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Know Us By Our Deeds – Light Rail

Know Us By Our Deeds – Light Rail

The Prime Minister has told us that we will know her party by their deeds. At the last election Jacinda Ardern promised light rail to Mt Roskill before 2021. As is becoming an unfortunate habit of Jacinda Ardern that promise was in fact just a slogan and that is where

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We Are Officially in Recession

We Are Officially in Recession

PREFU and the June quarter GDP numbers have been announced this week. Yes, we all knew the numbers were going to be bad. But how bad? Well, the answer is very bad, yet the media, on both occasions, has played it down, saying (quoting the politicians) that things are ‘not

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Dictator Dan’s Crown Rests Uneasy

Dictator Dan’s Crown Rests Uneasy

As video after video of over-zealous policing and story after story of isolation-induced despair and fury emerge from Victoria, it’s becoming more and more undeniable that premier Daniel Andrews has become an elected dictator. Curfews, citizens confined to home 23 hours a day and monstered by brutally

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A “Very, Very Deadly” Virus

A “Very, Very Deadly” Virus

Editorial Note: The death toll is now 25 Our Coalition Government hasn’t got a lot to choose from when it comes to appointing some of them to Ministerial positions. The situation has been made even worse by some of the original selections having to be fired for sundry reasons.

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Ardern’s COVID Rules Are a Joke

Jacinda Ardern needs to get with the implementation of her rules. She does her pathetic little stand up every afternoon, making the Guinness Book of Records for the most facial contortions in half an hour, while using COVID as an electioneering platform. She gets out her little red book of

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Billion-Dollar Investment at Risk

Billion-Dollar Investment at Risk

As I write this, staff from the New Zealand Transport Agency and the Waikato Regional Council are trying to block resource consent for a billion-dollar investment by Sleepyhead. The well-known bed maker is looking at moving from Auckland to Ohinewai in the Waikato so its employees can have

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A FREE Taste of Insight: Politics Podcast Episode 22

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Fake News by Stuff Targets Napier Candidate Deborah Burnside

Fake News by Stuff Targets Napier Candidate Deborah Burnside

Press Release: New Conservative Editors note: Stuff has pulled their fake news report, but at the time of writing there has been no retraction or apology. New Conservative’s candidate for Napier (and cancer survivor), Deborah Burnside, has been the target of a fake news article by Stuff, which has

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Know Us By Our Deeds – Fees Free Gone

Know Us By Our Deeds – Fees Free Gone

The Prime Minister has said that we should know her Government by their deeds. So far those deeds haven’t amounted to much more than non-delivery of bumper sticker slogans. But we are implored to “keep moving”. One of their flagship policies at the last election was the fees-

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Letter From Myanmar

Letter From Myanmar

With the forthcoming elections coming up in Myanmar (November 8th) the situation is getting interesting. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) will undoubtedly win a majority again, even with 25% of the parliamentary seats reserved for the Tatmadaw (Military). There are some minor parties standing,

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