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Tani Newton A man walked free from the Gisborne District Court on Friday morning after a trial that has dragged on for nearly two years. Bruza Groves, 60, said that he believed the judge had taken the “easy way out” by citing the Bill of Rights Act (BORA). In January
Gary Moller Gary Moller is a health practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. garymoller.com “Many small parts make a fabulous whole
The election has been had. The coalition agreement is in place. For those of us on the right there is much to like; for those on the left it is a different story. Many of their expensive ideological policies have quite rightly gone. These include the racist policies brought in
lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com A hugely significant gain for ACT is somewhat camouflaged by legislative jargon. Under the heading ‘Oranga Tamariki’ ACT’s coalition agreement contains the following item: • Remove Section 7AA from the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 According to Oranga Tamariki: “Section 7AA is our practical commitment to the principles
Late on Thursday night I got up to go to the bathroom. I had been sick for two days and had probably become dehydrated, which contributed to my potassium levels dropping and therefore low blood pressure. When I stood up it was lights out. I woke up face down on
Speaking to Q+A, the new finance minister suggested the outgoing Labour Government had left “some nasty surprises” in the form of “pretty significant” fiscal risks. “It’s fair to say that the outgoing government has left us with some nasty surprises. There are some fiscal risks that are pretty
Mark Angelides libertynation.com Close advisers to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are reportedly suggesting that the end to war is on the horizon – but not necessarily in the way the nation’s leader might have hoped. When Russian forces invaded Ukraine almost two years ago, the world rallied to the
Auckland Transport wants shopping centres to proactively manage traffic during Black Friday sales and the Christmas shopping period. Of course they do. The call follows some shoppers waiting more than three hours to leave the Westfield Mall in Newmarket on Saturday. […] AT’s executive general public transport services Stacey van
Bonner Cohen, PhD Bonner R Cohen is a senior fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research, where he concentrates on energy, natural resources, and international relations. He also serves as a senior policy adviser with the Heartland Institute, senior policy analyst with the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow,
Ashley Church israelinstitute.nz Anyone watching the global media coverage of the current conflict between the State of Israel and Hamas could be excused for forming the view that Israel is some sort of ruthless aggressor – totally focused on eliminating Palestinian civilians in an act of revenge. But is this
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com The World Health Organisation (WHO) is behind the implementation of amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR), the seriousness of which was recently ignorantly dismissed by Dr Michael Baker. New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science (NZDSOS) have written extensively about
Viv Forbes Australia’s ALP/Green government and their media mates are using subsidies, taxes and outright propaganda in a suicidal attempt to move the whole country to 82 per cent ‘renewable’ energy by 2030 and ‘Net-Zero Emissions by 2050’. Canny Aussies are buying diesel generators. Here is our
Joining Newshub Nation on Saturday, ACT leader and incoming Regulation Minister David Seymour admitted coalition partners National and NZ First were sceptical of the [Treaty] referendum. He said the compromise was a law be drafted, debated in Parliament and sent to a Select Committee. That would “allow people to have
Luke Tetley-Jones familyfirst.org.nz Have Kiwis lost their voice? The kiwi has always been a flightless bird, but is it now also mute? We’ve seen an alarming increase in political tension over the past couple years with issues around covid, transgender issues and government etc. that it’
Poor Boofhead. No matter how hard he tries to toady up to the cool COP kids, they just keep giving him wedgies and shoving his head in the toilet. As reported yesterday by The BFD, Chris Bowen is preparing to strut his stuff at COP28 by trying on the climate
If you needed no other argument against lowering the voting age — in fact, if you want an argument for raising the voting age — you need only look at Melbourne yesterday. It was like a scene out of Triumph of the Will, with keffiyehs in place of brown shirts. Hundreds of
