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A law change that will prevent any future government funding being granted to organised criminal groups and gangs will be debated in Parliament, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. The Public Finance (Prohibition on Providing Public Funds to Gangs) Amendment Bill will ensure that any person responsible for the
rt.com The internet is arguing whether the US Space Force’s new dress uniforms ripped off the costume design from the Battlestar Galactica reboot, a Star Trek movie, or Star Wars – but everyone seems to agree the pants don’t fit right. The Guardian Service Dress prototype uniform was
In a recent Insight, I compared Joe Biden to Jimmy Carter but there is at least one important difference: Carter started off riding high in the polls before slumping dramatically. In fact, Biden’s is one of the least popular presidential debuts in modern history. Only Trump, Dubya and Reagan
Jackson Steele Jacinda Ardern is our hero. That toothy smile lets you know she’s not just kind, but also your best friend. This is why she insists that you take an experimental vaccine to protect yourself from a disease with a 99% survival rate. She does this because she
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Because you’re an idiot, the great minds at Stuff have graciously condescended to explain to you what “elimination” means. Did you think it means “removing or getting rid of something completely”. Oh, you poor simpleton. No, no, no. You need to stop consulting the dictionary and listen to your
I try not to pride myself as a political prognosticator: for all the times I’ve guessed right, I’ve as often been wrong. Fairly early I predicted that Jacinda Ardern’s media lackeys would turn on their fairy princess, just as they did with Australia’s Kevin Rudd. Clearly
Alwyn Poole Among many of the things deliberately hidden behind the pandemic curtain is that the education system that is spiralling out of control. A disconnected Minister. A Ministry with entirely incompetent and invisible leadership. Around 60% of all students fully attending and only around 40% of Decile 1 – 3
Dear Editor I sent the following e-mail to the PM. You, Jacinda Ardern, Have Made NZ, My Country, an Unsafe Place for Me. I am a healthy, youthful in appearance, 66-year-old mother, grandmother and wife. I have a masters level degree. I worked for the last 26
The BFD transcript NewstalkZB at 10:45 am on Monday 20 September between Kerre Woodham and caller Nicola 3:20 minutes into the recording. Nicola: So, I’ve been trying to get my daughter, who left at the beginning of last year to go to dance school in Melbourne, back
Melissa Lee National Spokesperson for – Broadcasting & Media| Digital Economy and Communications | Ethnic Communities As I write this column I am thinking about the extra weeks of economic hardship still lying ahead for many Kiwi businesses in the Auckland region during Level 3 and Level 2 in the rest of
Thirteen days ago both Grant Robertson and Dr Ashley Bloomfield stood at the ‘Podium of Truth’ and excused away the rule-breaking actions of Dr. Siouxsie Wiles and Dr. Nicola Gaston. Bloomfield went on to say during questioning that “I don’t think that the person, that went to the
New Zealand is in the midst of a mental health crisis, what is needed now is action not more vision statements, working groups and nice words, National’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention spokesperson Matt Doocey says. “After four years in Government, Labour has today released another strategy, set up
Using the Covid Response and Recovery Fund to increase Radio New Zealand’s operating budget by $7 million is yet another example of money borrowed on behalf of taxpayers to fund pet projects unrelated to the pandemic response, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. “Yesterday, the Prime Minister defended
