is Going to Win?

It’s pretty much a given that Trump will win the US election, right? Not so fast. If you’re like me, you’ll remember watching the election and seeing Trump winning in state after state. Then the next morning seeing Biden winning those same states, almost as if everyone

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Now Where From Here?

Now Where From Here?

Simon O’Connor Husband, step-father, and longtime student of philosophy and history. Also happen to be a former politician, including chairing New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Committee. An enormous amount of ink is going to be used to discuss [the] assassination attempt on Donald Trump. This

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To Fix the Disruptions to Our Society
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To Fix the Disruptions to Our Society

JD The disruptions of NZ society by radical Maori, driven to some degree by Te Pati Maori and ably abetted by the MSM, beg the question of its genesis. How is it that these protests can be so readily organised? One simple answer is that Maori are easily identified or

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The Left’s Rhetoric against Trump

The Left’s Rhetoric against Trump

DTNZ Before he was shot at a campaign rally, former US President Donald Trump faced a barrage of threats from Leftist ‘liberals’, including state broadcaster TVNZ. While the attempted assassination of Donald Trump has been roundly condemned by his political opponents, liberal politicians and pundits have – implicitly and explicitly – called

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NZ Politics Daily: 16 July 2024

NZ Politics Daily: 16 July 2024

Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL DIVISION Maiki Sherman (1News): Darleen Tana: ‘I’ve been silenced, I’ve been isolated’ Tom Kitchin (RNZ): The Detail: It's not easy being Green Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Ex-Green MP Darleen Tana: ‘Easiest thing’ might be to leave Parliament

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Raise Your Fist for Freedom
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Raise Your Fist for Freedom

In the immediate aftermath of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump it was a strong and defiant Trump who stood and raised his fist to show the crowd he was fine despite the attempt on his life and his own blood dripping from his face. And then the media and

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Gut Reactions

Gut Reactions

Republished with Permission Author: Chris Trotter AS ANGRY TRUMP SUPPORTERS filed out of the Butler showgrounds, many paused to hurl abuse at the media pack. As they vented their anger upon the assembled “mainstream” journalists, I couldn’t help recalling the behaviour of an even angrier crowd as it filed

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A Nation Reinvented: 40 Years On

A Nation Reinvented: 40 Years On

Richard Shaw, Massey University It’s easy to look back at the bad haircuts, beige clothes and brown Beehive carpets and chuckle. But whatever one’s views on its aesthetics, the Fourth Labour Government – elected 40 years ago on July 14 – was no laughing matter. After nine years of economic

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The Fraught Relationship Between Science and Power

The Fraught Relationship Between Science and Power

Toby Rogers Toby Rogers has a PhD in political economy from the University of Sydney in Australia and a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of California, Berkeley. I would like to start a conversation on the relationship between science and power. By “science” I mean the field

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Takes From the Latest Curia Poll
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Takes From the Latest Curia Poll

The latest Taxpayers Union Curia Poll makes for good reading if you come from the centre-right. National and New Zealand First made gains (two per cent and 1.7 per cent) while ACT stayed pretty much unchanged. The party to suffer most on the left was Labour (down 3.

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It’s Time to Split Foodstuffs – Not Make It Stronger

It’s Time to Split Foodstuffs – Not Make It Stronger

Lisa Asher, University of Sydney and Catherine Sutton-Brady, University of Sydney The proposed merger of Foodstuffs North Island and Foodstuffs South Island raises the prospect of even less choice for New Zealanders in what is an already heavily concentrated market. But will regulators prevent it from happening? New Zealand

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We’ve Had Enough of the Whingers

We’ve Had Enough of the Whingers

The Waikato Settlement Centre is a building in central Hamilton to support immigrants and refugees from around the world. The recently revamped and extended building, partly funded by Hamilton City Council, was due to open last Thursday but that got cancelled when there was news of a planned Palestinian protest

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