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The Glasgow Climate Conference

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The Glasgow Climate Change Conference is about to begin as 30,000 spongers descend on the city. My Glasgow office tells me Glaswegians are not well pleased at the inconvenience to them on a number of counts. A daughter living in my Glasgow home tells

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The Truth about Treating COVID-19

The Truth about Treating COVID-19

John Rofe Private Investigator Dear Politicians, You must bring an end to the deceptive and misleading information about Covid-19 which is leading to multiple deaths and destroying many thousands of small businesses and jobs.  If you open up the economy without changing your failing policy then based on overseas

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You Can’t Beat COVID with Maori Pokemon

Louis Houlbrooke taxpayers.org.nz So far, thirty two projects have received $6.2 million from the fund. The questionable taxpayer funded projects include: •  $585,000 to develop a te Reo Maori virtual reality game. •  $20,000 on “a digital storytelling platform using the vaka as medium for navigating and

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So, You Think You Are Getting Good News Today?

So, You Think You Are Getting Good News Today?

Later today the Prime Minister will present her latest announcement. It will likely be an announcement of even more announcements, which she will call a roadmap or maybe even a plan. It will of course be none of those and will be met with utter dismay at the lack of

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A Million Fully Vaccinated Aucklanders Stuck at Home

A Million Fully Vaccinated Aucklanders Stuck at Home

More than one million fully vaccinated Aucklanders are stuck at home because the Government has been unable to deliver a simple website, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. Since New Zealand got its hands on a proper supply of Covid vaccine in late August, Aucklanders have been quick to

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Of Light Bulbs and Electric Cars

Of Light Bulbs and Electric Cars

Today in things so good you have to be forced to buy them: Electric cars. Remember when governments banned horses and carts and forced everyone to buy those new-fangled Model T Fords, instead? No? So, where are the horses and carts, now? Gone, because the internal combustion engines were

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And the Lack of Self-Awareness Award Goes To…

And the Lack of Self-Awareness Award Goes To…

This week’s Lack of Self-Awareness Award goes to a Victorian vaxhole publican. The white, South African-born hotelier rails against vaccine passports being compared to apartheid — by reminiscing about the Apartheid system in his native land in terms which sound almost identical to what he’s promoting in

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Government Must Avert Kiwirail Christmas Strike
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Government Must Avert Kiwirail Christmas Strike

The Government must intervene to avert proposed strike action by KiwiRail workers that threatens to significantly disrupt freight and passenger transport in the lead-up to Christmas, says National’s Workplace Relations spokesperson Scott Simpson. Lockdowns and restrictions mean it’s already looking like it will be a grim Christmas

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Gang Numbers Surge 53 per Cent under Labour

Gang Numbers Surge 53 per Cent under Labour

Newly released figures to National show New Zealand’s gang numbers continues to explode under Labour and with no signs of stopping, says National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown. There has been a 53 per cent increase in gang membership since Labour first took office, a figure which reflects what

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