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This Is Personal Now Jacinda

This Is Personal Now Jacinda

You have taken my career and my freedoms but we have levelled up now that you are coming after my kids. My 18-year-old couldn’t join the army! My 17-year-old can’t get his restricted licence! My 15-year-old can’t go on a school

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Winston Peters: “These Protests Were Avoidable”
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Winston Peters: “These Protests Were Avoidable”

Rt Hon Winston Peters Leader of New Zealand First When COVID first arrived in New Zealand we were experiencing the spread of an unknown virus that threatened health systems around the world.  The fact is the world had not seen a virus like this for more than a hundred years

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From the Desk of a Male Pale and Stale

Information Opinion Monday this week was the 2nd anniversary of the Death of Dr Li Wenliang On October 18th, 2019 in New York the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, hosted Event 201, a high-level

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Is Aged Care the “Mining Vote” of the Next Election?

As I recently wrote, Australian PM Scott Morrison’s announcement of cash bonus payments to aged care workers is a long-overdue recognition of what is a poorly-paid workforce of predominantly middle-aged, blue-collar women. New polling suggests that many voters agree, and that boosting the pay of

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The Truth Behind the Headlines

The Truth Behind the Headlines

Gary Moller garymoller.com Information Opinion Updated 10 am 10/02/22 I’ve had several messages like this over the last few days: “Everyone I know thinks the protesters are wankers, there’s enough of them parking in the middle of the road and hurling abuse to tarnish their

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Welsh Sheep Dogs Aren’t Bilingual

February 8th, 2022. Language can be very confusing, with even English being able to be constructed so as to have multiple meanings (just ask Boris Johnson). Since 2016 all road signs in Wales have to be printed in Welsh with the English translation underneath. Previously, either language could be first.

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Freedom Convoy Camp 10th Feb 2022

Freedom Convoy Camp 10th Feb 2022

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Freedom Convoy 9th Feb 2022

Freedom Convoy 9th Feb 2022

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Luxon Comic Sans

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Meme of the Day

Meme of the Day

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Is There A Brain in the Beehive?
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Is There A Brain in the Beehive?

There are 120 Members of Parliament that make up the House. That is way too many for a start. On the basis of a population of around five million that works out to around one MP per 42,000 people. To illustrate the absurdity of the numbers let’s draw

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Dear Chris Luxon
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Dear Chris Luxon

Angus Rush Good Evening Chris, Very sorry for the late email, to quote you in the NZ Herald headline ‘Anti-Mandate Convoy descends on Parliament, Road Blocked’ Quote “We have a busy day here”: I too have had a busy day. I have just finished a day at work (in

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The Sorry Tale of Three Waters

Graham Adams Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Graham Adams is a journalist, columnist and reviewer who has written for many of the country’s media outlets including Metro, North & South, Noted, The Spinoff and Newsroom Anyone who has travelled around New Zealand over the summer

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