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Will Winston Scotch the Ihumatao Deal?
At 1.8% in the latest poll it is hard to see New Zealand First reaching the 5% threshold between now and September 12, that’s about ten weeks. There are some who are saying that he shouldn’t be written off and, if history is anything to go by,
How Dare You!
Finally, after 6 weeks of almost nonstop rain, we had a beautiful sunny weekend in the Valley. Summer has finally decided to turn up, even if just for a couple of days. However, the tourists stayed away. The place is deserted. There is one simple reason for that. Presidential Elections
Show Me the Kindness
Jacinda travelled to Queenstown last week to announce $85 million of government funding, aimed at assisting the town’s Town Centre project and also to help fund stage one of Queenstown’s Arterials projects. These projects are not of immediate assistance to the tourism sector, but will be funded partly
Face of the Day
The most anticipated political memoir of the year. A frank account from National MP Judith Collins of the highs and lows of a political life. From her humble beginnings as the youngest daughter of Labour-voting farming parents, Judith Collins has carved a path to almost the very top of
The Brutal Business of Politics: Judith Collins Discusses Memoir, John Key, David Bain, and Being a Survivor
“U awake.” The text message that sealed Judith Collins’ political future arrived at 6.57am. Then-Prime Minister John Key had received a copy of an email which appeared to directly implicate his most powerful female minister in the Dirty Politics scandal raging during the 2014 election campaign. Before the
Trump Defends Real Women
Aided by a US Supreme Court ruling allowing a 1964 law barring discrimination against women or men, transgender activists have begun going after laws preventing biological males from competing in women’s sports. Unfortunately for them, the Trump Administration is having none of it. Breitbart reports. President Donald Trump’s
Just a PPE Dream
Chris Penk The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Just a PPE dream As we’ve seen, the perception of widely available testing proved, on closer inspection, to be a mirage. A similarly elusive image appeared on the
Things That Make Me Go Hmm
Here in New Zealand, we trusted our incompetent government to maintain our borders and to keep us safe by enforcing high quarantine standards. Meanwhile in America… U.S. NEWS Federal Authorities Sent $1.4 Billion In Stimulus Checks to 1 Million Dead People
Can I Pay for Your Shopping?
Cathy Buckle cathybuckle.co.zw Cathy Buckle and her well-known blog, Letters from Zimbabwe, featuring eye witness accounts of daily life in Zimbabwe, has been running since February 2000. It is sent to subscribers around the world and is regularly featured by a number of international print and broadcast
In Defence of Our Colonial Past
Some people, it seems, are smarting from ‘white guilt’ and looking ahead in hope – of course through pink-lensed spectacles – to a chardonnay-infused, post-colonial future. One such anonymous person, considerably younger than me I must admit, wrote an open letter to his or her old private school via
Good News, Anne Tolley Has Seen the Writing on the Wall
One of the thickest and meanest MPs in the National Party, Anne Tolley, has seen the writing on the wall after dying in a ditch to back Simon Bridges. Veteran National MP and former minister Anne Tolley has announced she’s retiring from Parliament this year, saying she wants to
A Free Taste of an Insight Politics Article
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Faces of the Day
‘Juice Cinda’: New beer celebrates Prime Minister’s kindness, ‘exceptional leadership’ Have you ever wondered what Jacinda Ardern’s kindness would taste like – if it was a beer? .newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2020/06/juice-cinda-new-beer-celebrates-prime-minister-s-kindness-exceptional-leadership.html
Punished by the Left for Kindness
It’s hard to find something more innocuous than a teddy bear. It’s difficult to imagine a kinder act than a teenager who founds a non-profit enterprise to support the children of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Blue Line Bears is the creation of