Open mike 09/03/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 9th, 2024 - 36 comments

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Luxon crashes in latest Curia poll

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Date published: 8:52 pm, March 8th, 2024 - 39 comments

The Atlas aligned Taxpayer’s Union has released its latest Curia poll results. And the results are bad news for Christopher Luxon.

Daily review 08/03/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 8th, 2024 - 10 comments

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Open mike 08/03/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 8th, 2024 - 64 comments

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Daily review 07/03/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 7th, 2024 - 17 comments

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Open letter to Judge Glubb

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Date published: 6:10 am, March 7th, 2024 - 63 comments

… the assault had the very real potential to cause serious, possibly fatal injuries. 

That fact should have featured in your sentencing, if only to use the opportunity to send a message to all men who punch women, and to young men who punch anyone in the head but especially old women, that it is an extremely dangerous act.

Open mike 07/03/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 7th, 2024 - 58 comments

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Daily review 06/03/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 6th, 2024 - 19 comments

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Open mike 06/03/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 6th, 2024 - 102 comments

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Daily review 05/03/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 5th, 2024 - 171 comments

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Let them eat cake

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Date published: 8:51 am, March 5th, 2024 - 73 comments

David Seymour has stated that funding for free school lunches will be cut by up to half.

Open mike 05/03/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 5th, 2024 - 41 comments

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Daily review 04/03/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 4th, 2024 - 18 comments

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Where is Melissa Lee?

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Date published: 1:22 pm, March 4th, 2024 - 44 comments

The New Zealand media sector has been in turmoil during the past week. But Broadcasting Minister has refused to publicly discuss what is happening or what her government proposes to do about it.

Open mike 04/03/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 4th, 2024 - 52 comments

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USUKAs

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Date published: 8:21 pm, March 3rd, 2024 - 32 comments

US Undersecretary of State Bonnie Jenkins is in Wellington this week with a hard sell for us on AUKUS Pillar 2 wunderwaffen maybes. We should say tai hoa.

Dune 2 and Gaza

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Date published: 8:37 am, March 3rd, 2024 - 7 comments

What if life followed fiction and Gaza was explained by Dune 2? Sigh. It isn’t. 

Open mike 03/03/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 3rd, 2024 - 33 comments

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Open mike 02/03/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 2nd, 2024 - 48 comments

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Daily review 01/03/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 1st, 2024 - 15 comments

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Who is treating taxpayers as an ATM?

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Date published: 12:16 pm, March 1st, 2024 - 51 comments

It has been revealed that Christopher Luxon receives $52,000 a year from the taxpayer to pay for him staying in his own apartment. Update within the space of an hour he has said that it was his entitlement but then said that he will pay the money back.

Open mike 01/03/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 1st, 2024 - 65 comments

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Daily review 29/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 29th, 2024 - 7 comments

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What does the Government have against Maori health?

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Date published: 11:25 am, February 29th, 2024 - 12 comments

National spent much of yesterday ramming through under urgency and without a select committee process two measures which will have detrimental effects on Māori health.

Newshub Closes

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Date published: 8:01 am, February 29th, 2024 - 80 comments

One can hate the mainstream media but OMG you sure will miss it when it’s gone.

Open mike 29/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 29th, 2024 - 23 comments

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Daily review 28/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 28th, 2024 - 19 comments

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Guns and gangs

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Date published: 12:32 pm, February 28th, 2024 - 63 comments

The Government has announced yet another tough on gangs policy involving a severe restriction on the rights of freedom of expression at the same time that gun ownership laws will be liberalised.

Open mike 28/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 28th, 2024 - 53 comments

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Daily review 27/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 27th, 2024 - 10 comments

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Open mike 27/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 27th, 2024 - 69 comments

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