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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 Years 11–13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1–13. alwynpoole.substack.com When
Kineta Knight Kineta Knight is a senior journalist and content producer based in Kaiapoi, North Canterbury. She has worked as a reporter for radio, television, online and print, as well as an editor of lifestyle magazine titles – both throughout New Zealand and the UK. chrislynchmedia.com A new poll shows
Failed Labour nonentity Grant Robertson made a comment in his valedictory speech to parliament saying the tax system is very unfair. Let us take a look at that contention and see if there is anything in it. One of its implications is the usual socialist chestnut that all your money
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Have you noticed the odd way in which the media are handling the government’s crackdown on surplus employees in the Public Service? Very few reporters mention the crazy way in which State Service numbers rocketed ahead by more than 16,000 during Labour’s six
The growing wealth of the country…is mainly concentrated in a few hands, and the number of very rich men is becoming larger. The tendency of wealth to get into fewer hands is becoming more marked. Theodore Roosevelt, 1901 (First Annual Message) It’s not just in New Zealand but
In 1861, William Lowndes Yancey hailed Confederate president Jefferson Davis with, “The man and the hour have met”. How’d that work out for them? Sometimes the man and the hour meet and the man rises to greatness. Think of Churchill in 1940. Then there’s Anthony Albanese. Opposition Leader
If we’re to believe the mainstream media — well, more fool us. Still, if we did, then we’d believe that the 2024 presidential election is a disappointing low-point in American politics: two venal old men with no real policies. The boor versus the dotard. Most especially, we’d believe
bobmccoskrie.com Former President Donald Trump’s position on abortion has previously been unclear looking toward the 2024 presidential election, despite the fact that the former president appointed three Supreme Court justices who ultimately made it possible to overturn Roe v. Wade in June 2022 by a majority vote. He
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz ANY VOLUNTEERS? With the tidal wave of changes to the public service in Wellington recently, the Coalition government is setting up a new ministry to keep up with demand. The new Ministry of Voluntary Redundancies will provide regulation and governance to people choosing to be fired
lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com The National Government has announced just two targets for the Ministry of Social Development. They are: – to reduce the number of people receiving Jobseeker Support by 50,000 to 140,000 by June 2029, and – (alongside HUD) to reduce the number of households in emergency housing by
Geoff Parker A recent letter to a Northland newspaper protested that land acquired for Maori schools had not been returned to iwi when these facilities were closed. Similarly, there’s yet another Maori occupation of private land in the region, claiming it should be returned because it had once been
David Seymour David Seymour is leader of the ACT Party and Associate Minister of Education (Partnership Schools). bassettbrashandhide.com The so-called School Strike for Climate isn’t just a problem for attendance, it is bad for mental health and fixing the climate, too. Monday and Tuesday were days off school
I feel there is a need to shed some light on the actual reality of being a parent of a special needs child as this Government (the one I voted in) has already shown that they don’t quite understand the life we are living and the true challenges we
Willie Jackson, who regularly engages his mouth before his brain, has called Broadcasting Minister Melissa Lee “stupid”. He is making out that Melissa Lee has no idea of how to save the media, while he has all the answers. Willie Jackson, the Labour Party MP who was in charge of
Kenneth Weinstein Kenneth R. Weinstein is Japan Chair at Hudson Institute. realclearwire.com When Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida heads to the White House on Wednesday to meet with President Biden, he comes as the leader of a nation that has quietly become America’s most important ally. But Japan
In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Henry Jones Sr. (Sean Connery) remarks: “I misjudged you, Walter. I knew you would sell your mother for an Etruscan vase. But I didn’t know you would sell out your country and your soul to the slime of humanity.” We might say
