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Replay Radio: The Crunch
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Replay Radio: The Crunch

Here is the replay of The Crunch from this week. My guests this week were Winston Peters, Simon Lusk, David Farrar and, of course, we have the Buddies. Enjoy! WINSTON PETERS: On The Legacy Media Misrepresentation Of His State Of The Nation Speech And Some Foreign Affairs Winston Peters joins

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The Unhappy Woke 

The Unhappy Woke 

A study surveyed 5,000 adult participants and found that those who are “woke” are more depressed, have more anxiety and lack happiness. As reported, “Being more anxious and depressed and less happy was more pronounced in” those who consider social justice, believe the Net Zero scam and make a

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Sweden’s Results Speak for Themselves

Sweden’s Results Speak for Themselves

Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org Gore Vidal once said “I told you so” are the four most beautiful words in the English language. Perhaps this is why it’s difficult to resist sharing new data

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Rudd Better Buy Himself a Dog

Rudd Better Buy Himself a Dog

The famous saying is: “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog”. Kevin Rudd might want to start touring the animal shelters for a mate or two. The congressional Republicans most likely to come to Kevin Rudd’s defence after he endured sharp criticism from Donald Trump have

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Biden Can’t Beat Trump’s Abortion Law

Biden Can’t Beat Trump’s Abortion Law

Naomi Cahn Professor of Law, University of Virginia Alan Morrison Professor of public interest and public service law, George Washington University Sonia Suter Professor of law, George Washington UniversityNaomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia President Joe Biden promised during his State of the Union address on March 7,

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Should Discrimination Always Be Against the Law?

Should Discrimination Always Be Against the Law?

Luke Beck Professor of Constitutional Law, Monash University On March 21, the federal government will release the Australian Law Reform Commission’s report on ensuring religious schools cannot discriminate against LGBTQIA+ students and staff. But the political debate is already well under way – and has been going on since 2017.

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Winston Goes Hard on the Chumbawamba Song
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Winston Goes Hard on the Chumbawamba Song

Rosemary Abbott whakatakitimes.nz THE THRILL OF THE FIGHT Winston Peters is once again not backing down. Our mainstream news media are currently obsessing over the fact that he used former UK band Chumbawamba’s “Tubthumping,” in one of his campaigns, without asking permission first. The band reportedly wish to

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Has the Wave of Woke Broke?

Has the Wave of Woke Broke?

Have we indeed reached Peak Woke? By which of course, I do not mean a peak of Wokeist drooling idiocy. Like all human stupidities, that one is a never-ending river of lunacy. No, what I mean is that we appear to have reached the end of the tether of normal

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Govt Announces Drought Support for Canterbury and Otago

Hon Todd McClay Minister of Agriculture Hon Mark Patterson Minister for Rural Communities The Coalition Government is expanding the medium-scale adverse event classification in place for the Marlborough, Nelson, and Tasman districts to cover the Canterbury and Otago regions, Agriculture Minister Todd McClay announced Wednesday. “I have made this decision

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Belly Laughing Is Good for You

The Human Race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter’. – Mark Twain The Bay of Plenty BFD group met recently for dinner together with interesting speakers. New Zealand has been through ARDUOUS (or some say ADERNOUS) years that have been horrendous. It has affected Kiwis personally and the

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Essential Services for the Disabled Are Still There

Hon Penny Simmonds Minister for Disability Issues No disabled person will lose access to funding for essential services, equipment, or support, despite a forecast budget overrun in the disability support appropriation says Minister for Disability Issues Hon Penny Simmonds. “The changes that the Ministry for Disabled People, Whaikaha is making,

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Are You Concerned About the New Coalition?
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Are You Concerned About the New Coalition?

Rod Kane One of the good things about getting to your 70s and still having enough ability to walk or ride a bike and enough nous to argue in comfort, is the fact that we no longer care what you think. We didn’t get to this age because we

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Ensuring New Zealand Has a Secure Fuel Supply
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Ensuring New Zealand Has a Secure Fuel Supply

Hon Shane Jones Associate Minister for Energy Associate Energy Minister Shane Jones is investigating the feasibility of reopening the Marsden Point Oil Refinery as part of the Coalition Government’s work on ensuring New Zealand has a secure fuel supply. An investigation into a possible reopening of the refinery in

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These Morons Should Never Be Trusted Ever Again
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These Morons Should Never Be Trusted Ever Again

Chris Hipkins has admitted that Labour’s flagship policies for the 2017 election were “undeliverable”, and yet they blew millions upon millions in trying to deliver the “undeliverable”. This is economic vandalism and proves that any promise they make in the future should be ignored. Worse though is that they

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This Is Not Mecca…This Is New Zealand
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This Is Not Mecca…This Is New Zealand

Brian Tamaki Brian Tamaki has spoken up strongly stating, “I Call for the Mayor of Wellington, Tory Whanau, to resign immediately if the Wellington Council does not cancel the investigations into broadcasting of Islamic Prayer Calls that they passed last week. The 11 Councillors who voted for this need to

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