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Geoffrey Miller Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is an international analyst at the Democracy Project. He has lived and travelled extensively in the Middle East and is a fluent Arabic speaker. New Zealand’s new ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Barney Riley, has his work
Information Satire Hat tip Babylonbee.com New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has added NZ dairy cows to the list of world recognised terrorist groups. “This is literally a life or death situation”, she said while wearing a frowny face and frantically waving her arms about. “Cow flatulence is a
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.” President Abraham Lincoln When Jacinda
Jacinda Ardern is big on virtue signaling, and none is bigger than her fanciful grandstanding about climate change. During the 2017 election she said that her father knew about the effects of climate change – he’d seen them in Kiribati – and during her campaign launch speech in Auckland, Ardern called
Rose Byrne is about to get political in her latest role. The Australian actress, 41, has been cast as New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in upcoming film They Are Us. Fans will see a different side of the Bridesmaids star as she plays the political leader in the wake
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
rt.com The UK government has criticised students at Oxford University’s Magdalen College as “simply absurd” for voting to remove a portrait of the Queen over concerns that it’s a symbol of Britain’s “recent colonial history.” Speaking after the vote, which was taken at the college’s
Yesterday, The BFD reported that senior Labor senator Penny Wong had condemned the Queensland branch of the party for parroting “talking points disseminated by Hamas”. Now, Labor elder statesman Bob Carr is furiously denying the obvious: anti-Semitism is a spreading stain on the Labor party. Former foreign minister Bob
Green party politicians are happily virtue signalling getting vaccinated but we are still waiting for PM Jacinda Ardern to publicly get vaccinated and set an example for the rest of New Zealand. Other world leaders have done it. I wonder why Ardern hasn’t? Hmm… If you enjoyed this please
Is there anything worse than a White Knight? You know the sort: they RESPECT WOMEN so much that they’re ever-ready to leap to their defence the instant anyone so much as mutters, “Ghostbusters 2015 wasn’t funny”. They’re so creepy and off-putting that even women want
Mark Cameron ACT Primary Industries spokesperson ACT welcomes the Government listening to our concerns about Significant Natural Areas – but there needs to be a complete rethink of this policy not just a pause. Private property rights are under threat thanks to the Government’s directive to councils to identify and
Alwyn Poole What we are told by health professionals: The vaccine is well tested, safe and effective. stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/125386042/nzs-covidfree-status-relies-on-trust-in-the-vaccine Or this: “The researchers found that fully immunised participants were 25 times less likely to test positive
David Seymour ACT Leader Even Jacinda Ardern’s harshest critics never imagined her ‘nuclear-free moment’ would be coal-powered. According to the latest figures from the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE), coal imports are up are up 25 per cent on the same quarter last year. Coal
The arrival of the belated interest deductibility and Brightline rules discussion document brings with it confirmation of what an unprincipled mess the proposed legislation is, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly and Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis say. “National oppose the Government’s ill-advised approach to dealing with the housing
