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This Protest Could Have Ended Weeks Ago
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This Protest Could Have Ended Weeks Ago

New Zealand First Media If the government had opened dialogue on day one – as governments have done with every other protest on the grounds of parliament, we wouldn’t be in this position to begin with.  The reason they didn’t is because, for the first time in living memory,

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Open Letter to Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt

Open Letter to Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt

Guy Hatchard PhD HatchardReport.com Formerly a senior manager at Genetic ID a global food safety testing and certification company (now known as FoodChain ID) To: Dr Paul Hunt Chief Human Rights Commissioner From: Guy Hatchard PhD 23 February 2022 Dear Commissioner Thank you for providing the opportunity to present

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New Zealand, Where Is the Leadership?

February 21st, 2022. Observing from afar always allows one a certain measure of detachment but on the other hand, it means that I am not close enough to the “action” to obtain all the data and facts. One thing that seems apparent is that there is a distinct lack of

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Jacinda Queen of Pricks

Jacinda Queen of Pricks

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Message to the Government – Fork Off
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Message to the Government – Fork Off

We have a Government resembling a cheap set of cutlery. Bought from the Warehouse the set contains spoons, knives and forks. The spoon is to feed, via the experts, misinformation to a compliant Government-run media. The knife is to knife us in the back for what I consider to

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“This is not North Korea this is NZ”
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“This is not North Korea this is NZ”

RNZ rnz.co.nz New Zealand First leader Winston Peters visited Freedom Village yesterday. Listen to his interview below on RNZ Peters said the key to resolving the situation in the capital was dialogue. RNZ If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top

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To Win They Must Remain Peaceful

To Win They Must Remain Peaceful

Paul Luciw has lived in Hong Kong since 1991. He founded the AsiaXPAT site in 1999, and has written thousands of articles about Hong Kong and Asia powering the expat Must Reads section. Whatever the issue, if Hong Kong is involved, he’s got an opinion and usually an answer.

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I Have a Difficult Request to Ask
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I Have a Difficult Request to Ask

Colin Parkinson Information Opinion I know that the following may be difficult for many readers. I understand that there is much frustration and anger over what is happening in New Zealand, but I have noticed a lack of respect for our government and the opposition parties. (Perhaps that is the

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The Media Softens Its Stance

Remember when the Freedom Convoy first arrived in Wellington and the protesters took up residence in the grounds of parliament? There was universal condemnation. Politicians refused to talk to them, the public claimed they were being abused by them and the media roundly insulted and berated them. While New Zealand

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February Update on My Line in the Sand
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February Update on My Line in the Sand

Scott Kennedy sojournal.co.nz Last year, when our authoritarian government introduced a vaccine requirement for school teachers, I took a stand against this position by refusing to get vaccinated. I drew my line in the sand. Some, confused and bamboozled by government propaganda or perhaps a self-righteousness stemming

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What Real Leadership Looks Like

What Real Leadership Looks Like

While the tyrant was at Auckland Airport parading new welcome home kits for Kiwis arriving home, Winston Peters decided to venture into Freedom Village. Love him or loathe him, he is the ONLY leader of a political party that has firstly said no more mandates and secondly gone to the

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Media are Strangers to the Truth

Media are Strangers to the Truth

Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive. The media and Police were so very quick to blame protestors for flinging “acid” in the faces of Police officers. Despite literally hundreds of cameras, not a single media outlet managed to provide any evidence of the

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Roll On Omicron What’s the Big Deal?
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Roll On Omicron What’s the Big Deal?

Three Drams Full Monday, February 21. Dunedin Big drama in my second daughter’s flat, maybe one of them has symptoms, seems very possible it could be …. and OMG if it IS Omicron they have SO many close contacts…  they’ve bundled themselves all into a car and driven down

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From the Desk of a Male Pale and Stale

As I write this piece (21/02/2022) Christopher Luxon is about to give a presentation on Facebook concerning the Wellington Protests – and that is a problem. Those familiar with my column will see that I predicted the Wellington Protests a year ago and suggested that the politicians needed to

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The Firearms Register – Divide and Conquer
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The Firearms Register – Divide and Conquer

Myles Chandler Sensible Shooters Firearms owners the world over know that a register is the first step and confiscation is the second step. This has been the practice many times by many different authoritarian and totalitarian regimes. If anyone here in New Zealand thinks this will play out differently in

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