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“One could not learn history from architecture any more than one could learn it from books. Statues, inscriptions, memorial stones, the names of streets – anything that might throw light upon the past had been systematically altered” – George Orwell, 1984. Ingsoc is real. Airstrip One is falling ever-further under the
Jack Vowles Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand’s 2020 general election will be like no other in our history. It comes in the wake of a remarkable government-led act of collective solidarity that has sacrificed businesses and livelihoods in the cause of protecting those who
Almost every person is hopeless at calculating probabilities. If they weren’t, casinos and poker machine operators would be out of business tomorrow. In fact, casinos are so reliant on their customers being so crap at calculating probabilities that they actively ban anyone they suspect of being any good at
Women Generate Less Greenhouse Gas Emissions Than Men during Travel, Study Finds Kiwi women generate fewer greenhouse gas emissions than men during travel. According to research by The University of Otago, women use more diverse modes of travel and generate lower greenhouse gas emissions than men, despite men being more
Following the cancellation of National’s Strike Force Raptor policy Mike Hosking goes on to cite examples of National’s new leadership’s direction and calls them out as “Wet, wet, wet!”. I think with the way National are reversing they are going to have to adopt this for their
Press Release: New Conservative “The government is usurping parental rights when it allows the Ministry of Education to teach distorted scientific facts claiming that girls and boys can be born in the wrong body,” says Helen Houghton. The recommendation from the Education and Workforce Select Committee, after receiving Helen Houghton’
‘Inappropriately armed’: NZ First calls for review of police firearms New Zealand First is calling for an independent review into the arming of frontline police officers with military-grade assault rifles. Semi-automatics are routinely stored in a lock box in patrol cars. The party says scrapping the Police Armed
The prime minister has expressed her anger at the fact that The Warehouse Group is about to lay off 1,080 workers. She is particularly angry because the company accepted the government wage subsidy in March, taking $68 million in government subsidies at that time. This week alone, we have
The take-over is a fait accompli. The civil service walks in a left-wing goose-step. Our universities are left-wing. Our teachers are too, as is our education system. Our corporates toe the line. Our parliamentarians, generally speaking, are, and our legal system sways to the left in
The National Party seems intent on ceding as much ground to their opponents as possible. They are marching back from their previous positions faster than a French Army. The latest retreat is abandoning National’s credentials on crime: National is distancing itself from its controversial Strike Force Raptor proposal, saying
Maori Party co-Leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer has called new National leader Todd Muller a racist. “Muller is showing himself as a racist who has no respect for tangata whenua needs,” Seriously? How many hats is Muller going to have to put in a box at the back of the
Prime Minister says if each of us spend $100 a day in our local economy things should come right. She is living in a different reality from the citizens of New Zealand, we don't have access to this much money in a week. — Pamela Taylor (@PamelaT34912263) June 10,
It was one of those awkward moments, you go for a handshake, he goes for a fist bump, you quickly change your open hand into a fist as he switches to a handshake and palms your fist. Maybe if we just say ‘palm my fist’ from now on things will
Thanks a billion, “Black Lives Matter” morons. That’s the estimated cost of your weekend of copy-cat protests by Australian leftist rent-a-crowds jumping on the latest leftist fad imported from America. Black Lives Matter protests are expected to delay the easing of COVID-19 restrictions by at
It seems to have dawned on even the dim wits of the elite that they overplayed their hand with last weekend’s copy-cat demonstrations. Australians are venting their pent-up fury after being subjected to months of unnecessary, devastating restrictions, and then seeing thousands of bandwagon-jumping rent-a-
