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Further to our exposé of the dire staffing situation within the NZ Army, the government has revealed it is pumping millions of dollars into increasing the pay scales for NZDF personnel in a bid to stem the flow of experienced troops into other more lucrative careers. The Government will spend
Dear Editor To judge from their actions, our leaders live in denial of their obligations and responsibilities. Take Chris Hipkins’s pre-coronation gaffe in London, stating that he “favoured NZ becoming a republic”. Extensively covered by international media, it reflects very poorly on every New Zealander. As PM, Hipkins
The same as ISIS? Really? Whatever he is smoking I don’t want any. Stand Up For Women needs to be designated a terror organisation. I've seen their points about rainbow inclusion mahi calling it 'dangerous' and 'intellectually incoherent'. It's vital work
brownstone.org Two years ago, major American cities were segregated by vaccine status. Mask mandates delineated safe and unsafe. Signs told us to be separate from each other. We couldn’t even encounter each other during shopping thanks to one-way grocery aisles. We were not allowed to visit families
libertynation.com Almost every living person in the United Kingdom was born or grew up under a monarch who stood apart from the day-to-day machinations of government. Armed only with the powers to advise, suggest and make feelings known, the late Queen Elizabeth II spent her reign as
hatchardreport.com OPINION On May 02, 2023, Dr Guy Hatchard gave the following speech at the Wellington Conference on the Therapeutic Products Bill. Hello everyone, I am very grateful for the opportunity to speak to people who care about health. In every part of the world, traditional systems of medicine
voicesforfreedom.co.nz I have been reading about the proposed changes to parking, speed limits and road layout for our village. My first question is: “What is the problem that this proposal is solving?” The ‘Streets for People’ project is one that is being rolled out around the country – and
Heather du Plessis Allan writes about the cosy contrivance of the Maori Party, the Labour Party and subsequently the Green Party to ignore electoral law and contort themselves in such a way as to avoid their MPs being turfed out of Parliament. Pesky inconvenient laws, it seems, can be ignored
The ACT Party is doing some… interesting things. Recently ACT announced deputy leader Brooke van Velden is standing against Simon O’Connor in the Tamaki seat. Why do that? That’s a safe seat for National and some are concerned if right voters are splintered, that it raises the possibility
Here’s hoping he doesn’t. Ahead of his Coronation, King Charles has been told by representatives from 12 Commonwealth countries to acknowledge and apologise for the impact and ongoing legacy from British ‘genocide and colonisation’. […] Signatories to the statement include representatives from Australia, New Zealand, The Bahamas and Canada.
brownstone.org Late night radio I hear of Shelter in Place Ears ring: What the F?! Chinese guys feign falls Evening news pretends it’s real Psy-op underway Germophobic Trump Knows no science and gets played Epic fail to lead Bureaucrats take charge Faux experts tell everyone To fear
theconversation.com The imminent coronation of King Charles III is an ideal time for Australia and New Zealand to take stock of the British monarchy and its role in national life – including certain myths about what becoming a republic might mean. In particular, there is a common assumption that both
Stuart Smith National MP for Kaikoura http://stuartsmith.national.org.nz/ This week we celebrate the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III. For many of us, this will be the only coronation we have experienced. As we celebrate the coronation of our new head of state it is timely
“I just want to make it clear, here, that Te Paati Maori’s not left or right – we are Maori and we are straight up the guts,” Rawiri Waititi said in a Newshub interview yesterday. He says they want to hold the balance of power and they don’t want
AI I write a substack based on OIAs and proactive releases called NZ Covid response – a short history. Use this link to check it out: nzcovidresponse.substack.com Sometimes all these Covid-related OIAs and proactive releases just throw up the most batsh*t things – and I can’t resist
