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I completed the quiz and answered all the extra questions. Don’t be afraid if the answers supplied don’t match your view to click on the OTHER STANCES option to find answers that do. Here are my results: Considering that I am the editor of a conservative new media
Thornton Blackmore A recent article published by Cantabrian farmer David Clark on The BFD has highlighted the plight of the agricultural sector if the far-left radicals occupying Parliament are to be re-elected this month. To say that the primary industries are under siege by the state is no
Election Claire Trevett (Herald): Jacinda Ardern’s safe campaign v Judith Collins’ ‘one chance’ (paywalled) Audrey Young (Herald): Matchmaker matchmaker, find me a support partner (paywalled) Audrey Young (Herald): Audrey Young – our political editor’s take on this election campaign (paywalled) Thomas Manch (Stuff): ‘Covid-19 election’ confirmed in new
A week ago I described Jacinda Ardern as the Mary Poppins of New Zealand Politics. I posted this on Facebook as well: And Pixy produced this image: Over the weekend the BBC show Spitting Image released a new show that featured Jacinda Ardern as Mary Poppins. Award-winning British political
Commitment and loyalty do not appear to be traits that today’s backstabber of the day Denise Lee has judging by her political track record and her disloyal actions this week towards both National leader Judith Collins and the National party. Denise Lee stood for C&R and then
Hobson’s Pledge Trust hobsonspledge.nz At last, a political leader has asserted that everyone in New Zealand owns the water, and that was National Party Leader Judith Collins. National believes water “belongs to everyone, but is owned by no one”, and would work with local councils, iwi, and community
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The danger signs for the Democrats keep piling up. Proclaiming a debate victory solely because their candidate didn’t fall asleep at the podium is hardly a vote of confidence. But worse for the Democrats is the increasingly obvious fact that months of left-wing violence are leaving middle America
We have now had two leaders’ debates. Before getting to the performance of the two leaders I must pay a compliment to the moderators, John Campbell and Paddy Gower, neither of whom along with Jacinda normally light my fire. But credit where credit is due. Campbell, as Mike Hosking pointed
Now that we are into the election campaign proper we have replaced Political corner (which only looked at one party at a time) with a regular snapshot of electioneering across the board on Social Media. National Party Labour Party NZ First Green Party ACT Party Advance NZ New Consevative Maori
Peter van Zweeden littlepinkcasket.co.nz Peter van Zweeden is a 58-year-old chiropractor from Tauranga. He has a Bachelor of Science from Victoria University, where he majored in genetics and embryology, and a Bachelor of Applied Science in chiropractic from the Phillip Institute of Technology in Melbourne. It
Dr David Cumin israelinstitute.nz Documents obtained under the Official Information Act by the Israel Institute of New Zealand show that, for the first time ever, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) briefed the minister about hate and incitement to violence taught in NZ-funded UNRWA schools. However,
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Way back in August 2017, not long before New Zealand’s last General Election, Jacinda Ardern stood before a bunch of enthralled, mainly Pacifica school kids at Kelston Girls High and announced that should the Labour Party win the upcoming election, they would give five ‘free‘ driving lessons, a defensive
