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The Madness of Joe’s Kingdom

The Madness of Joe’s Kingdom

British and European elites spent four years sneering at Americans for electing Donald Trump. “He’s upsetting the established order!” they whined, apparently not realising that that was the whole point of Trump. In case they’d forgotten what the established order really looked like, they’ve got it back

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Cath Tizzard RIP
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Cath Tizzard RIP

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Cath has gone and you’ve read the obits so no need for me to remind readers of her many accomplishments. But I can add a couple of tales. A few days after the announcement of her becoming our first female Governor General, I spoke

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Shovel-Ready Project Turned Down by Government

Shovel-Ready Project Turned Down by Government

The Port of Tauranga (POT) is New Zealand’s largest port. POT reported a 6.9% increase in total trade to 6.8 million tonnes in the first quarter of the 2022 financial year. Exports increased 5.3% to 4.3 million tonnes and imports increased 9.8% to 2.

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Letter to the Editor: Public Notice
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Letter to the Editor: Public Notice

Dear Editor Public Notice We, the free people of New Zealand, hereby call for the arrest of Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern for the crimes listed hereunder: a) Treason against the sovereign state of New Zealand – In that she has unlawfully and without just cause denied its citizens their rights of

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A Plan to Divide Us
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A Plan to Divide Us

Stuart Smith MP for Kaikoura Spokesperson for Climate Change, EQC and Viticulture The announcement that the Government will mandate Three Waters reform, was summed up by the headline in the Wairarapa Times-Age, “A deceitful, lying pack of bastards.” That was a direct quote from Masterton Councillor Tania Nixon, and

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What Happens If the ‘One Source of Truth’ Is Lying?

What Happens If the ‘One Source of Truth’ Is Lying?

We were told from the outset of the pandemic that we could only trust the Prime Minister and her officials when they spoke. All other sources of information were to be discounted. That was backed up by various ministers also claiming they were the one source of truth from the

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China’s Tech and Finance Crackdown Is a Challenge to Western Ideas That Cuts across Developing World

Johannes Petry University of Warwick Johannes Petry is a political economist researching the changing dynamics of financial globalisation and its impact on the global norms, institutions and governance that underpin the global economy. China introduced new rules on November 1 that restrict the extent to which internet companies can collect

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The Angela and Jacinda Show Is Coming

The Angela and Jacinda Show Is Coming

It’s hard to know just where to start the snark. Fran O’Sullivan’s gushing puff-piece about Jacinda Ardern meeting Angela Merkel is what the military folks call “a target-rich environment”. It’s also a rich study in my-side blindness. Consider the opening sentence: German Chancellor

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No Rhythm & Vines, Stay In Your Confines

David Seymour ACT Leader The Government needs to stop holding fun hostage and give us a Freedom Day. This morning Minister Kiri Allan said Rhythm and Vines would not go ahead if the Tairawhiti DHB did not reach 90 per cent vaccination in time, when projections are the DHB won’

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Cop 26: Armageddon Awaits at the UN Climate Conference

Cop 26: Armageddon Awaits at the UN Climate Conference

Peter Murphy cfact.org Peter Murphy is Senior Fellow at CFACT. He has researched and advocated for a variety of policy issues, including education reform and fiscal policy, both in the non-profit sector and in government in the administration of former New York Governor George Pataki. Glasgow, Scotland U.

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The Uyghurs’ Plight Shames Us All

The Uyghurs’ Plight Shames Us All

It’s sporadically fashionable in some leftist circles to accuse the Allies of complicity in the Holocaust, because, the argument runs, they knew about it and did nothing. This is an obviously ludicrous argument — have they never heard of the Second World War? — which ignores, primarily, the simple fact that

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Teed Off

Shelby We are surely closing in on peak stupidity. Or should that be peak coercion or peak blackmail? I am a golfer. I have played golf since I was 13 years old, and that was 54 years ago. I have loved the game all my life. There was a time

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