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The New Zealand Initiative is an evidence-based think tank and research institute contributing to public policy discussion. Should the government buy medicines for people who could afford the drugs themselves? This is one question asked in a new report by think tank The New Zealand Initiative. Written by Bryce
Information Satire A survey conducted amongst all serving MPs has shown over half of them are missing out on secret affairs, a bit on the side and general hanky-panky. In a special 11am news conference, the Prime Minister and the Speaker Trevor Mallard lamented the disparity within parliament and
In my circle of friends and acquaintances there are several who range in areas to the left of centre. Some of them are just mildly so with a “feelgood” attitude that everybody deserves a fair go, while others are so far out in left field with their thinking, that they’
It seems that Tova O’Brien has mobilised to try and destroy Judith Collins after Newshub’s dodgy poll was slated. Yesterday we saw a milk moustache on a 14-year-old as news, a story about Judith Collins’s eyebrows and then their word soup polling. Someone is acting
If you are a hard worker and do your best to get ahead in life, then may I state the obvious: don’t vote Green at this election. I don’t know what these people are smoking but their major overarching policy is to burn a hole in your back
RT Hon Winston Peters Deputy Prime MinisterForeign Affairs The New Zealand Government has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and made a number of other changes in light of China’s decision to pass a national security law for Hong Kong, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says. “China’s
There are few things you can rely on in politics, but Golriz Gharaman reacting to valid comments about a queue-jumping ratbag from Iran is one of them. Like a starving dog she bit at the comments from Judith Collins over his shameless queue-jumping: Golriz Ghahraman has hit out
Awwwwww….. Cheeky… Cutie pie……. OMG literally Hitler!… Autistic left-wing screeching…
Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has perfected the Bart Simpson response: I didn’t do it. Nobody saw me do it. You can’t prove a thing. Andrews first tested this line during the Red Shirts scandal but has since made it a dark political art. Nowhere more so than in
Kindness, in moral philosophy, is a behaviour marked by the ethical characteristics of concern and consideration for others. Aristotle, in Book II of Rhetoric, defines kindness as: “helpfulness towards someone in need, not in return for anything, nor for the advantage of the helper himself, but for that of the
Mark Twain famously said, “there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics”. All too often, statistics are used to mislead people. We are taught that numbers are to be trusted as facts, so they make powerful weapons in the hands of people who want to twist the
If it’s necessary to tear down statues of Edward Colston, shouldn’t it likewise be necessary to tear down mosques? After all, both are monuments to slave traders from centuries ago. The BLM movement, and the left generally, focus exclusively on the slave trade as practised by white Europeans.
Questions to Ministers KIRITAPU ALLAN to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy in the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic? Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by her statement in the House on 22 July, “On
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