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What your taxes are being used for.
We need a big scalple
Like I said I’m from the public Service and I’m at work most days when I’m not working from home, specifically to waste your tax money.
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The full on continuation of the Labour, Green, Te Pati. policies.
All done by the improved management of the Tri-Coalition of National, Act, & NZFirst.
One would not even notice if there was even a handbrake.
See what Kiwis thin of their growth leaders.
The comments are not flattering.
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=938794498417923&set=a.565908812373162
Being Libertarian
BREAKING President Trump on Zelensky:
“Think of it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, talked the United States of America into spending $350 Billion Dollars, to go into a War that couldn’t be won, that never had to start, but a War that he, without the U.S. and “TRUMP,” will never be able to settle.
The United States has spent $200 Billion Dollars more than Europe, and Europe’s money is guaranteed, while the United States will get nothing back. Why didn’t Sleepy Joe Biden demand Equalization, in that this War is far more important to Europe than it is to us
We have a big, beautiful Ocean as a separation.
On top of this, Zelenskyy admits that half of the money we sent him is “MISSING.”
He refuses to have Elections, is very low in Ukrainian Polls, and the only thing he was good at was playing Biden “like a fiddle.”
A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left.
In the meantime, we are successfully negotiating an end to the War with Russia, something all admit only “TRUMP,” and the Trump Administration, can do.
Biden never tried,
Europe has failed to bring Peace, and Zelenskyy probably wants to keep the “gravy train” going.
I love Ukraine, but Zelenskyy has done a terrible job, his Country is shattered, and MILLIONS have unnecessarily died – And so it continues…..”
True Stories from The Health Forum NZ
The sole MP in New Zealand who speaks the words
“VACCINE INJURED”
on the floor of the NZ Parliament.
NZ First MP Tanya Unkovich
I noticed that today nobody was booing and heckling
Thank you Tanya for not forgetting the thousands of New Zealanders who are still living in physical and emotional pain as a result of the “safe and effective” mRNA….many of them were mandated to take it against their will
(NEXT VACCINE INJURED MEETING WITH TANYA IS IN HAMILTON ON APRIL 15TH AT 10AM. Email if you would like an invitation to attend thehealthforumnz@protonmail.com)
Brian Tamaki
NZ HERALD CAUGHT OUT
Tonight, NZ Herald, and their reporter, Raphael Franks, published a hit piece attempting to “doxx” individuals from Saturday’s protest—but they didn’t do their homework.
They wrongly identified and posted photos of a minor, completely botching their story. After we pointed out their mistake, they’ve quickly removed the photos—but not before we recorded the evidence.
We warned this reporter. They didn’t listen. Now we’ll take swift action against NZ Herald and the reporter responsible.
A minor put at risk.
We will not let this slide.
This follows the @nzherald already having to edit their story earlier tonight after falsely claiming Luxon was going to remove Destiny Church’s charitable status—another outright lie.
How many more lies will they print? When will the NZ Herald stop their obsession with spreading hate about us?
Good morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30fD5NDnaSk
Konstantin Kisin’s MANIFESTO for the Future of our Civilisation! (At ARC 2025)
DOGE tech support is ensuring President Trump’s EO’s are implemented, not slow walked or buried by bureaucrats who oppose him.
It’s like interviewing two brothers – Sean Hannity
https://rumble.com/v6mpk6u-deep-state-panic-over-kash-patel-fbi-director-confirmation-vote-day-one-act.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp
🚨Kash Patel WINS Critical FBI Director Confirmation Vote as Trump MASS FIRES Deep State Prosecutors
Benny Johnson
The motion is to finish the debate, interview of Kash Patel.
Which during that time, the argy-bargy of finding & counting the numbers, is done, and when it is considered it is done, then the push for the final vote, to ratify the nomination.
The real vote is still to come to ratify Patel, in this coming week,
Which Mitch McConnell & other Rinos will vote “yes” and others abstained, so that on the coming critical coming vote, they can vote “No”.
So it all remains to be seen, as those Turkeys will not vote “yes” for Christmas with Kash Patel.
Then I think for the ones who “protesteth too much” & those vote switchers should have be checked out for the connections by the DOGE,
Maybe Musk is already quietly onto this. 😎
Have we reached the end of Morning Report with Viking for the day then.
the copy pasting is very OTT, i dont mind when theres links with a small excert along with the posters own take on it.
i think vikey is just gutted he went into curtains instead of chasing his journalist dream 🙂 maybe he should swap avatars with tarquin???
the other thing about some of the posts is that there is not a wy to link them so I post them for your ongoing education, which it seems, doesn’t penetrate the thick heads.
