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The Immigration Minister’s not putting a timeline on when he’ll decide if the Government’s controversial pathway to residency settings for nurses needs to change, instead saying he’s keeping in contact with the health sector weekly. Newshub Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you
Monica Hughes PhD themariachiyears.substack.com I’m noticing some interesting things. I check Twitter once every few days. These terms happened to be trending this am: When one goes to see the tweets, they are consistently negative. People seem increasingly done with this BS. I find myself pulled back
New Zealand First Media It is said the “trouble with publishing is that too many people with half a mind to write a book, do so”. Or as Winston Churchill would put it, the trouble with Andrea Vance and reality is that they are separated by the English language. Words
Information Opinion New Zealanders were forced to read the tea leaves regarding Labour’s (hidden) 2020 election manifesto whilst, behind the scenes, the taxpayer-funded Mahuta family worked on the He Puapua policy. Recently Grant Robertson joined in the discussion around the US Supreme Court decision on abortion and did
Information Opinion I came to New Zealand in the 1980s as an expat. It was a lovely place. Friendly people, low levels of traffic, fabulous beaches, jobs easy to come by. I thought I had come to heaven. I raved about the place to family and friends back home. Now,
Faced with a perfect storm of falling poll numbers, rising and rampant inflation and poor, reactive decisions of their own making, the Labour Government has been forced to roll over fuel excise and road user charge cuts yet again. They’ve painted themselves into a corner on fuel prices, and
An amateur attempt at deflection by Ms Nanaia Mahuta… The people who are calling for transparency and accountability aren’t trolls hiding “behind pseudonyms”, but other Government ministers and the media. She said it led to “cartoons, memes, social media posts and commentary which you wouldn’t wish on your
Those of us who don’t believe in getting vaccinated and wearing masks are a stubborn lot. Despite everything the Labour Government says and does, we refuse to believe we should have to get the jab and wear masks. I’ll admit it. I don’t have much of an
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura It is amazing to see the unrest in the Netherlands with 30,000 Dutch farmers taking to the streets with their tractors to protest against government climate-change policies. The final straw was the plan to limit nitrogen fertilisers, which will in turn lead to
I had an interesting phone conversation with a client today. He was very angry. And scared. First he said he was very relieved to hear my voice “because I have been to so many funerals this year”. This is a sign of the times. Should I be surprised to find
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com It’s less than 2 years to the next scheduled British election. The Tories will be seeking a 5th consecutive win, something last achieved in 1832. That’s not a typo but factual, namely almost 200 years ago. Consequently, history and the odds are hugely
Ramesh Thakur brownstone.org Ramesh Thakur, a former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, is emeritus professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University. As countries emerge from the Dystopia of lockdown restrictions, there’s growing awareness of the phenomenon of excess deaths, for example in the
Does Anthony Albanese have the worst advisers in the democratic world? Or are his media team, like Joe Biden’s one suspects, constantly tearing their hair out at their boss’s utter, utter dunderheadedness? Or are they as stupid as each other? Because little else would seem to explain Albanese’
Robert Muldoon might have had a gift for the quip, when he smirked about Kiwis moving to Australia, but that couldn’t disguise the harsh truth. New Zealand is and always was the net beneficiary of the trans-Tasman relationship. New Zealand might be last, loneliest, loveliest and exquisite, but
One of the intriguing things about contemporary America is the vicious and unrelenting attacks on Joe Biden by the media in recent months. Clearly, his free ride is over. The constant gaffes, concerns about his mental state and his upcoming 80th birthday are all subject to a strong level of
