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Police Let down Again by Minister
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Police Let down Again by Minister

Chris Baillie ACT Police spokesperson Police Minister Poto Williams has graduated from the Jacinda Ardern school of spin following her latest media release about Police numbers. Labour promised 1800 new Police by 2020 – a target that it still hasn’t met. Last month Poto Williams admitted under questioning from ACT

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MIQ Hotel All but Empty While Kiwis Stuck Offshore

It is unbelievable that the Wellington Grand Mercure MIQ hotel had a grand total of just one guest for a week while over 100 rooms in the hotel remained empty, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. This is a massive slap in the face for the tens of

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Police Pay Offer Less Than Inflation
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Police Pay Offer Less Than Inflation

Chris Baillie ACT Police spokesperson It’s no wonder the Police are heading to arbitration over their pay offer when it’s less than half the rate of inflation. Labour is no longer the party for workers. Whether it’s Police, nurses or teachers, Labour has turned its back on

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$14 Billion for a Tram Is Economic Lunacy
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$14 Billion for a Tram Is Economic Lunacy

The quiet announcement by Minister Michael Wood today that the much-awaited trundling tram to the airport will cost $14 billion shows it is nothing but economic lunacy, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins and National’s Transport spokesperson David Bennett say. “Jacinda Ardern’s first announcement as Labour Leader

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Reflections on New Zealand

October 27th, 2021. It’s time to give a review of New Zealand from afar. Or as we have to call it from now on, New Xi-Land, in deference to our overseas controllers. We have to accept that Jacinda is not dim. She may not be the smartest tool

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What the Right Could Learn from the Left

What the Right Could Learn from the Left

“Many people across the United States are despondent about the new president – and the threat to democracy his rise could represent”. In case you were wondering, that’s not Fox News lamenting Joe Biden; it’s The Guardian in 2017, being almost calmly analytical about Donald Trump. But the Grauniad’

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National Will Repeal and Reverse Three Waters

Hon Judith Collins National Party Leader As we suspected, Labour announced Wednesday that they are forcing their Three Waters reforms on local councils by legislation. Let me make our position very clear: National will repeal the Three Waters reforms and return all seized assets back to your local councils as

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A Govt That Imposes Three Waters Is a Dictatorship

Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 A Government that ignores reasoned opposition from local government by imposing 50/50 iwi-council co-governance through its Three Waters Plan is yet another step closer to

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The ‘New Normal’ Is Revolting

The ‘New Normal’ Is Revolting

Thornton Blackmore Protests are erupting worldwide in the wake of mandatory vaccination orders being handed down by our would-be dictators. Scenes of Melburnian tradesmen holding their ground against the riot squad at the Shrine of Remembrance while singing the Australian National Anthem, and defecting policemen in Europe throwing aside

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‘Papers!’

‘Papers!’

Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com Rodney Hide is former ACT Party leader, and Minister in the National-ACT Government from 2008 to 2011 “Papers!” That’s the chilling demand that sends a shiver down the spine. There’s the man in uniform. He controls your life: he decides whether you go

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The Only Tool You Need to Break Down a Wall

The Only Tool You Need to Break Down a Wall

Donald Digby When most people think of the fall of the Berlin Wall they think of November 9th, 1989 and the chaotic scenes outside the Brandenburg Gate. Well, did you know the real fall of the Berlin wall started 3 months earlier and began with a picnic? The Pan-European

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