Just like this one.
These are quite revealing comments. Many New Zealanders sell secondhand cars, and do it with great integrity. Most New Zealanders drive secondhand cars. What these comments show is a distain for ordinary people. The Treaty Principles Bill is about the simple idea that we are all born equal, and should all have an equal say on our country’s future. That is democracy. I did not hear Mrs Shipley explain what is wrong with the proposed principles, or the idea that every New Zealand deserves to say on them.
Jenny Shpeless spouting forth as if she is important.another religious nutter.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1160231485474128&set=a.472950947535522
Has she paid her huge fine yet?
https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/efc4d551d0d5eb4c4b97c71401a63930?s=64&d=mm&r=g
I am a stupid boy
5 hours ago
forget a pandemic i rekon theyre gunna make this the new global crisis and milk it for all its worth.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360587584/chances-asteroid-hitting-earth-increase-again
its not a world ender but whats the bet they mass hysteria to evacuate a large swathe of somewhere. lets hope the trajectory isnt for some nutter ridden muslim shithole and they force countries all around the world to take in the evacuees…. i really dont want our country invaded by more folk from the UK and france 🙂
i bet by the end of the year theyll ramp it up to at least a 10% chance and begin the massive grift and panic porn.
Well this is your post late in the morning when you should actually be doing stuff.
The rooster teaches us that it is perfectly natural to start your day with a couple of screams.
You shouldn’t talk about our pet rooster like that. find his avatar and apologise for being a shit for brain.
Bit of a spew isn’t it.
Spewed all over the show.
I read this so you should too !!
Bet he was always pulled up in class for not keeping quiet.
and now, in the old folks home for the perpetually bewildered the staff just let him ramble on as the others are half (or more ) comatose .
You would know wouldn’t you?
Look at your own rambling diatribe.
Its as bad as the stupid bastard.
It’s simple and Idiot versus super brains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw4W3TQoRNU
Joe Rogan – Will Elon Musk steal everyones money? – DOGE
guys do you want to know the secret to making a woman go mmmm hmmm mmmm mmmm hmmm all night long?
duct tape 🙂
Well, that explains the hardware store in Waimate being out of Duct Tape.
SB does not live in Waimate – do you know where Southland is?
Love Southland. Be out of Timothi Makshithole given half a chance.
The question is where is Waimate? 🤣 //
Its a small area in south canterbury where they lock the gates at night to keep in unsuspecting souls to help bring new blood to their families🤣😂🤣
I can see why Dylan confused it has a lot in common with Gore😂🤣
is hooker phil and mrs hp into a bit of kink?
why do you want to know?
From 1939 to 1966 the “Peoples Voice” was published & sold on the streets every Friday. In the days when newsprint was the go to medium for brainwashing it was the organ of the NZ Communist Party charged with turning “downunder” into a workers’ paradise just like Khrushchev’s USSR.
Today that burden has been taken up by Newsroom. In this morning’s missive they rubbish Trump’s efforts to facilitate peace in Ukraine. As loyal servants of the US Democrats they need us to know that:
…..”If Ukraine falls, China might move on Taiwan, calculating that US deterrence is at a low point. Iran could escalate tensions in the Middle East through its proxies. North Korea might fire missiles over Japan or even test nuclear weapons in a show of defiance. Aggressive powers will all be emboldened if America leaves Ukraine to Putin.”……
For those who want to know what our political enemies are thinking the full article https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/18/the-week-the-west-died/
Hunty must have been on that flight, achieving status in the mile high club.
End Wokeness : @EndWokeness
The plane that crashed in Toronto was a Delta flight operated by Endeavor Air, a small airline obsessed with all-female “unmanned” flights
https://x.com/i/status/1892081329312813478
1 min 10 secs
For some reason they are not sure who was flying that plane. [True]
But something flipped out [the joy stick?] for Hunty, or handle was too large, or went soft & floppy.
After all; it was only snowing outside.
Maybe it was a vicious cross wind that flipped the plane, but it will all take time for it to be processed through to a report.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14413759/endeavour-air-slammed-dei-social-media-toronto-plane-crash.html
Is it a case of the chickens coming home to roost?
Not sure of what pronoun to use?
Why are there very few if any women race car drivers?
If they had those skills, then they would be apparent.
