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Can We All Shut Up about COVID, Just Once?

Can We All Shut Up about COVID, Just Once?

Sometimes, I feel like Shrek, losing his patience with the annoying Donkey. I just want to grab the media-political class by the ears and scream, “Can you just shut up about COVID. For. Five. Freaking. Minutes?!” Can we go one day without the hysterical shrieking about “new cases” (meaning,

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Freedom of Speech Is a Fundamental Right

Freedom of Speech Is a Fundamental Right

The National Party believe that freedom of speech is a fundamental right, National’s Justice spokesperson Simon Bridges says. “We completely oppose the criminalising of speech except in cases of incitement to violence which is already provided for in New Zealand Law. “We are not ruling out supporting sensible changes

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New Zealand’s Transport in Disarray under Labour

News that just three months after funding was confirmed in ATAP 2021-2031 the Eastern Busway will now be delayed is just another sign that Labour can’t manage New Zealand’s transport priorities, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. “Auckland Transport told councillors yesterday that walking and cycling

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Trump Says It’s ‘Up to the Public’ to Decide Whether He’s Reinstated If Election Audits Prove Massive Fraud

Trump Says It’s ‘Up to the Public’ to Decide Whether He’s Reinstated If Election Audits Prove Massive Fraud

Debra Heine amgreatness.com Debra Heine is a conservative Catholic mom of six and longtime political pundit. She has written for several conservative news websites over the years, including Breitbart and PJ Media. Former President Donald Trump declared on Monday that he has not admitted defeat, nor conceded the 2020

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American Farmers Fight the Left’s Systemic Racism

American Farmers Fight the Left’s Systemic Racism

It’s systemic racism, Jim – just not as the left want us to know it. It’s said that an easy test of Critical Race Theory is to take any given statement made by its promoters, and substitute black for white. If the argument is obviously racist when the subject

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Letter to the Editor: Labour’s Deception

Letter to the Editor: Labour’s Deception

Dear Editor I can see why He Puapua was kept hidden from New Zealand First. It was because it could have changed the election. Winston Peters, Judith Collins and David Seymour would have been all over it. In my mind, Jacinda Ardern and her government should now be taken to

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Hate Speech Will Put Cancel Culture on Steroids

Hate Speech Will Put Cancel Culture on Steroids

David Seymour ACT Leader The Government’s proposed hate speech laws are a huge win for cancel culture and will create an even more divided society. What sort of government promotes social cohesion by having the state go around punishing people for unpopular views? This is a solution looking for

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Can NZ First Prosper with Its Anti-woke Focus?
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Can NZ First Prosper with Its Anti-woke Focus?

Bryce Edwards Democracy Project Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. A survey released on Sunday by Newshub suggests there is still plenty of potential support for a Winston Peters comeback. A Reid-Research poll in

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NZME Trousered $475K of Undeclared Government Advertising

NZME Trousered $475K of Undeclared Government Advertising

Well, this has turned out to be a nice little earner for the NZ Herald and their government shill site, One Roof: nearly $500,000 in non-disclosed advertising revenue from the taxpayer: Housing Minister Megan Woods’ office has blamed a “clerical error” for wrongly claiming the Government was not

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Wood’s Big Confession: Feebate Really Is a Tax
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Wood’s Big Confession: Feebate Really Is a Tax

David Seymour ACT Leader Under questioning in Parliament today, Michael Wood made a huge confession about his Feebate scheme, it’s really a tax. The policy is promoted as taking money from those who buy higher emission vehicles and giving it to those who buy EVs. But, asked what would

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Criticisms of Peters and His Anti-woke Agenda

Bryce Edwards Democracy Project Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Much of the media commentary has been highly negative about NZ First’s targeting of woke issues in the weekend, suggesting this focus will fail

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Winston’s Anti-woke Path Back to Power
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Winston’s Anti-woke Path Back to Power

Bryce Edwards Democracy Project Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Could a backlash to “woke politics” be the basis for the revival and return of New Zealand First? The Winston Peters-led party held its

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