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Peanut On Monday, many health and education employees and contractors will work their last day in their chosen career. I have friends and colleagues in health who are leaving, including a Maori midwife, a rural GP and a cardiac sonographer. These are roles that health has always crawled over broken
Bryce Edwards Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Right-wing political commentator Matthew Hooton recently tweeted to say that his favourite New Zealand left-wing politicians
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Feeling the buyer’s remorse yet, Kamala? As I reported recently, US vice president Kamala Harris has hired two of America’s heavyweight political spin doctors, in a bid to polish her image. With her boss fast shuffling off this mental coil, and her own ratings skydiving past even the
Tyrants never lack for apologists and appeasers in freer countries. The appeasement movement in the 1930s practically gifted Europe to Hitler. The Soviets reputedly called them “useful idiots” during the Cold War. Now, they’re flocking to the banner of China. As the communist dictatorship increasingly flexes its might and
Hoo, boy. And here I was, thinking that the left must surely have run out of things to call “racist”. Golf, milk, applauding, knitting, cycling, abolishing slavery, not being racist, earthquakes, Thomas the Tank Engine… all “racist”. Also, thanks to Biden VP, Kamala Harris, we now know that trees are
Manly D. Hall. amateurreviewspace.com One of the greatest dangers to the future of democracy and cohesive society is the marriage of the political and healthcare systems. This union is as problematic as the previous bond between Church and State, which corrupted both institutions and took civil wars within State
Murray Bolton Auckland businessman Murray Bolton says he has been “inundated” with requests for assistance from desperate, double-vaccinated and COVID-negative Kiwis trying to get through New Zealand’s broken MIQ system after his own successful court challenge, but that MBIE remains obstructive and “refuses to face reality”. “My
Freedom over Fear (Dear Jacinda) R.E.D To the Prime Minister Since it’s clear you don’t answer to the people It’s time we address you directly Dear Jacinda When I sit and think of all the shit You got us into Cos there’s been no
Many years ago, I read a rather engrossing history of the Roman gladiatorial games. It opened with an anecdote about a Roman official approaching his superior, informing him that there was just one ship available to sail from Alexandria. Should they load it with grain for bread, or sand for
Bryce Edwards Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. The heat is rising in New Zealand politics and society at the moment. Protests and frustration with the
Greta Thunberg, Prince Charles, David Attenborough, Leonardo DiCaprio and our very own James Shaw may be disappointed their quasi religious hysteria at COP26 failed to generate a tsunami of fear; instead media coverage is akin to the normal ebb and fall of a predictable tide, now receding. By the time
Owen Jennings F.A.R.M NZ farmers are leading the way under the “net emissions target” set by the Government. “Ruminant methane emissions from New Zealand livestock are, by any definition, at net zero now, thirty years ahead of CO2 emitters,” according to F.A.R.M Chairman Robin
Bruce Logan By the grace of God I’m 83. I still have eyes to drive sans glasses and ears that hear unaided. I retain a nose that smells the despot and the discerning perfume of freedom. I enjoy its taste. I feel pity without collapsing into hypocritical sentimentalism. I
