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Stunning State Education Failure: 10,500 Students

Alwyn Poole Villa Education Trust Innovative Education Consultants There has been some digging going on with the level of disengagement with state schools in New Zealand and some recent releases of 2020 system-wide qualifications statistics. Keeping it simple: There are 826,347 school students in New Zealand. 10,500

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Growing Concern over the Councils’ SNA Initiative

Growing Concern over the Councils’ SNA Initiative

Barbara McKenzie BA (Hons) Linguistics; PhD (German Lit.) stovouno.org Nationwide policies to incorporate private land into “Significant Natural Areas”, ostensibly deriving authority from the Resource Management Act, have been met with hostility from landowners. Most recently, the Far North District Council announced on 27 July that it has dropped

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Parents Banned from Stopping Puberty Blockers

Parents Banned from Stopping Puberty Blockers

Family First “That is not cool with me” – Kris Faafoi, Minister of Justice If parents aren’t concerned about the conversion therapy bill introduced by the Government on Friday, all they need to do is listen to the Minister of Justice explain the effect of the bill, and parents will

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He Puapua in Action – Labour’s Three Waters Reform

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. In September 2012 the Maori

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Two Polls Show the Slide Is on for Labour

Two Polls Show the Slide Is on for Labour

Two polls have been released in as many days. One from Roy Morgan and also one from Newshub/Reid Research. Both polls show that Labour is on the slide. Support for New Zealand’s Labour/Greens government dropped 1.5% points to 49.5% in July – the lowest for the

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Building Industry in Crisis

Building Industry in Crisis

New Conservative Bruce Welsh Architect Materials shortages, labour shortages, supply delays and increased costs are now all part of the everyday experience of those in the building industry. From talking to people across the industry, I have heard of issues like: * Merchant shelves are almost empty of timber framing, plywood

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Heterophobic Bill a Further Deconstruction of Family
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Heterophobic Bill a Further Deconstruction of Family

New Conservative New Conservative is deeply troubled and concerned over the tabling of the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill in parliament by the Minister of Justice, Kris Faafoi. Not only is this Bill a further intrusion into the whole area of freedom of speech, but it is also, and more

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Prime Minister’s Hypocrisy on Immigration
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Prime Minister’s Hypocrisy on Immigration

David Seymour ACT Leader At the same time as the Prime Minister is apologising for the Dawn Raids in the 1970s, Labour is completely ignoring the struggles being faced by migrants today. MPs from every party except Labour and the Maori Party are currently gathered in Auckland for an event

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Hardware Trying to Be Software

Hardware Trying to Be Software

Eliora By the end of this year Faafoi and Ardern want to prevent “ordinary conversations around sexuality.” NZ Herald July 30th Douglas Murray, the author of The Madness of Crowds, Gender, Race and Identity, sees hardware trying to be software, in a gender dysphoria frenzy. The claim (that sex is

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UK Ambassador Warns of Mass Infection of COVID

UK Ambassador Warns of Mass Infection of COVID

31st July 2021 On Thursday, I took part in a webinar on the banking crisis in Myanmar and its impact on the economy. Hosted by Monash University the academic and business experts gave a wide range of views on the economy, but basically concurred on one thing – it’s close

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What Is the Government Doing about Rampant Wealth?

What Is the Government Doing about Rampant Wealth?

Dr Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Government policies have fuelled the wealth and inequality explosion, so is Labour planning to do anything about it? At this stage, the signs are

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Free Speech Essential for Social Reform

Free Speech Essential for Social Reform

familyfirst.org.nz “Free-speech is my right to say what you don’t want to hear” – George Orwell You can view and download the full Hate Speech fact sheet here. MAKE A SUBMISSION TO THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE by 6 August 2021 Necessary for Social Reforms Freedom of Speech

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