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When Twitter launched, its tagline was “Tell us what you really think”. Which is an exhortation that a great many public figures have taken them up on — and lived to regret. Because, when a great many people, from celebrities to politicians, apparently tell us what they really think, it can
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Winston Peters Leader NZ First New Zealand First Media After carefully considering advice from my lawyers, I have decided to seek a judicial review of the decision made by Trevor Mallard to trespass me from parliament grounds. This is not about whether former Members of Parliament should be treated differently
Philip Temple Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Philip Temple ONZM has been writing and commentating on current affairs for decades. He was given a Wallace Award by the Electoral Commission for the quality of his writing on the electoral system. On 24 April the Minister
Capitalist Information Opinion I recently finished reading this week’s edition of Free Press, the online newsletter from the ACT party which sails into my inbox each Monday. For the first time in ages, it has left me rather impressed. The ACT folk appear to have got the message from
Monica Hughes PhD themariachiyears.substack.com Winston Peters has been banned from New Zealand Parliament for two years because he met with anti-mandate protestors on Parliament grounds in late February. Peters now represents the primary opposition to the Labour Party’s desperate attempt under Ardern to maintain its grip
Capitalist Information Opinion TV3 news this week, and the online NZ Herald, were running hilariously funny stories about how we are all going to be engulfed by the sea. Apparently, a couple of scientists (ahem “Scientists”) have started a website showing the entire NZ coastline or some such, and you
Voices For Freedom voicesforfreedom.co.nz Information Opinion Ok, so the headline is a little cheeky as Voices for Freedom wasn’t around in 2016 but the sentiment remains: Informed consent is critical when it comes to consumers accessing relevant, unbiased information in order to make educated decisions about their
I was doing some research into National’s new candidate for Tauranga, Sam Uffindell. It struck me that there really was very little information out there about him. The more I dug, the less I found. The guy is a ghost on social media and barely registers in a Google
David Seymour ACT Party Leader The petty and vindictive trespass orders issued to people who simply visited the Parliament protest shouldn’t stand. The orders will only result in lengthy and costly legal battles and taxpayers will lose. Similar cases have been through the courts and the Speaker lost. A
The latest Newshub/Reid Research poll is out and Labour pains continue for the ruling party. It is now clear to anyone who cares to note that the polls for Labour are trending down at an increasingly alarming rate. The cost of living crisis has cost the Government dearly with
“They’re not going to be used in the foreseeable future in the way that they were previously, for hospitality and all those sorts of things.” Is “in the foreseeable future” similar to Ardern’s “Not while I am PM“? “The new vaccine pass-type system will have to take
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Debbie Lerman brownstone.org Debbie Lerman has a degree in English from Harvard. She is a retired science writer and a practicing artist in Philadelphia, PA. According to the most reliable experts – those who have been correct in their interpretation of data throughout the Covid era, most prominently John Ioannidis
Nicole McKee ACT Firearms Law Reform ACT today welcomes a correction of the record in Parliament from Poto Williams after she repeatedly used incorrect figures. Poto Williams, Stuart Nash and other Government Ministers have repeatedly said that 60,000 Military Style Semi-Automatic firearms (MSSAs) were handed over in the
Voices For Freedom voicesforfreedom.co.nz In response to some of the hype resulting from the Government and media messaging regarding the new mask exemptions – their own wording states, that they are OPTIONAL. Both the new personalised exemption cards and existing non-personalised exemption cards from the Ministry of Health
