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righttolife.org.uk A baby born alive after an unsuccessful late-term abortion was “left gasping without medical assistance for two hours before dying” at a hospital in New Zealand. The incident follows the passing of the Abortion Legislation Bill introduced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Government in 2020,
Tiger Tiger, a tenacious, surprisingly well-educated animal, living and working in the real world. Having to come up with staff wages every week sharpens the senses. It’s been bothering me for some time now, the pinch point of vaccination is fast approaching. I have to travel for work,
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
No wonder we are not “best in show” for vaccine rollout (to use Professor Des Gorman’s description of our government’s posturing tendencies). Being at the bottom of the OECD list is nothing to write home about. I lean towards Derek Cheng’s option of “shambles”. I know from
20th June 2021 It is becoming apparent that there is a possibility that the revolt against the Junta could succeed. This unlikely possibility is because the Tatmadaw can’t get on top of the dissenters and close down the country. They are finding it impossible to gain control nationally, with
Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com Rodney Hide is former ACT Party leader, and Minister in the National-ACT Government from 2008 to 2011 Great news for my kids this week: no more grumbling in the classroom about how the planet is coming out of an ice age. They can now go
I have a client who has been hit rather badly by the Bright-line Test. His profit on the property sale is over $200,000, on which he will have to pay tax. As he already has a reasonable income, this is going to push him well into the top
Winston Peters yesterday announced the bleeding obvious, that he is going to attempt a resurrection of Lazarus’ comeback…again. And he has launched an attack against the fairy princess and her government while he is at it: New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has given no hint of any intention
NZ First leader used his first speech since losing power to attack the Government now operating without him on a laundry list of culture war issues. […] Also on Peters’ hit list at his party’s annual general meeting was the media, the Greens, National, the Maori Party, cyclists, “cancel culture,
The Joe Pags Show is a nationally syndicated talk radio show broadcast on stations all over the USA with an audience of around 5 million. Here in New Zealand you can listen on iHeart radio or as I prefer to do, view it on Twitch TV. The show is on
19th June 2021 A vote took place in the UN on stopping the supply of arms to Myanmar. The results are below. The UN General Assembly has stopped short of calling for a global arms embargo against Myanmar’s military, even as it took the rare step of urging member
Jay Marlowe University of Auckland Associate Professor Jay Marlowe’s research focuses on refugee studies and settlement futures as it relates to migration policy, role of technologies and disaster risk reduction. He is co-director of the Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Studies, which focuses on responding to conflict and
Two opinion pieces in the Weekend Herald made for interesting reading. One from Fran O’Sullivan, the other from Michael Cullen. In respect of Fran, I find myself disagreeing with her a little more often than I used to. As for Michael Cullen, pretty much permanent disagreement there folks. Both
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Last year Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared a “climate emergency” in New Zealand. Now, in response to the Climate Commission’s report outlining how New Zealand should reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet its United Nations Paris Accord targets, she’s claiming climate change is
Stuff‘s Editor in Chief, Patrick Crewdson, has written a classic ‘explaining is losing’ editorial about why Stuff‘s editorial integrity is intact despite taking millions in state subsidies: If you want an example of the independence of Stuff’s journalism, you’ll find it in Stuff Circuit’s documentary
