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Showing posts with label Mandate Protest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mandate Protest. Show all posts
Thursday, September 14, 2023

Graham Adams: River of Freedom flows into cinemas

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Director Gaylene Barnes’ excellent documentary River of Freedom on the anti-mandate protests in Wellington will be welcomed by the governme...
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Sunday, March 6, 2022

NZCPR Newsletter: Lessons for New Zealand

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The shock invasion of the Ukraine serves as a grim reminder of the fragility of freedom and democracy in the face of powerful totalitarian a...
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Friday, March 4, 2022

Mike Butler: Sit-in ended but mandate anger seethes

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March 2 was the day that hundreds of helmeted police with shields pushed, bashed, pepper sprayed, hosed, fired sponge bullets, and marched...
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Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Derek Mackie: Let's play.....Dodge the Question!

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Dodge the Question , hosted by Hilary Barry.  The weekly game show that challenges contestants to successfully NOT answer questions.  H: W...
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Saturday, February 26, 2022

Karl du Fresne: Why the woke Left is so rattled by Camp Freedom

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It’s been fascinating over the past couple of weeks to observe the intellectual contortions of people who forcefully uphold the right to pro...
Friday, February 25, 2022

Frank Newman: Message to Jacinda Ardern – Resign

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This has been a big day for the protesters in Wellington, for two things that have occurred away from the Freedom Village. First, the gove...
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Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Heather du Plessis-Allan: The protesters are losing the PR battle

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  The reported assaults on police at the protest these last two mornings are completely unacceptable.   None of us are going to be ok with p...
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Guy Hatchard: Letter to Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt

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To: Dr Paul Hunt Chief Human Rights Commissioner 23 February 2022 Dear Commissioner Thank you for providing the opportunity to present to yo...
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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Kate Hawkesby: Promoting division among people is the most 'unkind' thing a govt can do

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  I know lots of people are over the protest, and I feel a bit that way too, and I know that’s easy to say if you're not sitting in the ...
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Derek Mackie: Trev & Jacinda's Protest Debrief

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J: Come in Trevor. Take a seat. Leave those big steel toe-capped boots at the door, please.  T: Will this take long, Prime Minister? I...
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Monday, February 21, 2022

Ross Meurant: The Red Squad Solution

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In my view, Commissioner Coster is handling the situation in Wellington, commendably. Police are the meat in the sandwich. This not th...
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Sunday, February 20, 2022

Garrick Tremain: Protest in Parliament Grounds

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  Here is Garrick Tremain's cartoon commentary on the anti-mandate/anti-government protest in Parliament grounds!  

Stephen Franks: Outcomes of the Parliamentary occupation

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I spent time among the protesters on Thursday evening, then Saturday and several hours in the terrible rain on Sunday. I mainly wanted to se...
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NZCPR Newsletter: Parliament’s Arrogance

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A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is when its ruling class has lost its function but suc...
Friday, February 18, 2022

Barry Soper: The longer this goes on, the harder dialogue will become

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  Normally politicians are scrambling over each other to get out on the front steps of Parliament to address protesters.   It's a politi...
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Russell Coutts: Supporting the Protest

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Champion Kiwi sailor Sir Russell Coutts has announced he will join anti-mandate protesters outside Parliament in Wellington.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Frank Newman: "Inside the mind of Trevor Mallard"

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Political Reporter, Audrey Young, has penned a piece in this morning's NZ Herald called "Inside the mind of Trevor Mallard" . ...
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Monday, February 14, 2022

Karl du Fresne: The fascinating new fault line in New Zealand politics

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Some further thoughts on Camp Molesworth: ■ A fascinating political and sociological fault line has opened up – one that defies the normal u...
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Karl du Fresne: How tolerant of diversity are we? I mean, really?

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I had to go to Wellington last Tuesday afternoon. On the way home, rather than avoid the CBD and take the most direct route onto the Hutt mo...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Do these protesters have a point?

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Do these protestors have a point? I need to say upfront, I’m not a fan of the protest. I don’t’ like them parking their cars across Moleswo...
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