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Who Won the Leaders’ Debate

Who Won the Leaders’ Debate

Who cares? If you were able to watch it, you probably need a rethink about your state of mind and perhaps should consider counselling. I tried to do my civic duty by tuning in. I lasted almost thirty seconds watching the highly affectatious introduction from the arm-waving host with

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There Is an Angry Mood for Change

Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. democracyproject.nz The 2023 general election campaign must be the most hollow in living memory. There really isn’t much that is

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Centre Right

Latest Poll: Labour Getting Cleaned Out

The latest 1News/Verian Poll is out and Labour’s poll disaster continues. This is now the eighth poll in a row showing them being bundled out in a blood bath. National has shed a bit of support too, but that is entirely consistent with normal polling patterns. National and

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Questions Raised about Buffer Zones
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Questions Raised about Buffer Zones

Right to Life News righttolife.org.uk The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, has reminded police in the UK that “silent prayer, within itself, is not unlawful”, raising questions about legislation passed earlier this year that makes “influencing” any person who wants to access abortion services at an abortion facility illegal.

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What They Won’t Say about Crime

What They Won’t Say about Crime

There’s been a notable surge in murders in the US, especially in the big cities. Nobody wants to talk about the multiple elephants at the crime scene, though. It started with a fight over sweet and sour sauce outside a busy McDonald’s. It ended with one teenage girl

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Wind Farm Revolt Blows Ill for Govt

Wind Farm Revolt Blows Ill for Govt

The rural revolt against Labor’s “Net Zero” plans is a gathering storm that threatens to swamp the government in country seats. It’s hardly surprising that country people are arking up against this insanity, of course: after all, it’s country people who face the prospect of seeing their

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Polling Shows Surge in Support for Shaun Johnson –

Polling Shows Surge in Support for Shaun Johnson –

Rosemary Abbott whakatakitimes.nz MAN OF THE PEOPLE A recent political poll has revealed a huge surge in support for Warriors playmaker Shaun Johnson, who is now among some of the top people as preferred Prime Minister of New Zealand. The 33-year-old who is in the middle of

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Why I Oppose the Voice

Why I Oppose the Voice

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is Senator for the Northern Territory and the former deputy mayor of Alice Springs. mercatornet.com I oppose the Voice because it will divide Australians Division, division, division. That’s been the story of the referendum on the Voice to Parliament since day one.

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Is This the ‘Unity’ and ‘Love’ They Promised?

Is This the ‘Unity’ and ‘Love’ They Promised?

They really can’t help themselves, can they? Every time the left warn us that the latest culture war they’ve ignited will cause division and hate, what they leave out is that it’s them bringing it. And every time they blatherskite about “love”, what they really mean is

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Now Everyone Wants in on It

Now Everyone Wants in on It

Here we go: everybody’s seen the “Voice” pot, and now they’re all lining up to pee in it. If one minority lobby group gets their own “voice to parliament”, well, the rest are going to screech for theirs, too. Why stop with Aborigines, after all? Sydney’s LGBT

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Hipkins Rolled

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National Wants to Change How NZ Schools Teach Reading

Christine Braid Massey University theconversation.com If it wins the election, the National Party has vowed to shake up how children are taught to read and write. Part of this education overhaul includes a pledge to require the teaching of “structured literacy” in all year 0-6 classrooms. For many

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Addicted to Tax and Spend
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Addicted to Tax and Spend

Labour and the Greens, in fact, the political left globally, are addicted to two things: tax and spend. The more they tax, the more they spend. So we end up as a country like a dog chasing its tail because the tax take, no matter how much, is never enough

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ACT Wins First Leaders Debate

ACT Wins First Leaders Debate

David Seymour ACT Party Leader The Chrises squabbled about who gets how much of the pie, without articulating a vision for growing it. The Chrises went back and forth over issues which are very real to hardworking New Zealanders, without spelling out what real change would look like. That is

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The New Zealand Health Debate

The New Zealand Health Debate

Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior

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