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Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards NATIONAL PARTY CONFERENCE Thomas March (Post): National’s challenge: Move on from the Key-era glory days (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): Less to the Nats conference than met the eye (paywalled) Claire Trevett (Herald): Christopher Luxon will be hoping his maths fix will save future
When politicians deny and say they aren’t at all interested in the leadership, they’re lying through their teeth.
Here is the replay of The Crunch from this week. Cam speaks with guest Marewa Glover about tobacco-control research, her latest findings and some astonishing revelations. Then Cam asks his buddies what they think about the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympic Games. Plus another Olivia’s View! Enjoy!
They are now a testament to the dissolution of nations into a global Panem ruled by Capitol elites, who demonstrate their disdain for the people of the districts through ritualized ridicule of what we used to consider reality.
The power of a male’s punch is 162 per cent greater than a woman’s, according to research by the University of Utah. The least-powerful man in experiments was still stronger than the most powerful woman.
I will use two real life authoritarian policies as examples of sunk cost fallacy: the War on Drugs and the authoritarian Covid Response.
Incidents of self-harm among adolescent females were notably higher than expected.
Despite the shrill forecasts of dangerous global warming, there are many signs that we are past the peak of the Holocene Warming. It is the next cycle of global cooling we have to fear.
Until a government has the guts to make reforms that radically alter the incentives for the provision of health, I doubt it will improve significantly or long term.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT Audrey Young (Herald): Battle between Act and Te Pāti Māori is out of hand – Speaker Gerry Brownlee must take urgent action (paywalled) Peter Dunne: Mr Speaker's Lonely Role RNZ: Flurry of mishaps puts spotlight on Parliament's culture Jenna Lynch
Another day and yet another bad headline for the Green Party. This time it is Julie Anne Genter who was found to be in contempt of the house when she went and stood over National MP Matt Doocey.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Thomas Manch (Post): Health NZ’s $1.4b overspend: Who knew what, when? Isaac Davison and Adam Pearse (Herald): Former Health NZ board members disappointed in Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s ‘personal’ and ‘baseless’ comments (paywalled) Kate Green (RNZ): Former Te Whatu Ora
