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How Labor’s “Mean Girls” Hounded One of Their Own

How Labor’s “Mean Girls” Hounded One of Their Own

When Labor senator Kimberley Kitching died last week, from a heart attack at the shockingly young age of 52, tributes flowed for a politician who was respected on both sides of the political aisle. Or was she? There are damning allegations that Kitching’s death was at the very least

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What’s behind the Vitriol of Ardern’s Fangirls?

What’s behind the Vitriol of Ardern’s Fangirls?

In C. S. Lewis’ The Silver Chair, the marvellous climax of the story sees the clique of bullies who’ve long ruled the “progressive” education institution, Experiment House, given a taste of their own medicine. “Their faces changed, and all the meanness, conceit, cruelty, and sneakishness almost disappeared in one

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Five Reasons Why Prices Will Stay High

Five Reasons Why Prices Will Stay High

Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur, and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more

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The Dear Leader of Aotearoa

The Dear Leader of Aotearoa

Betteridge’s Law of Headlines states that, any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word “no”. But everyone knows that laws are made to be, if not broken, then at least bent a little. So, when Amy Brooke asks, Is Jacinda Ardern megalomanic? the

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Why Does No One Like Jacinda Ardern?

Why Does No One Like Jacinda Ardern?

Suze Wilson Massey University Suze Wilson’s research interest is leadership discourse and practice which she tackles from a critical/Foucauldian perspective. She seeks to highlight the problematic expectations commonly held of leaders and leadership, showing how these often entail expectations of perfection and omnipotence as well as an undervaluing

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The Day of the Living Unvaxxed

The Day of the Living Unvaxxed

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Seven Signs the Govt Narrative Is Crumbling

Seven Signs the Govt Narrative Is Crumbling

Voices for Freedom voicesforfreedom.co.nz What a funny old time it is to be alive right now. More and more people are awakening to the truth as reality unfolds before their eyes. People are seeing that the promises made regarding the safety and efficacy of the vaccine have been

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From the Desk of a Male Pale and Stale

Information Opinion A friend and I recently discussed my experience with the National Party – specifically my experience in the meetings that were held post their 2020 election collapse. This is not a specific criticism of the National Party; rather, other than Labour and the Greens, all parties seem to have

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Bye Bye Bridges Thanks for the By-Election
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Bye Bye Bridges Thanks for the By-Election

Bryce Edwards Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Bridges’ departure leaves National with plenty of problems. Losing any high-calibre frontbench politician is unfortunate, but particularly when the caucus is so lacking in experience. With a newbie like Luxon at the helm, it was highly advantageous to

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National’s Capital Gains Tax Needs to Go
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National’s Capital Gains Tax Needs to Go

Brooke van Velden ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson The National Party’s capital gains tax is causing stress and uncertainty for families and it needs to go. Stuff this morning reported the plight of the Spenceley family who have been forced to sell their home due to a health

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There Is Freedom In a Perfect World

There Is Freedom In a Perfect World

Imagine you had the freedom to choose whether or not to get vaccinated. Imagine a New Zealand where ‘Unite Against Covid’ advertising doesn’t appear on MSM, social media, billboards and buses and isn’t written or talked about either. In other words, a perfect world, perfectly neutral about what

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The Three Waters Tide Has Turned

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. Warning Long Read. 2117 words.

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All Would Be Tyrants if They Could

All Would Be Tyrants if They Could

Yesterday, in a concerted push to address the building narrative that Jacinda Ardern is a tyrant, the NZ Herald and Newshub both republished an article from The Conversation by scold Suze Wilson trying to prove that people who call her a tyrant are either a) misogynists or b) sexist, or

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Was National Too Wet for Bridges?
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Was National Too Wet for Bridges?

Bryce Edwards Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Last week’s shock 1News opinion poll was the final indication, if Bridges needed it, that his chances of eventually taking back the leadership and becoming PM were slim to none. Any feeling that it was worth waiting around

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Face of the Day

[…] some of the COVID-19 restrictions we face – like vaccine passes – could be dropped come April. […] The Government will also reconsider the restrictions Kiwis face too as Omicron spreads like wildfire. We still have a lot of COVID-19 rules in place that not everyone’s abiding by. […] The days

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