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LETTER FROM THE NORTH 26th November 2020 I have restrained myself from commenting on events in the UK because so much has been happening so quickly and it was hard to decide on what to include in the letter. The government is now splitting into two camps: first, the Boris
Abas Mirzaei Macquarie University The makers of Coon cheese will no doubt have paid close attention to the publicity surrounding Nestle’s rebadging of its Red Skins and Chicos confectionary brands. While the change of Chicos to Cheekies was uncontroversial, the change of Red Skins to Red Ripper – a name
Dear Editor The NZ Labour Manifesto was published 10 days after voting started. The Manifesto defines equality and fairness by its very contradiction, equity and equality of outcome. To implement equity you have to take from someone else, exclude, implement preferential treatment or deny equal treatment based on a characteristic
Kieran Madden maxim.org.nz Prime Minister Ardern is sitting on a shiny mountain of political capital that would, as one editorial pointed out, make Disney’s Scrooge McDuck jealous. The problem for Ardern and her Government is that those arguing for a big spend to tackle child poverty are
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We heard this week that the Labour government is going to sort out the problem of New Zealand having no labourers to pick the fruit and veg this upcoming season. Their response is too little and too late, unfortunately, and fully intertwined with their urgent desire to control businesses by
As we await the Royal Commission report into the unfortunate massacre at Christchurch, some others have been digging into why, precisely, the massacre occurred. Those in the firearms community have known for a very long time that the massacre could have been avoided if Police had done even the most
Housing Bernard Hickey (Stuff): Here’s why you shouldn’t believe what you’re told about the housing market Rob Stock (Stuff): Which prime ministers oversaw the biggest house price increases? Luke Malpass (Stuff): Why this Government must finally grasp the nettle on housing Miriam Bell (Stuff): House price expectations
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In these “modern times”, there is hell to pay if someone puts on black face, wears an American Indian headdress, adorns themselves with facial tattoos (if not of indigenous origin), or plays the part of someone who is not of the same ethnicity in a movie. But if you dress
Totalitarians have always been particularly interested in recruiting children to do their dirty work. From the Hitler Youth to Pavlik Morozov and the Red Guards, unscrupulous authoritarians know that children are easily impressed and often make the most effective snitches. The COVID totalitarians are cottoning on to the same thing.
