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Read Our Week in Review

Read Our Week in Review

As Auckland remains in Level 4 lockdown, and the rest of New Zealand is in Level 2, we’re focused on holding the Government to account for their policies, decisions, and highlighting how they will affect the lives of everyday Kiwis. Our thoughts are particularly with the Auckland Region as

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The Last Questions Jason Walls Will Ask the Prime Minister?

The Last Questions Jason Walls Will Ask the Prime Minister?

Mike Hosking listened to the full Covid-19 presentation on Monday 13 September and yesterday commented on questions Jason Walls asked the Prime Minister regarding lockdown. Newstalk ZB on demand for Tuesday 14 September for 7:45 am beginning 3.59 minutes into the recording. The recordings played by Mike

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Faces of the Day
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Faces of the Day

The Maori Party has launched a petition to have New Zealand’s name officially changed to Aotearoa. Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer are also petitioning for Te Reo Maori names of all towns, cities and place names to be restored by 2026. One News Read the

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Against Biden’s Mandates

Against Biden’s Mandates

The Editors mises.org The Editors of the Mises Institute. We oppose President Biden’s lawless and authoritarian new mandates announced yesterday. We also denounce his divisive rhetoric toward unvaccinated Americans, his reckless antipathy for federalism, and his threats to usurp state governors. Contra Mr. Biden, this is entirely about

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They’re Burning Books Again

They’re Burning Books Again

Radical, racially-obsessive socialists are burning books again. This is as certain to end well as it did when last they “commit to the flames the evil spirit of the past”. As it was in the 1930s, the “cleansing by fire” is being spearheaded by educational institutions. Plus ça change…

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The Link Between Race and IQ Is Real — But Not Immutable

The Link Between Race and IQ Is Real — But Not Immutable

Jim Goad wrote that the left have their heads “so far up their own asses with the idea that they are unimpeachably good, I suspect they may all soon suffocate to death”. As he admitted though, that was probably just so much wishful thinking. After all, Paddy Gower is somehow

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Left Suddenly Alarmed at Police Cyber-Tracking of Citizens

Joe Schaeffer libertynation.com Political Columnist at LibertyNation.com Joe Schaeffer is a veteran journalist with 20+ years’ experience. He spent 15 years with The Washington Times, including 8+ years as Managing Editor of the newspaper’s popular National Weekly Edition. A vexing thing about slippery slopes: The boulders tumbling

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What Is ‘As Many People as Possible’ as a Percentage?

What Is ‘As Many People as Possible’ as a Percentage?

While National welcomes the Prime Minister’s recognition that lockdowns can be avoided if we get as many people as possible vaccinated, we continue to call on her to be honest with New Zealand and give us the conditions for when this can occur, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson

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Government Should Adopt the Mr Whippy Business Model

Government Should Adopt the Mr Whippy Business Model

David Seymour ACT Leader If the Government really wants to get on top of the Auckland outbreak it needs to come up with new and innovative ways of testing the affected communities. Only around five thousand tests are being done a day. To know whether ‘mystery cases’ are just bad

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Academic Intolerance: Professor’s Full Resignation Letter

Academic Intolerance: Professor’s Full Resignation Letter

CFACT Ed cfact.org CFACT — We’re freedom people. Dear Provost Susan Jeffords, I’m writing to you today to resign as assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University. Over the last decade, it has been my privilege to teach at the university. My specialties are critical thinking, ethics

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Flattening the Country

Flattening the Country

Chris Penk First published by The BFD 15th June 2020 The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book by publishing an extract every day. Flattening the Country It was only supposed to be the curve that got flattened, not the whole country. This is the real story of

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‘The US Government Is Censoring Private Conversations,’ Says the ‘Conversion Therapist’ Fighting a Legal Battle Not to Be Silenced

‘The US Government Is Censoring Private Conversations,’ Says the ‘Conversion Therapist’ Fighting a Legal Battle Not to Be Silenced

Chris Sweeney rt.com Chris Sweeney is an author and columnist who has written for newspapers such as The Times, Daily Express, The Sun and Daily Record, along with several international-selling magazines. Brian Tingley is taking on the state of Washington for the right to continue counselling young people

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Three Things

Three Things

Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister Yesterday, we announced the next steps in our COVID response as together, we continue our efforts to stamp out Delta. If you missed the update, Auckland will remain at Alert Level 4, and the rest of New Zealand will stay at Alert Level 2, until Tuesday

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Person of No Particular Description Does Something

Person of No Particular Description Does Something

As Mark Steyn once observed, “the airbrush is mightier than the sword”. Once upon a time, the mission of journalism was guided by Kipling’s “Six Honest Serving-Men”: What, Why, When, How, Where and Who. The first principle of the honest journalist is to identify each and report it

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