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Barbara McKenzie stovouno.org Barbara McKenzie has a PhD in German Literature. The New Zealand Supreme Court has ruled in favour of lowering the voting age to 16. ‘Justice France told the court it was inconsistent with the Bill of Rights to not allow 16-year-olds to vote, and
Phil Green I was listening to Jamie Mackay’s rural programme on NewstalkZB yesterday, when he interviewed Winston Peters. In our house of shifting political allegiances, the segment with Winston is now compelling listening given the parlous state of our small nation. Jamie quizzed Winston about people’s fears that
Jack thecommoner.substack.com Like all good power-hungry narcissists worth their salt, when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Enter stage far-left, Jacinda Ardern, and her coalition Green Party partners, and their latest Machiavellian scheme to cement absolute power for eternal socialism: handing teenagers the right
This Goverment has a terrible trait of never taking responsibility for their own policies and actions. They always seek to blame others for their numerous failings. Remember Ardern chucking a KFC worker under the bus, also Americold for various Covid outbreaks? Then there were the three women they defamed and
Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Will the looming economic recession kill off Labour’s re-election chances? Is the Reserve Bank making things
Jake Johnson commondreams.org Jake Johnson is a staff writer for Common Dreams. Author and environmentalist Naomi Klein on Monday urged civil society organizations to boycott the 2023 COP climate summit in the United Arab Emirates—one of the world’s largest oil producers—after this year’s summit concluded
Well, there it is: the news that absolutely no-one expected. Shocking. Unforeseen. Totally unpredictable. No-one, but no-one, warned that this could ever, possibly happen. A Central Australian regional council servicing nine remote Aboriginal communities has laid bare the impacts it has observed since long-term alcohol bans
If, as some polls are beginning to whisper, the unthinkable happens this Saturday and Victorians finally break free of the Cult of Dan, one person who should be very, very worried is Jacinda Ardern. What on Earth does a state election in Australia have to do with next year’s
Antonio Graceffo mercatornet.com Dr. Antonio Graceffo, PhD, China MBA, is a China economist, the author of Beyond the Belt and Road: China’s Global Expansion and The Wrestler’s Dissertation. He is based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. “More Christians than ever have been driven out to live in camps for
David Wojick cfact.org David Wojick, Ph.D. is an independent analyst working at the intersection of science, technology and policy. Wanting ever more money and getting very little, the UN climate agenda is now calling for the global financial system to bend to its will. I am not making
Tierin-Rose Mandelburg newsbusters.org Tierin-Rose grew up in a large Christian family on the coast of Connecticut. After high school she moved to Alabama to dance with a professional ballet company while attending Liberty University. During a November 17 Senate Homeland Security Hearing, Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.
Darroch Ball Sensible Sentencing Trust. The ‘Make It 16’ campaign has recently had a decision by the courts go their way in seeking the voting age be lowered to 16. The issue has been around for some time, but for some reason it has now taken a new step with
Olivia Pierson oliviapierson.org A most excellent analysis on the state of the Covid response in New Zealand presented by English commentator, Maajid Nawaz. The representatives speaking on behalf of the Freedom Movement within NZ show Nawaz’s prudent taste in scanning this country for those who can cut to
