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We Lost the Rugby

We Lost the Rugby

It has really surprised me how compliant the New Zealand public has been over COVID. We have had most of our human rights and civil liberties taken away by a benign dictator who has persuaded us all that it is for our own good. Yes, the country is locked off

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Ardern’s Pants on Fire over Rugby Debacle

Ardern’s Pants on Fire over Rugby Debacle

When the news broke on Friday that New Zealand had lost the hosting of the Rugby Championship to Australia it was interesting to see the spin from the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern: Ardern insisted at a press conference shortly before the announcement that “Sanzaar politics” was to blame for the

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Appalling Creative Journalism

Appalling Creative Journalism

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com 31 months ago, in January 2018, during the silly season, a journalists term for the Xmas-January holiday period in which nothing happens, a Herald journalist came up with an idea. He went back a decade and read the Herald in January 2008 in the hope

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Postcard from Canada: 11 August 2020

Postcard from Canada: 11 August 2020

Geoff Corfield Geoffrey Corfield has been active in Conservative politics in Canada since 1976, both federally and provincially. But he won’t always write about politics because he has more experience with writing history and humour. He lives in London, Ontario, frequents used book shops, swims lengths, drinks beer, plays

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The Pirate Is Still Gunning for Izzy

The Pirate Is Still Gunning for Izzy

You gotta hand it to them: outside the Balkans or some feuding Appalachian hillbillies, nobody hates with quite the undying passion of the left. Case in point: former rugby player and scribbler of alleged ‘histories’, Peter FitzSimons. “Pirate” Pete has pursued record-breaking rugby player Israel Folau with a tenacity exceeding

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