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Dame Jacinda and Republicanism
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Dame Jacinda and Republicanism

Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Apparently Jacinda has copped criticism for accepting a Damehood while being a Republican advocate. All that shows is how bloody mindbogglingly stupid many people are, the two being totally unconnected. It’s absurd that the Charles goof on the other side of the world, or indeed

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RMA Looks Like a “Step Towards Tribalism”
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RMA Looks Like a “Step Towards Tribalism”

National MP for Kaikoura stuartsmith.national.org.nz I attended the Taxpayers Union’s ‘Stop Central Planning Committees’ meeting in Blenheim recently. Kudos to the Taxpayers Union for raising awareness about David Parker’s RMA reform bills which propose the establishment of 15 ‘Regional Planning Committees’ (RPCs). These RPCs – co-

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Media of the Day

Media of the Day

“Here is the deal – New Zealand stopped replacing itself in 2016. I encourage all of you to go out there and have more babies if you wish, that would be helpful.” It’s true, he said those words. I should know – I was the one interviewing Luxon at the time.

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Who’s on First for the NACC?

Who’s on First for the NACC?

As I’ve written before, politicians unleash the dogs of political scandal at their peril. Time and again, politicians have got carried away with trying to tear down their opponents, only to find the frenzied pack turning on themselves. It’s kind of an occupational hazard, I guess, when you’

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Speak Up Now, It Is Almost Too Late

Speak Up Now, It Is Almost Too Late

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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Border Policies Come Home to NY

Border Policies Come Home to NY

If you were to believe the mainstream American media or the Democrats, well… more fool you. But if you were so foolish, you’d absolutely, adamantly, vehemently deny that America is in the grip of an illegal immigration crisis. As perennially-cretinous bootlicker Robert Reich spluttered, “there’s no border

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Luxon Is Right – We Need More Kiwi Babies

Family First familyfirst.org.nz Family First NZ says that National Party leader Christopher Luxon is absolutely correct to sound a warning about the nation’s declining birthrate. According to the latest data from Stats NZ, the total fertility rate is 1.65 births per woman, dropping slightly from 1.

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The Transgender Agenda Has Gone Too Far

The Transgender Agenda Has Gone Too Far

Brian Tamaki I am standing up to the Transgender agenda. I am drawing attention to this scourge in our schools and society. It’s crossed the line…it’s gone too far. This week I made a statement in a public meeting referring to The Warehouse and puberty blockers. An

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In Defence of ‘Urban Sprawl’

Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com In Newsroom Thursday (8 June 2023), Dr Iresh Jayawardena, a lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland, has a column criticizing the National Party’s recently-announced housing policy. He notes that the National Party’s proposed policy “would require

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Don’t Go Believing Your Own Lyin’ Eyes

Don’t Go Believing Your Own Lyin’ Eyes

What do you do if you are a news organisation that has signed up to the PIJF (Public Interest Journalism Fund) and some bad news comes along about those in the Labour Government that you signed up to, that might seriously affect their chances at the upcoming election? Well, why

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From Comrade to Dame in a New York Minute
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From Comrade to Dame in a New York Minute

Thomas Cranmer commonroomnz.com Thomas Cranmer is a lawyer with over 25 years experience in some of the world’s biggest law firms. He divides his time between the UK and NZ. He writes on Substack exploring issues facing NZ under his nom du plume, Cranmer. This article was first

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Replay Radio – A Political Agenda
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Replay Radio – A Political Agenda

A Political Agenda with Paul Brennan, Olivia Pierson, Marty Gibson and Cam Slater. Listen, Enjoy, Share! Help Fund Our NewsDesk We are building a NewsDesk, hiring journalists and taking the fight to the mainstream media. Will you help fund our NewsDesk? * For security reasons, credit card donations require Javascript. Please

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The Health System Is in Chaos
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The Health System Is in Chaos

This Labour Government promoted itself as the most open and transparent government ever. It was, of course, a slogan, nothing more. The reality is that this Government is dishonest, dissembling, disingenuous, and duplicitous. This is particularly egregious regarding OIA responses, even landing minister Jan Tinetti before the powerful Privileges Committee

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Things That Make Me Go Hmm

“Auckland Action Against Poverty” suggests getting deeper into debt. Two protesters have been removed from Auckland Council’s budget meeting on Friday, as the partial sale of airport shares looks increasingly likely. The pair identified themselves as Brooke Pao Stanley and Agnes Magele of Auckland Action Against Poverty. Newshub Read

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FMPOS Stop Forced Marriage But…
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FMPOS Stop Forced Marriage But…

Aisha K. Gill Professor of Criminology, Centre for Gender and Violence Research University of Bristol Sundari Anitha, Professor of Gender, Violence and Work University of Lincoln Forced marriage – marriage that lacks the consent of one or both parties – is a serious issue which affects 22 million people around the world

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The Turkish Election
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The Turkish Election

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com In Istanbul for the election, everyone I spoke to including low income folk such as waiters and the like, all assured me they intended voting for the Opposition leader Kilicdaroglu. Their motivation was simply to be rid of Erdogan who has wrought devastating economic harm

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