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Editor's Notes New Zealand 
May 13, 2018May 22, 2018

NZ First Hits Rotorua: Why it was Significant

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1475 Views featured, fletcher tabuteau, new zealand first, winston peters

“It’s the people we set out to help that should be our greatest purpose. There’s a whole lot of people who’s very life and

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New Zealand 
May 11, 2018May 17, 2018

Making Forestry Great Again

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1540 Views coalition agreement, featured, forestry new zealand, new zealand first, one billion trees, shane jones, te uru rakau

Staying true to their pre-election promise of prioritising developments for the regions, New Zealand First celebrates the revival of the forestry service which it won

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New Zealand 
May 10, 2018May 14, 2018

Bringing our Veterans Home

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1414 Views featured, Louie Encabo, ministry of defence, new zealand first, ron mark

Staying true to his words, the Hon. Ron Mark – Minister of Defence and Veterans’ Affairs – witnessed as the bodies of Engineering Mechanic First

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New Zealand 
May 5, 2018May 7, 2018

It’s Time We Talked About Education

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1448 Views chris hipkins, education in new zealand, featured, Louie Encabo, new zealand first, new zealand labour party, tracey martin

This weekend, an estimated 800 individuals will converge at the Education Summit in Christchurch which will be the biggest gathering of different stakeholders in

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New Zealand 
May 1, 2018May 10, 2018

A Billion Trees for Employment and the Environment

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1596 Views coalition agreement, environment, environmentalism, featured, Louie Encabo, one billion trees, provincial growth fund, shane jones

Last month, the government’s highly ambitious 1 Billion Trees Planting Programme commenced spearheaded by the Minister for Forestry and for Regional Economic Development, Hon.

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New Zealand 
April 25, 2018April 25, 2018

On ANZAC Day, Let’s Remember Our Moral Obligation to Our Veterans

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1635 Views ANZAC Day, featured, Louie Encabo, ministry of defence, returned services association, ron mark, RSA

While ANZAC Day is widely seen as a day to remember those who fought and died in the Gallipoli Campaign during World War I,

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Editor's Notes New Zealand 
April 5, 2018April 22, 2018

Lumad Activists to New Zealand: “Help Us Stop the War Against Lumad Schools”

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1906 Views featured, Louie Encabo, Lumad, lumad schools, martial law, save our schools network, the war against indigenous schools

In an event organized by the Auckland-Philippines Solidarity and the Catholic Justice & Peace Commission, I had the chance of listening to Lumad activists

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New Zealand 
April 3, 2018April 13, 2018

Erwin Tulfo’s New Zealand Visit Leaves Behind a Cloud of Misinformation

Posted By: Louie Encabo 4399 Views ambassador gary domingo, erwin tulfo, featured, Filipinos in New Zealand, Louie Encabo, migrate to new zealand, new zealand, nina mabatid, pinoycare, pinoycare visa center inc

He is known for his hard-hitting style of broadcast journalism, exposing scalawag cops and publicly shaming errant taxi drivers, proclaiming it to be public

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New Zealand 
February 28, 2018March 2, 2018

Meet the Man They Call “Slimy Simon”

Posted By: Louie Encabo 2145 Views featured, Louie Encabo, National Party, new zealand national party, Simon Bridges

Imagine a politician who deliberately tries to block an official information act request in order to suppress information from the public, imposes hefty penalties

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New Zealand 
February 27, 2018February 27, 2018

Gladiators Ready

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1572 Views amy adams, featured, Judith Collins, Louie Encabo, mark mitchell, National Party, Simon Bridges, steven joyce

In the Roman Republic, condemned criminals and slaves would be forced to fight one another in vicious duels that resulted in bloodshed or even

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