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Perry Trotter The Advocate Newsletter Israel Institute of New Zealand The UN’s 2001 World Conference Against Racism, held in Durban, South Africa was ostensibly convened to discuss opposition to racism. In reality, it descended into a hatefest targeting one particular people group – the Jews. Following the 2001 inaugural conference,
Prelude: Today’s column has been sparked by an article in the New Zealand Herald by Bruce Cotterill, which is a must-read for everyone dedicated to a peaceful, orderly future for New Zealand. (It’s behind a paywall, but well worth the price). In essence, after discussing all the
Dark Jester A political scholar with an interest in foreign interference. Traditional conservative. Came out of a family that fled communism and improved themselves thanks to capitalism but would consider myself a distributionist. On the night of July 15th, Speak Up for Women NZ stopped off in Wellington as part
You can’t make this up, but the Government’s much vaunted and barely used white elephant train service from Hamilton to Papakura left two carriages behind. It’s not enough that the whole train idea is a lemon, but now the lemon is self-destructing: Passengers travelling in a
David Farrar Co-founder New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union The Auckland harbour bike path was bad enough, but the recent news of what our money is being used for takes the cake: taxpayer funding for the Mongrel Mob. I’m writing to ask for your support so the Taxpayers’ Union can
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Since Labour has been in Government New Zealand’s cybersecurity ranking has taken a serious hit, National’s Digital Economy & Communications spokesperson Melissa Lee says. The recently released United Nations ITU Global Cybersecurity Index shows New Zealand’s ranking plunging from 19 in 2017 down to 48 in 2021.
The appointment by Grant Robertson of a long-standing union official to the board of Air New Zealand is another example of poor judgement by the Minister, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “Mr Robertson does not appear to be acting in the best interests of Air New Zealand
Karen Chhour ACT Social Development spokesperson ACT will ensure the children of gang members are less likely to suffer neglect by requiring gang members who receive a benefit to undergo Electronic Income Management. According to the Ministry of Social Development, a high proportion of gang members’ children experience multiple incidents
Dave Pellowe goodsauce.news A third of the nation is under house arrest and Western Australia bans political dissent from public venues. 1. The WA govt is censoring dissenting political opinions, with Hon Nick Goiran, MLC, W.A. Shadow Attorney General (Lib) 2. Albo claims no aged care nurses have
P.J. Gladnick newsbusters.org P.J. Gladnick is probably the only writer on NewsBusters to have received an award from the Soviet Union. It was for his work as an American correspondent for Krokodil Magazine which you can see chronicled in I Was A Commie Writer. Wikipedia co-founder
Colin Alexander Nottingham Trent University Dr. Colin Alexander is currently Lecturer in Political Communications within the Communication and Society subject team at the School of Arts and Humanities. The lifting of most COVID legal restrictions on July 19 has been dubbed “freedom day” by some politicians and journalists. Though not
Chris Baillie Former Policeman ACT Police spokesperson ACT will ensure there are always enough Police on the beat instead of recruitment being a political football. For too long, Police have been subject to a political auction as major parties bid for new money in the lead up to elections. Policing
Hobson’s Pledge Trust Tens of thousands of farmers jamming 57 towns with utes, tractors, and harvesters on Friday was by far the news story of the week. It was mainly about unnecessary freshwater policy, the ute tax, Government inaction over allowing entry for overseas workers, climate doom policies like
Nicole McKee ACT Justice spokesperson ACT will introduce a new policy of Gang Injunction Orders to crack down on gang members and minimise the risk posed to the public. Under Labour, gang numbers have exploded, ACT has a plan to take back control. Gang Injunction Orders would allow the Police
