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Mallard Has It Easy

Mallard Has It Easy

Eliora Stepping out of line as a Speaker of the House could land you in hot water. It could even get you murdered or executed. Some were imprisoned and even beheaded. No, I am not writing about Iran. Seven Speakers between 1394 and 1535 in Britain were executed, killed in

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KIA Hit Avgas Supplies to the Junta

KIA Hit Avgas Supplies to the Junta

18th May 2021 The resistance is getting interesting. By attacking the supplies of avgas they will restrict the availability of the air force to provide ground support. The civilians have taken the armed action into the heart of downtown Yangon and assassinated a district administrator. The Kachin Independence Army (KIA)

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Skewered; Prime Minister Caught Out in Parliament

Skewered; Prime Minister Caught Out in Parliament

Judith Collins managed to anger the Prime Minister by catching her out with sharp questioning using facts and actual documents. The Hansard shows just how slippery the Prime Minister is in not actually answering valid questions. You just know how much pressure she is under when Grant Robertson, Nanaia Mahuta

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Why We Need a Sensible Shooters Association

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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This Mockery of Parliament’s Kawa Must Cease!

This Mockery of Parliament’s Kawa Must Cease!

How long will it be before a kaumatua (respected male elder) or kuia (respected female elder) of exalted rangatira (chiefly) status in Maoridom will call on Maori Party MP Rawiri Waititi to stop making a mockery of what ought to be the kawa (accepted procedure) of our Parliament? (Note to

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Daily News Roundup – 19 May 2021

Daily News Roundup – 19 May 2021

Budget 2021 Kate C. Prickett (The Conversation): NZ’s second ‘Well-being Budget’ must deliver for the families that sacrificed most during the pandemic Praveen Menon (Reuters): New Zealand’s recovery budget seen focusing on targeted spending Jason Walls (Herald): Maori housing and child poverty initiatives likely to be biggest

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Scribble-Face the Peace Maker?

Scribble-Face the Peace Maker?

The funniest, most ridiculous take you will hear today. Apparently old ‘scribble-face’ Nanaia Mahuta could sort out the Israeli-Palestinian conflict! Yeah, like she sorted out the Aussie-China spat eh? New Zealand could be following Norway’s example and helping to broker a ceasefire and mediate wider peace

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Dr Shane Reti – Andrew Little Suggests Cuts to Health Services

Dr Shane Reti – Andrew Little Suggests Cuts to Health Services

Health Minister Andrew Little needs to rule out cutting health services to pay for his radical restructuring plans for the health sector, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. National has a letter from Andrew Little to Finance Minister Grant Robertson, setting out his priorities for Budget 2021. “The

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How Believable Is the Newshub Poll?

How Believable Is the Newshub Poll?

What an unbelievable Newshub poll. After all the bad news the Government has had, particularly over the past few weeks and before, Tova O’Brien managed to report on a poll that was right up her alley. The only thing she failed to report in her orgasmic presentation was that

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Leftists and Their ‘Trigger’ Bullshit

Leftists and Their ‘Trigger’ Bullshit

Trigger warnings. Suddenly, they’re everywhere. So-called “triggers” have proliferated faster than “gender dysphoria” in a clique of teenage girls with Instagram accounts. And they’re every bit as real: which is to say, they’re a phony fad, cooked up by leftists terrified of having to debate their

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Chris Bishop – OAG Issues Stark Warning on Vaccine Roll Out

The Auditor-General’s audit of the government’s vaccine roll-out presents a very worrying picture of a lack of progress and significant concerns about whether it will achieve its goals at all, says National’s Covid-19 Response Spokesperson Chris Bishop. The Auditor-General states that he is

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Time for Answers from Laura Fergusson Trust

Time for Answers from Laura Fergusson Trust

David Seymour ACT Leader The Government has made it clear it’s willing to get back to the table with the Laura Fergusson Trust, so we need answers about why the Trust is refusing. The Laura Fergusson Trust has been a safe haven for young people with physical and neurological

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