GUEST BLOG: Grant Brookes – NZNO Board Election – Why I’m backing Anne and Nano
Voting is under way in the NZNO Board Election. There are six candidates, standing for the two positions of NZNO…
New Zealand Politics
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – The luck and comings of Lester Levy: Part One
Newsroom’s David Williams has developed a well-earned reputation as a quality investigative journalist, including on health system issues such as…
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Blindness of ‘a balanced approach’
First of all, a correction and sincere apology: In my previous blog, I inadvertently referred to Miko Peled’s grandfather, Avraham…
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BREAKING : The great architect of Labour, Sir Michael Cullen, has died
Rest In Peace Sir Michael Cullen.
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What the World’s reaction to our lockdown for one case says about them
Some around the world have freaked out at NZs decision to lockdown based on one case of Covid.
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MEDIAWATCH: Middle class Stuff journalists soften us up for Covid death & globalization
Imagine how popular a closing the border position would be amongst the working classes who have been swamped by mass immigration, scarcity of housing and infrastructure stress.
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Fortress NZ is inevitable
The speed & possible size of this Covid outbreak in NZ must end the delusion that we are opening our borders anytime this year or next year – even vaccinated we can’t simply see the deaths of vulnerable people as an acceptable collateral damage for business or tourism.
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A Failure of Objectivity
Writing this week in his TDB article, “The Failure of the West,” Chris Trotter asserted that, whatever else the ignominious…
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Dear ‘Groundswell NZ Howl of Protest’ – don’t be dicks!
Frightened people queuing to buy food don’t need to be harassed like this.
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Billy TK is a snake oil merchant minus the snake & oil
I don’t blame people for being ‘vaccine hesitant’ because this is all scary stuff but I do blame people like Billy TK and his leadership team who manipulate this fear for personal power and money.