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THE DO-NOTHING NATS
At core, New Zealand Governments should be about orchestrating Parliament to pass new legislation.
Heated debates, hot air and empty promises change nothing. Enacted legislation is the only way Parliament can change New Zealand’s legal lan...
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Indulge me. I hope to amuse and enlighten you. I aspire to provide another small personal insight into how Clubtearoa really operates.
On 16 February 2026, I again tried to obtain a particular document from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand....
WITCH HUNT NEARS ITS GRISLY END
New Zealand’s Real Estate Authority (REA) is gleefully poised to cancel Janet Dickson’s licence to be a real estate agent. Cancellation will almost certainly terminate Janet’s exemplary 30-year career.
Dickson’s impending doom follows the...
MY RECURRENT RASH(BROOKE)
My muse Max Rashbrooke’s latest opinion piece in Stuff’s THE POST (5 September) is titled, The uneasy tension between Parliament and the courts. I’ve lovingly covered Max for a while now:
Max states towards the end of his latest piece:
Jo...
HIV HOGWASH
On 23 April 2026, National Party Associate Health Minister Matt Doocey announced an advertising campaign by Health New Zealand.
The false pretense of the campaign, which will run until the end of this month of September, is to reduce alleg...
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