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Winston Peters only gave a single one on one interview on election night, and it was with me. This was recorded just before he walked down the waterfront at Russell to speak to his supporters. Help Fund Our NewsDesk We are building a NewsDesk, hiring journalists and taking the fight
The three parties campaigning to change the Government, National, ACT and NZ First, secured over 54 per cent of the vote, while the three pro-Government parties received 40 per cent. In terms of seats, it’s 69 (with NZ First) to 52, indicating a shift to the putative conservative right
Pollster David Farrar told media this was the biggest swing since the emergence of the two-party system in 1938, serving as an indication of just how significant this turnaround was. Key Labour candidates lost electorate seats in defeats that no one saw coming. Michael Wood lost Mount Roskill, and Phil
Ronni Stoeferle Ronni is the managing partner of Incrementum AG in Liechtenstein. He studied business administration and finance in the USA and Austria. goldswitzerland.com The reshaping of the world economy and the global (political) order is in full swing. It is a long process, the concrete outcome of which
In the three and a half decades since it began as an underground militant group, Hamas has pursued a consistently violent strategy aimed at rolling back Israeli rule – and it has made steady progress despite bringing enormous suffering to both sides of the conflict. But its stunning incursion into Israel
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Three weeks ago I highlighted a very disturbing trend in benefit numbers. In the 10-week period to September 15, 2023 the number of people on a main benefit rose by 6,768 or almost two per cent, whereas, in the 10-week period ending September 16, 2022, the numbers were virtually
Harry Palmer The music has stopped once more after another triennial game of musical chairs and we are inflicted again with the usual pick’n mix self-serving collection of MPs who dance to the tune of their puppet masters. Will anyone notice a difference? The parliamentarians who have found their
Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I began this Blog 3 years back with the onset of Covid and the lockdown. But as I’ve advised for some time now, I’m pulling stumps with tomorrow’s election. One reason is I spend half the year abroad and it causes me some
Christopher Luxon announced an admirable goal of doubling New Zealand’s exports within 10 years. This is something which simply must occur in order to make us a wealthy nation again, but the lack of enthusiasm for the policy shows the ‘New Zealand Disease’ is at the ‘luetic’ stage. Mike
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Call them “surrender monkeys” if you dare (in fact, they’re one of the most militarily successful nations of the last 150 years), but at least the French have had the boules to do what Australian governments neither dare nor even want to do. Where the NSW government cravenly allowed
Antonio Graceffo Antonio Graceffo, PhD, China-MBA MBA, is a China economic analyst teaching economics at the American University in Mongolia. He has spent 20 years in Asia and is the author of six books about China. His writing has appeared in The Diplomat, South China Morning Post, Jamestown Foundation China
We can be fairly sure — mostly because they’re boasting about it — that Iran was deeply involved in the horrific Hamas terror attacks in Israel. Even down to giving the final go-ahead. Yet, US intelligence is downplaying Iran’s involvement. Which begs the question: why? Sure, no doubt much of
* The author, Andrew Bydder, is a Hamilton City Councillor. These are his personal views. Voter turnout for council elections is around 33%. It is hard to describe the results as democratic when, for whatever reason, the majority don’t see voting as worthwhile. Clearly, something is wrong. The usual complaint
