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Here’s a not-so-difficult question: if you were a copper, would you risk going into one of the most notoriously violent places in Australia without a gun? We’re talking about a place where nearly the entire town was recently evacuated, due to roving bands of men armed
JL As I write this I wonder if there is a chance Jacinda Ardern will be publicly shamed at the United Nations General Assembly for her attacks on our democracy. After the Queen’s funeral Ardern flew to the United States for the high-powered ‘meet and greet’ and will
Stephen Berry Voting papers have started to be issued in Auckland and across the country for the 2022 local body elections. Former Auckland Mayoral candidate and political commentator Stephen Berry is encouraging people to have as much information available as possible before casting their vote and recommends they use the
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voicesforfreedom.co.nz Our thoughts are with Rory’s loved ones following the announcement of the decision by the coroner that the 26-year-old’s death was a result of the Covid injection he received. We cannot begin to imagine the whirlwind of emotions swirling right now for Rory’
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments Do we need any more evidence that this government tolerates waste of taxpayers’ money? The sight of a
Speech to Financial Services Council Conference It’s my pleasure to be speaking with you today, leaders of New Zealand’s financial service providers. Since I became National’s Finance Spokesperson I’ve really enjoyed meeting many of you and I’m looking forward to getting to know more of
JL Our bungling bureaucrats should headline their own comedy show like Australia’s Utopia or our own Gliding On. We all know that the messaging bleated ad nauseam from the podium of truth often did not reflect reality. For example, Ardern’s “Get vaccinated and you won’t get sick
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. The pandemic traffic light system
Grant Robertson certainly has a strange way of looking at things. He has said that he thinks it is “unfair” that there is so much focus on Nanaia Mahuta. This is a rather strange way to describe what in reality is nepotism. “There are government agencies who have been contracting
Joanne M. Pierce mercatornet.com Joanne Pierce is a professor emerita in the Department of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross, in Massachusetts. Her research interests include liturgical studies, medieval Christianity, ritual studies, ecumenical theology, theology and speculative/science fiction. Thousands of Christian cathedrals and churches rang
One of the most rewarding pleasures in life is plunging into a beautiful stream or waterhole after hours, if not days, of tramping. Not any more, if “Dictator Dan” has his way. Those walking off a trail, swimming in a waterway or conducting research in a park could face hefty
It would take a heart of stone not to have been moved by Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. Even my son, who recently shrugged at the fuss over the monarch’s death, because “it’s such an outdated system”, sat glued to the ceremony for hours. From the touching personal
New information obtained by National reveals just how sloppy the design and delivery of Labour’s cost of living payment was, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Documents released to my office under the Official Information Act reveal: * More than 49,300 people received the payment despite not being
Meredith Oyen University of Maryland, Baltimore County Meredith Oyen teaches courses on U.S. History and U.S. Diplomatic History. She specializes in the history of Sino-American relations, focusing her research on the role of migrants, transnational networks, and nongovernmental organizations in bilateral relations in the twentieth century. President
Jack thecommoner.substack.com As many late-80s babies like me who grew up watching 90s children’s television will surely relate, Phillip Schofield is a face ingrained upon our early childhood memory. Paired with the ever-present Gordon the Gopher on BBC’s Going Live! between 1987 and 1993,
