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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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
Viv Forbes saltbushclub.com Viv Forbes has been listening to the ABC for over 70 years, since the days of Rus Tyson and “Blue Hills”. It was once the only station trusted for news, weather and rural news. But now he has even stopped watching “Landline” because it too has
At last, Donald Trump has finally said something that all Australians (minus one) can agree on! Donald Trump has declared Kevin Rudd “not the brightest bulb” and suggested the former Labor prime minister wouldn’t be welcome in Washington as ambassador under a second Trump presidency. In an interview with
Ben Terangi Ben Terangi is a freelance journalist writing from Milwaukee. mercatornet.com While the media was busy taking Trump out of context to claim he called for a violent “bloodbath” if he loses November’s election, Vice President Kamala Harris was on the campaign trail giving aid and comfort
The media has reported on a number of occasions the crisis unfolding in the water network in New Zealand. Various parts of the country are struggling with ancient pipes, leaks (most notably in Wellington) and catastrophic failures. The cost to upgrade the water network is well into the billions. The
Kiwibuild? Oh, you lot across the ditch are so amateur when it comes to obviously ludicrous housing policies. 100,000 new homes in ten years? Pfft. Albo upped the ante on Jacinda by promising to build one million new homes in five years. Take that! And, of course, it’s
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz TRANSPARENCY An independent investigation into the Deputy Prime Minister has found that the 78-year-old is probably not going to change his way of doing things any time soon. The research group, The Information Project, says that it was ‘very likely’ that Winston Peters would continue to
Better hold off on that cash-splashing for a while, Britt. Ever since she trousered $2.4 million of Australian taxpayers’ hard-earned, Brittany Higgins and her boyfriend have been whooping it up in exotic locales from the Seychelles to the South of France. But, even as the payout was made, eyebrows
