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Get a glimpse of real life in South Auckland from Auckland City Councillor Efeso Collins for example. As oppsed to the view that Mike Hosking gets looking out the window of his Ferrari as he drives by it on the motorway.
Is there really no more money for teachers when we are running a $5 Billion surplus and have one of the lowest rates of government debt in the OECD?
Over the weekend Europeans elected their new governments, turning in increasing numbers to parties at the ends of the political spectrum. Europe polarised in a three way retreat from the centre. Across Europe and in Britain support for the far-right, far- left and Green parties surge. The losers were centrist parties.
Religion is definitely the major cause of war over the centuries and today remains a massive contributor to murder in the name of Righteousness. But Oil has taken stage as “King of Kings”.
Simon Bridges has announced the National Party’s Foreign Policy. “National will prioritise our relationship with the United States, and leverage…
Alfred Ngaro and Brian Tamaki’s recent announcements that they intend to form right-wing Christian conservative parties should give us all pause for thought. Shit, already we are fighting the modern Puritanism of ‘woke’ Millennials. Now we have to sound the drums to battle an older foe, one we thought had long since collapsed under Reason’s onslaught.
I am hosting New Zealand Public Television’s first Budget and Economy Event at the Otahuhu Town Hall Friday May 31st @ 6.15 pm
Twenty- two years ago I made a documentary about mass murder in which I had the harrowing experience of interviewing the families of the mass murder victims. Back then (1997) I recommended banning military style semi automatic weapons and registering ALL guns, as did Justice Thorp in his report published around that time.
We have the highest rate of teenage suicide in the developed world. According to Stephen Bell (Director of Youthline ) In a average week two teenagers kill themselves and about 20 young people will be hospitalised for self-harm each week, he estimated.
There is no question our Prime Minister is a truly remarkable person.