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Shane Jones Air New Zealand
New Zealand 
September 14, 2020

Shane Jones’ crusade: Making Air New Zealand truly our “national carrier” once again

Posted By: Louie Encabo 742 Views air new zealand, christopher luxton, featured, regional new zealand, shane jones

In 2018, New Zealand First MP Shane Jones raised eyebrows by picking a public fight with then-Air New Zealand CEO Christopher Luxton. For many,

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Winston Peters St John ambulance service
New Zealand 
September 12, 2020

It’s a “crying shame” only New Zealand First is prepared to fully fund our St John ambulance service

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1128 Views ambulance service new zealand, new zealand 2020 general elections, new zealand first, St John ambulance service, winston peters

Many would say the issue of ‘universal dental healthcare’ is the forgotten policy platform in this year’s general elections. I would argue that there

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New Zealand China foreign relations
New Zealand 
September 9, 2020September 10, 2020

The CCP has Australia in its cross-hairs, it’s time New Zealand pays attention

Posted By: Louie Encabo 861 Views australia-china relations, chinese communist party, chinese interference, featured, new zealand-china relations

Australia’s relationship with China is spiralling downwards and there are no signs of it easing anytime soon. Earlier this month, it was revealed that

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Brooke van Velden ACT Party Austerity
New Zealand 
September 5, 2020September 5, 2020

New Zealand: ACT wants to impose the harshest austerity measures we’ve seen since Rogernomics

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1001 Views ACT Party, austerity measures, brooke van velden, david seymour, featured

After the Green Party scared rational voters many weeks ago with their bizarre pronouncement that: “Tax is love”, their fringe counterpart on the opposite

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Winston Peters Jacinda Ardern Judith Collins
New Zealand 
August 28, 2020August 30, 2020

New Zealand: How should we manage our borders and quarantine facilities?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 688 Views covid-19 pandemic, david seymour, featured, jacinda ardern, Judith Collins, managed isolation facilities, winston peters

With the re-emergence of COVID-19 in New Zealand, the issue of border security and managed isolation facilities has become a hot political topic. After

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New Zealand 
August 16, 2020August 16, 2020

New Zealand: Should the election be pushed back to a later date?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 569 Views 2020 new zealand elections, david seymour, featured, jacinda ardern, Judith Collins, new zealand labour party, new zealand national party, winston peters

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will announce on Monday, 17th August the fate of this year’s general elections. Originally set for the 19th of September,

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Jacinda Ardern Winston Peters Judith Collins
New Zealand 
August 14, 2020August 15, 2020

New Zealand: The re-emergence of COVID-19 has made this election a lot closer

Posted By: Louie Encabo 805 Views featured, jacinda ardern, Judith Collins, new zealand first, new zealand labour party, new zealand national party, winston peters

New Zealand was once hailed as a ‘global exemplar’ in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. While the rest of the world struggled to

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Gerry Brownlee COVID-19 New Zealand
New Zealand 
August 9, 2020

New Zealand: I hate to admit it, but Gerry Brownlee has a point

Posted By: Louie Encabo 650 Views ashley bloomfield, community transmission new zealand, COVID-19, covid-19 pandemic, featured, gerry brownlee, jacinda ardern

On August 5th, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield announced to New Zealanders that community transmission of COVID-19 in the country is “a matter of

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New Zealand 
July 13, 2020July 29, 2020

New Zealand: the National Party are deliberately sabotaging the government’s COVID-19 efforts

Posted By: Louie Encabo 547 Views chris bishop, COVID-19, covid-19 pandemic, featured, hamish walker, michael woodhouse, michelle boag

This week, mainstream media revealed that personal details of New Zealand’s 18 active COVID-19 cases had been leaked. A data breach of this scale

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New Zealand 
June 23, 2020

New Zealand: National’s Todd McClay crying crocodile tears over Rotorua quarantine facilities

Posted By: Louie Encabo 675 Views COVID-19, featured, managed isolation facilities, new zealand national party, rotorua, todd mcclay

The Member for Rotorua, Todd McClay, who is also a senior member of the National Party, took to social media to lambast the Coalition

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