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National Release 10-Point Omicron Plan

Given the Government has listened to National’s policy to end MIQ for vaccinated travellers and recognised the importance of rapid tests, National is proposing more ideas to improve the response to Omicron, says National’s COVID-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop. “Today, National is releasing our 10-point plan

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NZ’s Child Mask Mandates Are Breathtakingly Immoral

Barbara McKenzie stovouno.org Barbara McKenzie has a PhD in  German Literature. ‘There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.’ Nelson Mandela Masking children is not indicated and is a huge threat to child well-being while masking

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The Tipping Point of Closing the Doors

The Tipping Point of Closing the Doors

“Every time a business closes, that’s lost wealth, health, relationships and sometimes lives as well.” – Geoff Neal, NZ Business Consultant. How much more pressure can businesses in New Zealand take? Many have had their profit margins slashed. Customer and staff levels were reduced as Ardern’s vaccine mandates came

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So Long and Thanks for All the Fish

Donald Digby Having been an ex-pat for close to 15 years now it was wonderful to finally make it back home to New Zealand for a long-overdue Christmas and New Year. This was the longest I had ever been away from home and as much as I was

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Williams Toys with Rent Controls

Williams Toys with Rent Controls

Could somebody please send Poto Williams a copy of Thomas Sowell’s Basic Economics? Actually, don’t bother: it’s got big words, lots of them, and no pictures. Besides, as we all know, basic economics are kryptonite to the Ardern government. Which is a pity because if they had

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Thank You Charlotte Bellis

Thank You Charlotte Bellis

Let us not pretend that Charlotte Bellis is not totally responsible for the promised opening up of the borders that had been slammed shut indefinitely in December. For reasons I have constantly failed to understand, our ‘open and transparent government’ has ridden roughshod over New Zealand’s citizens for the

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Yup, Rent Control Does More Harm Than Good

Hot on the heels of proposing new taxes, the tyrant‘s regime is now talking about rent controls to help people struggling with the cost of accommodation. They’ve proven that they have no real solutions for housing after abandoning their flagship Kiwibuild policy as an ignominious failure. So rent

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Kiwis Paying the Price for Failed Housing Policy
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Kiwis Paying the Price for Failed Housing Policy

Labour’s housing policies have failed and Kiwis are paying the price with soaring housing costs and a new threat of retrograde price controls, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. In an increasingly desperate game of policy whack-a-mole, Associate Housing Minister Poto Williams yesterday said rent controls

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Rent Controls Crazy, Even for Labour
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Rent Controls Crazy, Even for Labour

Brooke van Velden ACT Housing spokesperson and Deputy Leader. Labour’s economic illiteracy has plumbed new depths with Poto Williams reportedly considering rent controls. It’s a crazy plan, even by Labour’s standards. Rent controls have been famously described as the most effective way to destroy a city except

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The BFD Nightcap

The BFD Nightcap

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Now Is the Time to Move Forward

Now Is the Time to Move Forward

Jacinda Ardern Labour Leader Labour Party Today I set out our plan for reconnecting with the world, the next steps in our COVID journey. In case you missed the announcement, I wanted to send a quick recap, along with a bit more detail about the next stage of our COVID

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7 Spaniards Who Were Euthanised Last Year Donated Their Organs

Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. ¡Ay, caramba! that didn’t take long, did it? Spain legalised euthanasia on June 25 last year and already transplant surgeons are busy removing organs from euthanised patients. According to a report in the Spanish magazine Redaccíon Médica, seven

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Ma Pelosi’s Naughty Little Boy

Ma Pelosi’s Naughty Little Boy

Some mothers sure do ’ave ’em. Especially in Democratic politics. It’s not just Jill (that’s “Dr Jill”, to you, peasant) Biden’s little boy, Hunter. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s own darling offspring has been keeping some very bad company, too. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s son is

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