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Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, POLITICAL FINANCE, 2025 Greg Presland (The Standard): Who funds the Taxpayer’s Union? Verity Johnson (Stuff): Labour, don’t waste this crisis Geoff Fischer (Daily Blog): Political quackery: Dr Palmer’s prescription for what ails New Zealand “democracy” Simon Shepherd (NBR): Podcast Summer
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, 2025 Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On Justin Trudeau’s Demise, In A Global Context Richard Prebble (Herald): The New Year resolutions the Government should be making (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): Winston Peters on New Zelaand First’s year of achievement (paywalled) NBR: Out of
Shane Jones has taken issue with ‘tikanga’ at Tariana Turia’s tangi.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TARIANA TURIA Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Labour should apologise to Dame Tariana Turia's whānau - Willie Jackson at tangi Don Brash: Dame Tariana Turia - may she rest in peace Daniel Perese (Te Ao Māori News): ‘Labour didn’t treat her well’: Hipkins, Jackson reflect
Drawing the owner of your dirty little rag in a poor light has consequences.
The vaccine is the intellectual property of those who created the bioweapon, and it is worth a fortune once the weapon has been unleashed. It is as simple as that.
Labour sticking their nose into people’s business since forever.
Maybe it is time to lower the walls of our ideological purity, drop the intellectual piety and pick our battles more carefully.
This points to an Orwellian future for motorists.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TARIANA TURIA Audrey Young (Herald): How Dame Tariana Turia influenced NZ politics (paywalled) Virginia Fallon (Post): ‘She could scare you’: Remembering Dame Tariana Turia (paywalled) RNZ: Obit: Dame Tariana Turia has died 1News: 'Significant legacy': Tributes paid to Dame Tariana Turia Peter
The legislation faced opposition from Sinn Féin and others. It was ultimately passed with 78 votes in favour and 52 against.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, 2024 IN REVIEW, 2025 PREDICTIONS Alexander Gillespie (The Conversation): NZ report card 2024: How the country fared in 25 key global and domestic rankings Post: The Post's political predictions for 2025 (paywalled) Spinoff: Ten wild political predictions for 2025 Brent Edwards
In response to doubts about the safety and effectiveness of the Pfizer injections, Reuters has presented ‘rebuttals’ in a series of ‘fact checks’. There’s just one problem – Reuters chairman is a major Pfizer investor and board member.
The Covid-19 spectacle. Going into 2025, we must not forget: we must think about it and demand answers and accountability.
How has Canada has gotten to a state where the beauty and excitement of pregnancy is deemed controversial?
