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Winston Peters Winston Peters is the Leader of New Zealand First, NZ Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Minister of Racing. The above was posted on X on May 6 and reported by Kiwiblog on May 7 bassettbrashandhide.com On Wednesday last week Maori Party MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi gave
Javier Milei Javier Milei is Argentina’s first-ever libertarian president. He is a graduate in Economics from the University of Belgrano. He completed a postgraduate degree in Economic Theory at the Institute of Economic and Social Development and a postgraduate degree in Economics at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.
Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com The following was written on behalf of Hobson’s Pledge: Dear Vice Chancellor Damon Salesa, We are a group of New Zealanders whose primary objective is to fight
He can threaten Winston Peters all he likes, but it’s undeniable that former NSW premier and ALP heavyweight Bob Carr is a vocal proponent of Communist China. In fact, the Financial Review in 2018 openly described Carr as “China’s pawn”. Yet, as the Fin Review noted, Carr was
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz NORMAL PEOPLE WANTED The NZ Greens are doing a succession planning exercise this week, where they are attempting to get reasonable people to become members of their party. “Calling all normal people who can control their emotions, but who still care about the environment. Join the
Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz “Follow the money” is the classic directive to journalists trying to understand where power and influence lie in society. In terms of uncovering who influences various
Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11 – 13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1 – 13. alwynpoole.substack.
Name Withheld In a very important Finance meeting this month, Hamilton City Councillor Sarah Thomson was upset by the word: FUDGE. Yep, the dreaded F-Bomb. It was so bad that it made the lead story on the Waikato Times website, distracting from her fellow (can I use that word?
Jacqui Van Der Kaay Jacqui Van Der Kaay is a former journalist, holds a Masters degree in Political Science from Victoria University of Wellington and has a specialist interest in political leadership, voter behaviour, immigration and how social media affects democracy. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz Parliament’s speaker
The legacy media still aren’t getting it as to why people no longer trust them. A case in point is the puerile questions media were asking about “woke food”. Then they get all upset when the Prime Minister slams them so they go and write articles about it in
I grew up in Victoria (don’t judge me, it wasn’t always the way it’s become), and lived through the dark days of the early 90s. Back then, it seemed that hardly a week went by without another economic calamity: the Pyramid building society collapse, the Tricontinental bank
It looks like Chloe Swarbrick is fast running out of threadbare excuses to hide behind: even a bog-standard lefty like Anthony Albanese admits that her favourite genocide chant is “violent” and “has no place on our streets”. Still think it has a place on the streets of Auckland, Chloe?
Ahron Shapiro aijac.org.au Australian news headlines this morning (May 7) were remarkably consistent. Firstly, they said, Hamas had agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza, and secondly, that Israel had not accepted it and was instead moving ahead with an attack on the southern Gazan city of Rafah, which
He’s a busy boy, is Melbourne’s Mohammad Sharab — and he’s rubbing shoulders with the elite of the Melbourne left. Sharab is, of course, on bail for his alleged part in a shocking kidnapping in Melbourne in March. Along with prominent Muslim activist, Laura Allam, Sharab is accused
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com A couple of weeks back impassioned and possibly drunk, Green MP Julie-Anne Genter, stormed across Parliament, leapt up on a typically non-descript National MP’s desk, lifted her skirt, pulled down her pants and peed on his head. Not content with that, she
