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Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com I don’t suppose anybody will be terribly surprised when I say that my party vote will be going to ACT on 14 October. I was a proud
In the leaders’ debate there was a single question on foreign policy – about AUKUS. I am a US citizen and one of the true oddities of being an American abroad is the astonishing similarities to being a ‘made man’ in cosa nostra. Let me explain. In 1986 the US Congress
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Yesterday, Labour released its “Rainbow manifesto”. Labour would work to improve Rainbow health and ensure the health care system meets the needs of trans, intersex, and gender-diverse people. Specific promises include: […] Schools would be encouraged to adopt the Ministry of Education’s sexuality education guidelines while teachers would be
There’s an old truism that’s as applicable to politics as it is to nature. Both are, after all, red in tooth and claw. That truism is that predators sense and target weakness. Why else do you think Vladimir Putin has only launched invasions when a Democrat is in
Is there a more odious, pathetic, political buzz-word than “dog-whistling”? Because, here’s the funny thing about a dog whistle: only dogs can hear them. So, if you’re a journalist or politician screeching that your opponent is “dog-whistling”, you’re admitting that you are a dog.
Rich people don’t grasp that they have a warped perspective on the world. Which is why, for instance, climate activists (who skew very heavily to the rich end of town — just look at the Teals, or the blazer-wearing private school luvvies “striking for climate”) just don’t get
The Clown World meme swept the internet — or, as the left media would have it, “the intellectual dark web” — in recent years, because, the thinking went, the only way to explain the ludicrous chaos we live in is if it’s a literal clown show. Like the Absurdists before them,
Adrian Beaumont The University of Melbourne Yesterday’s 1News-Verian poll, and the Newshub-Reid Research poll reported earlier in the week, both show flattening trend lines – but they are still moving to the right of the political spectrum. For the purposes of this analysis, the National and ACT parties
Dear freedom fighter We are now edging closer to election 2023 which for all New Zealanders is likely to be the most important election they will participate in. We are staring over the precipice and with less than three weeks to go until October 14th, we must put our country
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I watched TVNZ News on Thursday 28 September. (I did this so that you didn’t have to) and, honestly, it was a disgrace. According to the radio during the day, Hipkins had clearly won the second Leaders’ Debate the previous evening (Wednesday), and the knives of the oh-so-
Chris Trotter Victoria University of Wellington democracy project.nz IN THE CURRENT MIX of electoral alternatives, there is no longer a credible left-wing party. Not when “a credible left-wing party” is defined as: a class-oriented, mass-based, democratically-structured political organisation; dedicated to promoting ideas sharply critical
This week’s guests were NZ First Candidate for Bay of Plenty Kirsten Murfitt and Lee Donaghue NZ First Candidate for Hutt South. Plus a review of the leaders debates and the two polls this week. Enjoy! Help Fund Our NewsDesk We are building a NewsDesk, hiring journalists and taking
There has been no public announcement or discussion of the Minister’s intention to sign this agreement. In short, the Minister is signalling before the next government is even elected, an intention to ratify. Labour is putting globalists in charge of the high seas, and from here the NGOs will
Gabriela Pariseau Gabriela is an Assistant Editor in the Media Research Center’s Free Speech America division. She is a graduate of Christendom College where she earned a B.A. in History. Gabriela has also contributed to The Catholic Register, Arlington Catholic Herald, Students For Life of America and Iowa
