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I don’t know what Chris Hipkins has been huffing, it might be hopium, but he reckons he’d take a call from Winston Peters on election night if he needs to. Chance would be a fine thing. Labour leader Chris Hipkins says he would answer a phone call from
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Jeffrey A. Tucker Jeffrey A. Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Liberty or Lockdown, and thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social
If there’s going to be a late surge in support for the “Indigenous Voice” referendum, as the Yes camp insist, then’s it’s a long time coming. With just weeks left until polling day, support instead continues to fall. And that’s after weeks of intense campaigning by
With voting day in the Indigenous Voice” referendum drawing closer, and polls showing support falling even lower, the question naturally becomes: then what? Politics will, after all, continue, regardless of the referendum outcome. For Anthony Albanese, a referendum loss will be a deadly blow to his leadership. Not immediately fatal,
When RNZ first began it was with the intention that there would be an honest and sole broadcaster in which the people of New Zealand could have confidence in what they were hearing was neutral, factual, and professional. Sadly, that worthy reputation for a member of the fourth estate has
Mathew Lloyd Mathew Lloyd is a fellow with FEE’s Henry Hazlitt Project for Educational Journalism. A resident of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, he is working towards an MA in Political Economy at the University of Buckingham and has an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from the University of Sheffield
Peter Cook was a marvellous satirist who entertained people for decades. One of the films he starred in, and co-wrote with John Cleese, was the political-themed satire, The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer. The fascinating thing about this movie: it was made in 1967 but accurately predicted
Annie Te One Victoria University of Wellington theconversation.com In his maiden speech to parliament in 2020, te Pati Maori co-leader Rawiri Waititi told his fellow MPs: You know what it feels like to have a pebble in your shoe? That will be my job here. A constant, annoying
Mark Freeman Recently passed legislation allowing the government to mandate fluoridation of local water supplies in New Zealand is total government overreach, says a group opposing fluoridation. Fluoride Free New Zealand has been holding public meetings and talking to councils and community boards around the country to raise awareness about
The media need to start being honest with New Zealand’s voters. As heartbreaking as it must be to find themselves on the losing side of the political divide, they should not be in the business of taking sides. The job of a journalist is to report without fear or
The issue was raised in the Leaders’ Debate amongst issues of the economy, of increasing crime, of education: what about a sugar tax or banning fizzy drinks? While not exactly a vote-catching topic, it is one that has implications for the health system and for every one of us.
The latest Newshub/Reid Research poll is out and it confirms that Labour are toast. But it also shows what I have been predicting for months: that National’s support would wane and NZ First’s would grow. No wonder Christopher Luxon felt squeezed enough to have to confirm he’
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