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So much for the relentless focus on growth

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Date published: 3:32 pm, September 19th, 2025 - 6 comments
Categories: economy, national, national/act government, nicola willis, same old national
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National’s crashing of GDP growth figures makes a mockery of its claim earlier this year that the Government was relentlessly focussed on unleashing growth.

Daily review 19/09/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 19th, 2025 - 5 comments

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Open Mike 19/09/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 19th, 2025 - 19 comments

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Daily review 18/09/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 18th, 2025 - 11 comments

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Open Mike 18/09/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 18th, 2025 - 75 comments

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Daily review 17/09/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 17th, 2025 - 10 comments

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Understanding the shooting of Charlie Kirk

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Date published: 11:10 am, September 17th, 2025 - 91 comments

Some of the kids aren’t alright. What if Charlie Kirk’s murder wasn’t from the left or the right, but something else entirely?

Open Mike 17/09/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 17th, 2025 - 66 comments

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Daily review 16/09/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 16th, 2025 - 9 comments

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God bless these troublesome priests

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Date published: 12:31 pm, September 16th, 2025 - 11 comments

All over the world more people are taking direct action because governments fail their obligations under the Genocide Convention.

Open Mike 16/09/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 16th, 2025 - 116 comments

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Daily review 15/09/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 15th, 2025 - 3 comments

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Open Mike 15/09/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 15th, 2025 - 75 comments

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Whanganui MP Carl Bates shielded 25 rentals from disclosure

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Date published: 6:31 pm, September 14th, 2025 - 20 comments

Bates set up a family trust after the election, presumably to hide his rentals from disclosure.

The primary concern of the Left is Truth not Victory

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Date published: 10:35 am, September 14th, 2025 - 102 comments

The US right’s claim the left was responsible for the assassination of Charlie Kirk is unravelling as more details of the alleged killer emerge.

Open Mike 14/09/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 14th, 2025 - 14 comments

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The infantilisation of Western Grand Strategy – and the rise of Eurasia.

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Date published: 5:11 pm, September 13th, 2025 - 23 comments

The greatest threat Russia poses to Europe is not that it marches west but that it turns its back and builds a brighter future to the east. We may be witnessing the emergence of a Eurasian World Order.

Open Mike 13/09/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 13th, 2025 - 81 comments

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Daily review 12/09/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 12th, 2025 - 13 comments

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Open Mike 12/09/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 12th, 2025 - 169 comments

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Daily review 11/09/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 11th, 2025 - 8 comments

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Psy-Op Alert: The Four Horsemen of the Linguistic Apocalypse

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Date published: 2:03 pm, September 11th, 2025 - 11 comments

‘Shared values,’ ‘like-minded partners,’ the ‘rules-based order,’ and the ‘Indo-Pacific’ have become the Five Eyes nations’ favourite rhetorical weapons in their contest with declared adversaries.

Duncan Garner – National is f&*ked

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Date published: 9:58 am, September 11th, 2025 - 36 comments

A beehive leak has led Duncan Garner to form the firm conclusion that National is
f&*ked.

Open Mike 11/09/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 11th, 2025 - 139 comments

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Daily review 10/09/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 10th, 2025 - 15 comments

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Open Mike 10/09/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 10th, 2025 - 86 comments

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This trick of National could win them the 2026 election

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Date published: 12:22 am, September 10th, 2025 - 14 comments

US voter suppression tactics are back in vogue and National’s Coalition is bringing them to Aotearoa New Zealand

Daily review 09/09/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 9th, 2025 - 19 comments

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Taxpayers Union Running Interference In Local Council Elections

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Date published: 8:41 am, September 9th, 2025 - 59 comments

It’s been alleged that Taxpayers Union is involved in “bullying and intimidation” of local council candidates around the country.

Open Mike 09/09/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, September 9th, 2025 - 19 comments

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Daily review 08/09/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 8th, 2025 - 10 comments

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