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Bullies who claim they are the victim
Leah Gibson and Carl Watters have both been charged with trespass for using an access way that crosses their neighbour’s land and say they and their kids have been reduced to sneaking off the property ...
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Media funding
At the same time, RNZ will have its budget cut by $18m over four years - $4.6m a year - around 7 percent of its current $67m allocation. This means they will still be getting $62 million a year. In ...
During her Budget presentation, Willis said that pay equity costs in 2020 were initially expected to reach $3.7b but there had since been a “blowout” with costs rising steeply, especially due to ...
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A good example of media bias
There is definitely a double standard here. We even have an excellent example to highlight it. In 2021 an Auckland Transport manager posted a message to a Facebook group cautioning against a bill that ...
I am sure readers will recall how people said it would be terrible if the TPM co-leaders suspension meant they couldn't attend the Budget debate. So the Government decided to delay the debate on their ...
I suspect the usual suspects will call the Budget just released an austerity budget. They are lying. Austerity has a specific meaning. It is when you cut overall expenditure. It doesn't mean they have ...
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Labour’s legacy
An economist from New Zealand’s largest bank said the Labour Government went on a “debt-funded spending spree”, leaving a fiscal mess for the current Government to clean up. ANZ economist Miles ...
Andrew Little has promised to act on what Wellingtonians want: saving Begonia House and Khandallah Pool and complete the Karori Event Centre. However, the Wellington mayoral candidate did not make any ...
The Labour Party can't form a potential Government without TPM, so they appear to have decided to go all in on their behalf. Evidence: After Chris Bishop calls their bluff and delays the vote on the ...
There are concerns that former Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto will be bankrupted after being ordered to pay costs of $2.3 million after losing his defamation battle with Moira Deeming. ... The ...
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Biden’s health
Biden's health has been very big news this week, around two issues - his dementia and his cancer diagnosis. The dementia issue was front and centre because of two books released about the cover up ...
Deborah Coddington has penned a great tribute to Sir Bob Jones. She was a very good friend, and has captured Sir Bob so very well - warts and all.