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Is It Mana or Money?

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com When Meridian Energy was seeking resource consents for a West Coast hydro dam proposal in 2010, local Maori “strenuously” objected, claiming their mana was inextricably linked to ‘their’ river and could be damaged. After receiving a financial payment from the company however, the Ngai Tahu

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It’s Cronyism, Pure and Simple

It’s Cronyism, Pure and Simple

Paula Bennett’s pay off for raising millions of dollars of donations for the National Party has been realised. She’s been appointed chair of Pharmac in a brazen display of cronyism from the Government: Former Deputy Prime Minister Paula Bennett has been appointed the new chair of the national

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The Numbers Favor Our Side

Bill Rice Bill Rice, Jr is a freelance journalist in Troy, Alabama. brownstone.org For me, it’s not difficult to see what the world’s real rulers are trying to achieve. They’re trying to obtain more power and control for themselves. In fact, they’ve largely already achieved

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A White Horse Rampaged through the Streets of London

A White Horse Rampaged through the Streets of London

Michael Michael Snyder’s extremely controversial new book entitled Chaos is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written seven other books that are available on Amazon.com including End Times, 7 Year Apocalypse, Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America, The Beginning Of

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Just the Tip of the Iceberg

Just the Tip of the Iceberg

Duggan Flanakin Duggan Flanakin is a senior policy analyst with the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow. A former senior fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Mr Flanakin authored definitive works on the creation of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and on environmental education in Texas. cfact.org “Power

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It’s Just Too Much Government

It’s Just Too Much Government

David Leyonhjelm David Leyonhjelm was an Australian senator from 2014 to 2019 representing New South Wales for the Liberal Democratic Party. Notable for his libertarian consistency, David’s work in Senate Estimates attracted acclaim worldwide for its forensic examination of government waste. Professionally, he is a veterinarian and agribusiness consultant.

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ACC Pays $9.6m for C-19 Vaccine Injuries

ACC Pays $9.6m for C-19 Vaccine Injuries

Chris Lynch Chris Lynch is a journalist, videographer and content producer, broadcasting from his independent news and production company in Christchurch, New Zealand. chrislynchmedia.com The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) in New Zealand has paid out over $9.6 million to 1,664 people injured by the Covid-19 vaccine. Injuries

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A Critical Cusp – Lest We Forget

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Mary Hobbs, photographer, writer and publisher shares a poignant account of Anzac Day, reflecting on its history and its significance in the here and now as we stand on a seemingly critical cusp for the future of humanity. With national and

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And What of Our Future?

And What of Our Future?

Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made. JRR Tolkien Popular products still missing from supermarket shelves and school attendance and labour productivity below par: it’s the sick-note culture, as they’re calling it in the UK after the

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Simon Wilson Well Wide of the Mark
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Simon Wilson Well Wide of the Mark

I was browsing articles on the Herald website when I came across a headline: ‘Strong Leaders’, a ‘rigged’ economy and ‘poll of doom’. The writer was none other than our old friend Simon Wilson. Because the Herald holds Simon in such high regard (goodness knows why), it was a premium

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Why Karl Marx Desperately Needed Jordan Peterson’s Advice

Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org As I make my way through Paul Kengor’s wonderful book The Devil and Karl Marx, numerous things stand out about the father of communism. It’s not an exaggeration

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Magic Rock Off-Limits to Whitey

Magic Rock Off-Limits to Whitey

Imagine if the “Voice” referendum had actually passed — well, what, exactly, would have been any different? Because, day by day, we’re seeing imposed by stealth exactly what Australians rejected so emphatically at the ballot box. Not least the very thing which so many cited as their primary reason for

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What Don’t They Want Us to See?

What Don’t They Want Us to See?

As the Albanese government digs in ever deeper on Labor’s latest attempt to impose censorship (never forget that Julia Gillard tried to impose a government censor on the media), it’s worth asking: why? Why is Labor so especially determined to censor footage of a Muslim extremist stabbing a

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A Digital Dark Age

Bob Day Bob’s contribution to the Australian community has been reflected in a wide range of appointments including National President of the Housing Industry Association, Co-Founder and Inaugural President of Independent Contractors of Australia, Director of The Centre for Independent Studies, and Senator for South Australia. libertyitch.com ‘We

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They Were from the Govt and They Wanted to Help

They Were from the Govt and They Wanted to Help

When Christopher Hitchens met Margaret Thatcher, whom he then regarded as the Devil incarnate, he came away with “the uneasy but unbanishable feeling that on some essential matters she might be right”. Similarly, back when I was young and naive (i.e. stupid) enough to still believe in left-wing politics,

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Europe Is Going New Punk

Europe Is Going New Punk

With approximately half the world to go to the polls over the next year, the left-media are wringing their hands in despair at the march of the “far right”. By which, of course, they mean anyone slightly to the left of Marx, Marcuse and Fanon. From Argentina to Europe, voters

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