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Letter to the Editor: This Government
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Letter to the Editor: This Government

Dear Editor I watched with interest the Prime Minister saying she was pleased with the way the vaccination rollout is going. How can she be pleased when we are one of the slowest of any OECD country? I suppose when you look at her and her government’s achievements something

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‘They Are Us’ Is Group Think on Steroids

‘They Are Us’ Is Group Think on Steroids

Society is made up of lots of different family units: some are close and strong, others disjointed and alienated. My father once naïvely attempted to heal a long standing family rift by getting parties who had not spoken to each other for years together to talk, hopefully forgive and let

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Transcript of Interview with Speak up for Women

Transcript of Interview with Speak up for Women

David Cumin fsu.nz TRANSCRIPT: Free Speech Union Podcast interview with Beth Johnson, Spokeswoman for Speak Up For Women, June 7 2021 David: Welcome everyone to the Free Speech Union Podcast. It’s David Cumin here as host, and I have with me Beth from Speak Up for Women. Welcome,

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Government’s Housing Policies Just Keep on Making It Worse

Government’s Housing Policies Just Keep on Making It Worse

Salad dodging Minister of Housing Megan Woods, was given her job to pick up the pieces after Phil Twyford was found to have tits for hands. Since taking over things have gotten demonstrably worse: The number of people on the waitlist for public housing reached a record high of 23,

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A New Zealand Embassy in Israel
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A New Zealand Embassy in Israel

Pastor Nigel Woodley Ph.D. Dear Friends & Supporters of Israel, I have launched a petition on the Parliamentary website calling for a New Zealand Embassy to be established within the State of Israel. Israel, in good faith, has had an Embassy in our country now for many years and

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Collins’ Comments

Collins’ Comments

Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz The government has announced that six transport projects from the NZ Upgrade Programme announced in January 2020, will not go ahead. Mill Road four lane widening has been cancelled. This project was progressed under a National government so that it should have broken

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An Update on Vaccines

An Update on Vaccines

Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister This week, we announced the next steps in our COVID-19 vaccination rollout. In case you missed the news, I wanted to send you a quick update on what it means for you and your family. The COVID vaccine rollout is the largest and most complex

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Shut down the Gangs, Not the Streets

Shut down the Gangs, Not the Streets

Nicole McKee ACT Justice spokesperson Why are Police shutting down streets, stopping Kiwis going about their everyday lives instead of moving an intimidating gang procession along? It says so much about the soft on crime Labour Government that gang members are taking over Central Auckland – facilitated by the Police. The

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Another Hatchet Job on Morrison Falls Flat

Another Hatchet Job on Morrison Falls Flat

Nikki Savva really doesn’t like Scott Morrison. We know that, because she never misses a chance to remind us. Nikki was a huge fan of Malcolm Turnbull (remember him? Anyone?). Like many female journalists of a Certain Age, Nikki wet her “Depends” when Lord Turnbull of Wentworth ascended to

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Why We Need a Sensible Shooters Association
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Why We Need a Sensible Shooters Association

Recently I received an email from the Antique Arms National President, Andrew Edgecombe. In the email, he has a crack at me (Note to Andrew: I don’t use minions) and my messages about the failures of COLFO. I will address his email in this article on the points that

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Electric Power Fantasies Are Lining Up

Electric Power Fantasies Are Lining Up

David Wojick cfact.org David Wojick, Ph.D. is an independent analyst working at the intersection of science, technology and policy. Seems like every big policy gun wants to take a shot at fantasizing the decarbonization and electrification of the energy system. No doubt that is where the government policy

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