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Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
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Graham Adams commonroomnz.com Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. This article was first published at The Common Room Debate has been shut down by allegations of ‘dog-whistling’. At a time when the dilapidated state of New Zealand’s
Well, well, well, the final straw was not Meng Foon’s dodgy donations to Kiri Allen and the Labour party, but his dodgy undeclared conflicts of interest that finally broke the camel’s back. Another Labour flunky goes down hard. Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon has resigned from the role
The Companies Register lists him as a current director of one company and former director of a further six, including Triple Eight Investments, which made a $9185 contribution to Kiri Allan. One News The Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon, who was in hot water over political donations, has resigned over
The “Yes” campaign has fallen to a new, grubby low, as it desperately tries to save a failing referendum campaign. In one of the most despicable turns in recent mainstream Australian politics, the left are deliberately stoking racial division to try and save a racially divisive referendum. And they’re
Labor may well be wishing they’d never heard the name “Brittany Higgins”, right about now. What no doubt seemed like a golden opportunity to whack the then-Coalition government by weaponising a dubious rape allegation, is turning on them in the worst possible way. Left factional powerbroker and close
Phil Green We’re meant to get all exercised about the Opotiki ‘thing’ happening recently, with the tangi of an important gang member. All fluff and feathers. Whether we like it or not, the sages of New Zealand legality have deemed (over our heads) that Maori indigenous rights are akin
Mishaela Daken voicesforfreedom.co.nz On Friday 9 June, Whirinaki Whare Taonga, previously known as The Exhibitions Art Gallery in Upper Hutt, Wellington, hosted a ticketed event called “An Evening With Sir Ashley Bloomfield.” The presentation, which ran from 7 pm to 9 pm was part of a COVID-19
At the Fieldays in Hamilton, Winston Peters has again reinforced that, despite the leadership change in Labour, there will be no deals for them with NZ First. He was unequivocal: there will be no deal with Labour, at all. He said he did have “a bit of a yarn to
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Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. Professor of Law Harvard University The question of whether to indict a former U.S. president is a difficult one. And yet, a state prosecutor has charged Donald Trump with violating New York business laws. And a federal prosecutor has charged Trump with violating national security
David Bell brownstone.org David Bell, Senior Scholar at Brownstone Institute, is a public health physician and biotech consultant in global health. He is a former medical officer and scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), Programme Head for malaria and febrile diseases at the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics
Brian Mark Weber Reprinted from PA Pundits – International Brian Mark Weber’s interest in politics began in the 1980s, inspired by President Ronald Reagan’s reverence for our nation’s founding principles and his optimistic vision of America’s future. Brian holds graduate degrees in literature and military history. He
With just a couple of months to go before the “Indigenous Voice” referendum, the “Yes” campaign is in serious trouble. That’s despite a relentless government campaign in favour, millions in funding, and the backing of every elite institution from big business to sport. No wonder the Guardian is so
