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stats.govt.nz There was a provisional net migration gain of 65,400 in the March 2023 year, according to estimates released by Stats NZ. This reverses a net migration loss of 19,300 in the March 2022 year. The net migration gain of 65,400 in the March 2023
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com National Citizens Inquiry: A Private Tribunal of Conscience The world is well overdue for explanation and restitution of grievous harms perpetrated in the name of the global pandemic response. With continued lies and cover-ups by their governments, the people are
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura It’s incredible to think that this is already the 100th edition of the newsletter. It’s a good time to reflect on why I started writing these weekly updates in the first place. I was frustrated with the mainstream media for not fact-checking
As part of the Broadcasting Act 1989, the Electoral Commission determines the amount of funding each eligible party receives in accordance with the statutory criteria which includes the number of votes each party and its candidates received at the last general election, the number of MPs a party has, relationships
Adam Houser cfact.org Adam Houser coordinates student leaders as National Director of CFACT’s collegians’ program and writes on issues of climate and energy. Skyrocketing energy prices. A health care system in crisis. A growing budget deficit. Where shall the people of Great Britain find answers to these existential
State by state, the Australian Liberals seem locked in a battle to see who can make their branch of the party the most un-electable. It’s almost as if these clowns want to lose. Tasmania is the last remaining Liberal holdout — for now. The prospect of that continuing just
John Black stuffednz.co ‘It feels great to be a complete man again’, gushed the relieved leader of the opposition. ‘I’d hunted high and low…I couldn’t believe it when I saw them just sitting there in my wife’s underwear drawer. Then I remembered the early days
Cranmer cranmer.substack.com Lawyer with over 25 years experience in some of the world’s biggest law firms. I divide my time between the UK and NZ. This Substack explores issues facing NZ at present under my nom du plume, Cranmer. Last Saturday, King Charles III was crowned in
The state Liberals parties really are locked into a race to the bottom to see who can make themselves the most unelectable. Yesterday saw a neck-and-neck battle for the wooden spoon between Victoria and Tasmania. Tasmania looked early losers, with Jeremy Rockliff’s government, the only remaining Liberal
Ah, the sunny, innocent days of 2016. That was when MTV’s beyond-the-cringe 2017 New Years Resolutions for White Guys video first introduced me to the word woke. Back then, it was some frail, beta-soy nobody imploring his fellow cucks to “Stop bragging about being Woke.” See,
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Some months ago, this blog reprinted the final chapter of my autobiography, Incredible Luck. The chapter was headed “Does democracy have a future?” and dealt with the inherent temptation for elected governments to bribe voters with their own money. I quoted the great 19th century French
Corina Shields corinashields.substack.com This week is proving to be a particularly hard one for Maori MPs so for me questions are now being raised in regards to their suitability as Members of Parliament. Two days in a row Maori MPs have been kicked out of the house for
NewZealandDoc newzealanddoc.substack.com Philadelphia-born psychoanalyst, psychiatrist and author who emigrated to New Zealand in 2006. He retired from psychiatric practice in 2021, refusing to be inoculated, after working in the public sector in New Zealand. There is an old joke that goes something like this: “Why do Baptists
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
Yesterday I began a new media show on Reality Check Radio, called A Political Agenda. With Paul Brennan as the host, we had a panel of myself, Olivia Pierson and Chris Trotter. It is fair to say it is a BFD joint venture with three writers from The BFD and
Chris Hipkins has gone full retard on us all by declaring that minor parties should mind their Ps and Qs. It’s like he’s dragged out Jacinda Ardern’s school ma’am manual and started talking down to us all. We rejected her approach, and now we will reject
