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Truth is stranger than fiction, they say. This has been proven time and again, and perhaps none so aptly as the 2016 US Election primaries, where a billionaire has risen to political prominence;
we reveal new information about the back-room political manoeuvring that is going on in Whangarei.
We all know the brutal character of the Saudi regime, at home and abroad. So what has been the New Zealand government’s response to this murderous assault on the Yemeni people?
To a great many Kiwis it did feel as though the ruling elites, not content with selling off New Zealand’s prime assets to the highest bidders, were now attempting to award themselves their very own “Mission Accomplished” celebratory flag
It was disappointing that there was little sign of leadership or intelligent engagement on the issue of drugs in society from the major parties. National’s obviously a non-starter for any constructive change from the status quo that gives knighthoods to liquor barons and safe National Party seats to tobacco lobbyists.
Pro-Israel propaganda has so affected the thinking of Western Society that otherwise well-meaning people feel compelled to treat as equals the militarily superior, Occupying power, Israel, and the defenceless Palestinian population and refugees that it rules and controls.
The Daily Blog was breaking news about workers being underpaid holidays before the mainstream media even woke up to the story. You can read what’s happening now on The Daily Blog or read about it in the mainstream media a fortnight later.
IS MITCH HARRIS RIGHT? Is New Zealand, for all intents and purposes, already a republic? Are all the monarchical appurtenances…
As any advertising agency would tell you, the purpose of a brand is to sell an experience and create an illusion.
Darroch’s bill will create an alternative pathway – using the transformative power of the state to establish an alternative for these young people, which will be available for them before that time-critical point of arguable no return in their late teens.