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Politicised Bank Cancelled Me. These Extremists in Govt Have Their Tails Up. Share Everywhere.
Email just now from Westpac bank saying they’ve cancelled me. I’m banned from banking with them in future too. For what exactly am I being cancelled by Westpac? This is pressure from Jacinda’s govt and the extremist Maori party because I’m telling the truth of their
Here’s How STUPID “Reimagining Policing” Is
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
Can Trans ‘Women’ Ever be Truly Female?
Should an employer have the right to fire an employee who expresses the view that a trans woman can never be truly a female? The Daily Mail article reads: “ ‘I was just fighting for everyone’s right to hold an opinion’: Mother who lost her job for saying trans women
Another Green Zealot Tries to Bullshit about EVs and Utes
Jacinda Ardern is not the only trying to pull a swifty over electric cars versus utes. Notoriously, Ardern is trying to subsidise luxury EV cars for wealthy people at the expense of tradies and ordinary car-owners. Which is exactly what her dewy-eyed fans across the ditch at Australia’
It’s Anchor Babies Aweigh! For Australia
So “anchor babies” are now a thing in Australia. For years, Australia has been praised or damned, depending on one’s political leanings, for its “tough” border policies. Certainly, the policies have been sufficient to end — twice — the more than daily arrivals of boats of illegal immigrants. But the truly
Govt’s Weakness on Crime Lets Victims Down
It is no wonder the Government’s media release about the latest New Zealand Crime and Victimisation Survey led with a small decrease in burglaries as this is where the good news stops, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “Behind the celebratory headline the data that fits with what
Pacific Seasonal Workers to New Zealand: Slow Progress
Charlotte Bedford devpolicy.org Charlotte Bedford is a Research Fellow with the Development Policy Centre and is based in New Zealand. In early May, the New Zealand government announced a second border exception (which I refer to as BE2.0) for Pacific seasonal workers under the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE)
Labour’s Lax Approach to Benefit Fraud Investigations
By allowing 70 per cent of benefit fraud investigations to be delayed and a critical fraud detection tool to cease to operate for more than a year, Labour has left our welfare system vulnerable to exploitation, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “Billions of dollars was
Meddling Robbo Needs to Butt Out
Brooke van Velden ACT Housing spokesperson Grant Robertson’s meddling in the demand side of housing won’t build a single extra home. Finance Minister Grant Robertson has agreed “in-principle” to give the Reserve Bank (RBNZ) debt-to-income (DTI) tools. A 2017 paper written by Ian Harrison, an
Where Does NZ Stand on Free Trade Agreement?
Brooke van Velden ACT Trade spokesperson The Government needs to let New Zealanders know where we stand with the UK on Free Trade after Australia got in first. Australia struck a deal with the UK which allows more Australians to live and work there and more of their products to
Whadda ’bout Me?
Information Satire The Hollywood Regurgitator has an article today discussing a new movie to be made about Jacinda Ardern. With a working title “Whadda ’bout me?” it closely follows Ardern as the tragic events of June 11th through 14th, 2021 unfold, during which depressing times the New Zealand prime minister
She Said Scientists Never Discount Any Theory
Chief Science Adviser to the office of the PM, Professor Dame Juliette Gerard was reappointed last week for another three year term. Her first foray into the media was last weekend. Gerard was pleased about the reappointment, stating that the prime minister must be happy with her performance, before being
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Where’s New Zealand’s FTA with the UK?
The Government should be feeling the pressure to lock in a Free Trade Agreement with the United Kingdom after Australia announced their deal today, National’s Trade and Export Growth spokesperson Todd Muller says. “Australia and New Zealand started negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the UK at the
