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News Briefing: 9 April 2025

News Briefing: 9 April 2025

Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ABUSE OF POLITICIANS Anneke Smith (RNZ): Research finds rape threats against female MPs common Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: Female MPs in NZ report frequent death threats and harassment Stuff: Female MPs report widespread abuse and threats, study finds Anna Whyte (Post): Research finds

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News Briefing: 8 April 2025

News Briefing: 8 April 2025

Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards DEFENCE Anneke Smith (RNZ): New Zealand has joined the arms race - law professor Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Govt’s defence spend comes with darker edge Sam Smith (RNZ): Government hikes defence spending amid ‘tectonic shifts’ in geopolitics Thomas Coughlan (Herald): What the $12b defence

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Asking the Wrong Questions

Asking the Wrong Questions

This is not the poll Labour should be running, as it doesn’t directly target Luxon. You need to exert pressure and this poll doesn't do that, which makes it kind of pointless.

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News Briefing: 7 April 2025

News Briefing: 7 April 2025

Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Minister Andrew Hoggard’s sister lobbied him opposing tougher baby formula rules Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): Andrew Hoggard’s conflicts of interest and NZ’s culture of complacency David Fisher (Herald): Winston Peters to deliver ‘roast’ as Whale Oil’

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

The committee reported back on the controversial bill on Friday morning, recommending by a majority that it does not proceed.

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The Woke Right and Hoopleheads

The Woke Right and Hoopleheads

Hoopleheads miss the core of conservatism and classical liberalism: liberty of conscience, with its hard-won place in Western history, fiercely battled for intellectually by figures such as the Jew, Spinoza, the Christian, John Locke and the atheist, Ayn Rand.

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News Briefing: 4 April 2025

News Briefing: 4 April 2025

Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Don’t poke the bear: NZ’s calm amid confusion over Trump tariffs Rob Stock (Post): US documents show it knows its 20% tariff claims for New Zealand are false (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): Trump lies about

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