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Hope Dies Last: The Politics of Fear

Hope Dies Last: The Politics of Fear

Yesterday morning I fielded a great many calls from mates who are doing it tough under the cruel and ongoing level four lockdown in Auckland. One was even in tears as he explained to me how his business simply will not recover after this lockdown. Others were expressing frustration that

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Climate Excuses Just More Hot Air

Climate Excuses Just More Hot Air

Climate Change Minister James Shaw stating that the Emissions Reduction Plan is to be aligned with Budget 2022 is just more hot air, says National’s Climate Change spokesperson Stuart Smith. “James Shaw is making a habit of missing his own deadlines on climate change. “New Zealand has seen the

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Indigenous Coalition Urges Closer Bi-lateral Relations with Israel
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Indigenous Coalition Urges Closer Bi-lateral Relations with Israel

Hon Alfred Ngaro Dr Sheree Trotter indigenouscoalition.org Indigenous Coalition For Israel urges New Zealand to follow the example of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco and pursue a closer bi-lateral relationship with Israel. If these countries, as former enemies can build close ties with Israel, why can’

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Robertson Tops up COVID Slush Fund with Borrowed Money

Robertson Tops up COVID Slush Fund with Borrowed Money

Grant Robertson’s $7 billion top-up of the misused Covid Response and Recovery Fund gives him carte-blanche to splash more borrowed money between Budgets, says National’s Finance spokesperson Michael Woodhouse. “The Finance Minister has referenced the positive economic performance figures for the June quarter, before the Delta

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What a Bunch of Galas

What a Bunch of Galas

Regimes are most visibly on the edge of collapse when the gap between the elite and the masses becomes a glaring, yawning chasm. When the peasants are trudging from one government restriction to another while the economy collapses around their ears, it’s a dangerous time for the elites to

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Abalone and the New Apartheid

Abalone and the New Apartheid

So much for equality before the law. It’s becoming more and more apparent, on both sides of the Tasman, that there are two sets of laws – based entirely on race. A progressive apartheid, in other words. But where, 40 years ago, the New Zealand left protested vociferously against apartheid,

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Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!

Chris Penk First published by The BFD 17th June 2020 The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! In my experience (and I did live there for a few years), our Australian brethren are commendably direct.

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California Recall: Vote Fraud Yet Again?

California Recall: Vote Fraud Yet Again?

Bill Bryson once wrote, of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, that in true American fashion, organisers stuffed up royally, but pretended that everything went like a dream. The same could be said for the 2020 presidential election. 2020 brutally exposed an election process that could be generously described as “a dog’

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Concerning NZ Left Out of AUKUS Discussions

News that the United States, United Kingdom and Australia have formed a partnership without New Zealand is concerning and leaves many questions for the Government to answer, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “It’s disappointing that after many years of New Zealand’s co-operation with our traditional

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Sheriff Ardern and the Banshee Woman

Sheriff Ardern and the Banshee Woman

Information Satire Sheriff Ardern strode into the Karangahape Saloon letting the batwing doors swing behind her. She ordered a RED~EYE (whisky) from the barperson and groaned. “Trotsky Comrade I’m in it up to my neck.  I should have warned Siouxsie about the ‘Banshee Woman’ from Irish mythology who

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The Ridiculous Race Relations Head – Foolish Foon

The Ridiculous Race Relations Head – Foolish Foon

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Auckland journalist, English-born Steve Kilgallon, over the years has called me for info’ on things I know about.  He’s balanced and sensible and not a beat-up artist like so many in his trade. Thus when he recently wrote an expose about Race

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Animal Farm

Animal Farm

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