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We Were Right about Lockdowns
It’s some vindication, I guess, to get to say, “I told you so”. It was just a few months into the pandemic that The BFD first reported what no one in the mainstream media would: the growing evidence that lockdowns don’t work. Over the next few months and
Unemployment Rate Actually 6 per Cent
Karen Chhour ACT Welfare spokesperson Grant Robertson is in full self-congratulation mode over today’s employment numbers, but the real unemployment rate is at least 6 per cent. The headline unemployment rate of 3.2 per cent equates to 93,000 people. Nobody – not even Grant Robertson – believes that
It’s Long past Time to Dump the Masks
Scott Morefield brownstone.org Scott Morefield spent three years as a media & politics reporter with the Daily Caller, another two years with BizPac Review, and has been a weekly columnist here at Townhall since 2018. The face mask debate is unfortunately again rearing its ugly head in many parts
Why This Harry Potter Villain Was Even Worse than Voldemort
Jonathan Miltimore fee.org Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Bylines: Newsweek, The Washington Times, MSN.com, The Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller,
Tourism NZ Advertising a Locked Door
Dr James McDowall ACT Tourism spokesperson Overseas New Zealanders are rightly confused and dismayed that Tourism New Zealand is advertising New Zealand as a holiday destination overseas when the border is closed. Facebook Ad Library details active advertisements for 100% Pure New Zealand. Tourism New Zealand is whistling in the
New Zealanders Getting Poorer Under Labour
New Zealanders are getting poorer under the Labour Government with wage growth figures of 2.6 per cent trailing well behind inflation of 5.9 per cent, National’s Finance spokesperson Simon Bridges says. “The figures released today show that real incomes are going backwards. More and more people simply
Labour’s ‘Jobs Tax’ Will Make Kiwis Worse Off
The Government’s plan to impose a new tax on every worker and business in the country could not come at a worse time, Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon says. “With prices growing twice as fast as wages, Kiwi families are worse off than they were 12 months ago under Labour.
The Year of Reality: Part Two
Ian Hodgkinson has a written letter to PM Ardern, expressing sentiments with which I wholeheartedly agree: Dear Jacinda, When you became Labour Party leader, seven weeks before the 2017 election, you had been a little-known list MP. We now know that nine months before being elected to Parliament in
Ardern Boosted
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A Year after Myanmar’s Coup, the Military Still Lacks Control and the Country Is Sliding into an Intractable Civil War
Nicholas Farrelly University of Tasmania Adam Simpson University of South Australia Nicholas Farrelly is Professor and Head of Social Sciences at the University of Tasmania. Dr Adam Simpson is Senior Lecturer in International Studies in Justice & Society, University of South Australia. In the year since Myanmar’s coup on
Council Scared of Paper Cuts?
Dear Editor It looks like the Ashburton District Council is doing its best to exacerbate the country’s housing crisis by applying the brakes to their consent process. Subject: ADC Update under Red Traffic Light Setting Good morning, The following is an update to council’s position under the Red
Ardern Is Sliding Further into the Poll Mire
If you were to believe the mainstream media, Jacinda Ardern is little less than a secular saint. The universally-beloved queen of “Aotearoa New Zealand”. She who walks on the waters calms the seas and banishes disease with a wave of her magic wand. Well, that’s if you believe
Dogpile! Left Calls on Spotify to Deplatform Joe Rogan for Alleged COVID-19 ‘Misinformation’
Catherine Salgado newsbusters.org Catherine Salgado is a Staff Writer with Media Research Center’s NewsBusters’ Free Speech America. She also has a column, Washington’s Bayonette, on The Rogue Review and her own SubStack newsletter, Pro Deo et Libertate. Catherine previously wrote for The National Pulse and is a
What Have We Become?
New Zealanders used to be a fantastic bunch of people. We looked after one another, we were mostly fair-minded and we were quite laid back about a lot of issues. We were famous, not just for No 8 wire, but also for our “She’ll Be Right” attitude to