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Will Jacinda Be Gone by Christmas?

Will Jacinda Be Gone by Christmas?

On his Bowalley Road blogsite, Chris Trotter raises the possibility that Jacinda will resign before Christmas. The reason he believes this is possible is obvious – COVID, particularly the Delta kind. Chris Trotter’s article is as well written and researched as we have come to expect of him, but I

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I Thought Vaccines Made You Free

I Thought Vaccines Made You Free

Tell me again how vaccines will give you freedom? Then tell me that we aren’t living in a dictatorship when you require a government permit to travel and have internal borders where you must show your papers. New Zealand Rugby will consider stepping in to bail out three Auckland

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Under-prepared ICU Beds at 120 per Cent Capacity Day of Lockdown

Under-prepared ICU Beds at 120 per Cent Capacity Day of Lockdown

Andrew Little did not add one single resourced ICU bed to Auckland’s three district health boards in the almost 18 months since the end of the first Covid lockdown last year, says National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. Ministerial answers show Auckland ICU, the biggest in the country,

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Reopening Schools Absolute Priority

The Government should move heaven and earth to make sure schools reopen in Auckland on October 18, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. Auckland students have endured seven weeks out of the classroom, they need to get back to school after the holidays. Unlike other countries, the Government has

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Gladys Resigned – So Why Doesn’t Dan?

Gladys Resigned – So Why Doesn’t Dan?

Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian resigned because she was named as a “person of interest” in a corruption investigation. She hadn’t actually been accused of anything, specifically, much less found guilty of anything other than having a secret affair with a corrupt politician. Legal advice from a top barrister

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Nurturing the Gangs Doesn’t Work

Nurturing the Gangs Doesn’t Work

David Seymour ACT Leader The current gang member-driven outbreak of COVID-19 is the logical conclusion of the Government’s tending and nurturing approach. Tending and nurturing is the translation of Operation Tauwhiro that was supposed to take on the gangs. I asked the Prime Minister in Parliament about

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With Apologies to C.S. Lewis

Information Satire Once upon a pandemic, in the desolate locked-down wilderness of Nova Zelanda, the Red Witch Queen and her minions were in total control and enjoying every minute of it. Over many months, the brutal gales of Level 4 had only abated to the icy winds of Level

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Just Do What Needs to Be Done, Prime Minister

Just Do What Needs to Be Done, Prime Minister

The National Party is on board to take part in the Super Saturday vaccination drive on October 16th, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. In our own Covid-19 plan ‘Opening Up’ we outline the importance of pulling out all the stops to get as many Kiwis vaccinated as

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Just Because It’s Not MSM Doesn’t Make It True.

Just Because It’s Not MSM Doesn’t Make It True.

We all know that the mainstream media continually peddle lies and fake news. But that doesn’t excuse the independent media from doing the same with bells on. Normally, Australian politics is of little interest to overseas media, especially Americans who seem to know as much about Australian politics as

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Out Damn Spot!

Out Damn Spot!

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