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Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 The Maori Party has launched a petition calling on Parliament to change the country’s official name to Aotearoa and “officially restore the Te Reo Maori names for
It seems I was on to something yesterday when I queried whether the Ardern government was laying the mat down for a backflip on lockdowns. First, one of Ardern’s Covid advisors starts talking about “learning to live with Covid” — and abandoning lockdowns. Now, right on cue, the government’s
Alwyn Poole As stated before – with good advice and superb help – I have been able to process a data set that has information and ranks every high school in NZ on: * Level 3 NCEA results – UE results. * Retention until 17 yo. * Comparisons of deciles and attendance by decile. The information
Helped by a fawning media keen to vilify National’s Judith Collins and glorify David Seymour, the Act leader, the ‘it’ boy of the moment, is the male version of Ardern with the addition of brain power and pragmatism, but sits at the other end of the spectrum, which may
Graham Adams Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Graham Adams is a journalist, columnist and reviewer who has written for many of the country’s media outlets including Metro, North & South, Noted, The Spinoff and Newsroom On Sunday morning, National’s Dr Shane Reti asked on
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Just before the start of a cabinet meeting on Sunday, several Israeli ministers were heard admitting that some coronavirus restrictions such as the controversial Green Pass vaccine passport were enforced simply for the purpose of pushing people to get vaccinated, rather than for epidemiological reasons, as ministers said they were
Green Party co-leader James Shaw has been under fire for planning to fly to Glasgow for a climate change conference with an unspecified number of support staff. Priding ourselves on fairness towards New Zealand’s elected representatives, the Taxpayers’ Union offered Mr Shaw the opportunity to present his defence.
It was short-lived leader Todd Muller who signed up media trainer Janet Wilson to be his chief press officer until the election. Previously she had been involved in media and election debate training for former Prime Ministers Sir John Key and Sir Bill English, as well as several other
So this happened today. During lockdown LVL 4. So disgusted in these people & their ignorant behaviour. Flouting the rules choosing gang entitlement over public safety. @nzpolice station just up the road. #COVID19nz @NewshubNZ @TheSpinoffTV @TVNZ @NateNauer pic.twitter.com/6pFo4IiD3s — Leone (@_chalks4) September 13, 2021
On May 29, the country was shocked by images in the mainstream media of a lockdown protester punching a police officer. It turns out that newly released bodycam footage paints an entirely different picture than what was initially reported. In the middle of the controversy was Nick Patterson. Nick was
Mason Goad fee.org Mason Goad is a student at the Schar School of Policy and Government, located at George Mason University. Back in December of 2020, then President-elect Biden said that he would not make vaccines against COVID-19 mandatory, nor did he think they should be mandatory.
New revelations that the Work and Income website only published the deadline for the first round of the wage subsidy two and a half days before it closed reinforce the need for that deadline to be extended, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “Applications opened on
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government needs to seriously upgrade its COVID data transparency, so we can all understand the situation and the response. Throughout the COVID epidemic, the Government has selectively released data that the taxpayer owns to suit its political agenda. Citizens have been forced to sit through
The Government must re-establish the Community Sector Reference Group after neglecting the sector throughout the Covid lockdown, National’s Community and Voluntary Sector spokesperson Maureen Pugh says. It’s been revealed through a written parliamentary question that the only engagement Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Priyanca Radhakrishnan had with