That vid, never sure of the vid speed, seems to be coming in very hot, fast & heavy.
Will be interesting to hear the black box of how the decision was not called or considered to “go around”
Evidently they failed to flare before landing, so came down hard.
Thanks Alice.
It will take a couple of years to get to what actually happened, to the direct causes of the crash.
On Ye Flightlessbirdblog of ancient times Hunty used to comment as “Dirty Harry” then “Starboard”. As Starboard his alter ego was a helicopter pilot who flew in Vietnam.
Even then it was obvious to blog readers that he had more interest in the cockpit than the box office.
Two Waikato University graduates well versed in Mātauranga Maori were experimenting on on a frog.
They taught it to jump on command. When they said “Jump!” it leaped forwards.
They removed one rear leg and said “Jump!”. The frog jumped.
They removed the other rear leg and said “Jump!”, but nothing seemed to happen.
After much discussion they could conclude that if you remove both rear legs from a frog, it becomes deaf.
forget a pandemic i rekon theyre gunna make this the new global crisis and milk it for all its worth.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360587584/chances-asteroid-hitting-earth-increase-again
its not a world ender but whats the bet they mass hysteria to evacuate a large swathe of somewhere. lets hope the trajectory isnt for some nutter ridden muslim shithole and they force countries all around the world to take in the evacuees…. i really dont want our country invaded by more folk from the UK and france 🙂
i bet by the end of the year theyll ramp it up to at least a 10% chance and begin the massive grift and panic porn
The super markets better start stock building toilet paper now!
The NY Times reckons that:
……”Although 2024 YR4 would not come close to decimating a country, it could scar or demolish a city with a direct hit.”……
So it could take out South Auckland. In that case loss of GDP has been estimated to run as high as $250. 🙂
Think of the savings in benefit payments.
Fuck I hope not. Because the effing feral party would have another thing to blame us Whiteys for.
You mean the maoris don’t own the asteroid?
Might be just aswell or if it damages shit, their payouts for the fifth time would not be enough for the damages. Elites might even have to chip in all their funds!
From the stop-the-planet-I-want-to-get-off files:
“Folk dancing should drop terms like “ladies and gentlemen” to avoid “offending minority genders”, a leading music organisation has said.”
Well how about “ladies and gentlemen and freaks” then – that’s pretty inclusive
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/gender-norms-questioned-in-folk-dance-is-saying-ladies-and-gentlemen-offensive/5TW5YH5HFFFDTA64L2GTNGHRUU/
Or Ladies & Gentleman and those with a mental illness.
Let’s give them a maori name,
That’ll fix it!
Porangi should cover it.
Why should poor rangi pay for it?
After a few days ago the comment thread, on prosecutors on 60 minutes claiming “free speech” so long as not being derogatory, insulting to a politician, but ok to comment on government policy.
https://ysb.co.nz/have-your-say-302/#comment-431793
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….. Roscher, who has been active on X for over 14 years and is well accustomed to the legal boundaries surrounding political debate, insists that his post was within the bounds of political criticism.
“I actually know myself to be quite well within the red lines,” …..
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….. a decree by Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, explicitly stating that [police] officers suspected of affiliation with the [AfD] party could see their employment terminated. …..
https://rmx.news/article/afd-supporting-lawyer-fined-e3000-for-criticizing-german-government-has-gun-license-revoked-and-complaint-filed-with-bar-association/
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So as a lawyer, he knew how to say things, but the authorities still “deemed” it as “hate speech”.
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As even in JD. Vance’s speech, that even in a neighbouring house, you may be guilty if you wish or pray about abortion.
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Just as the Scottish police deemed, is it 1 second, 1 minute, 10 minutes a silent vigil while holding a sign:—
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…. which read: “Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want.” ….
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/scottish-woman-confronted-by-police-for-standing-silently-outside-abortion-facility/?utm_source=most_recent&utm_campaign=usa
“Free Speech” is now considered so dangerous, as the outcome was the “Holocaust”
….. “Does the media really think the holocaust was caused by free speech?” ……..
https://www.yahoo.com/news/vance-rips-margaret-brennan-crazy-033132110.html
As we know how New Zealand media also join onto any lefty wokey band wagon to twist & spin important news.
The system here is always looking for the opportunity in New Zealand to bring in their suppression, censorship controls;- customized in the sly aaooteeaaaroooaaa ways.
Hmmm. Lefty Hanks throwing stones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_BtifFc02Q
Lefties Losing It: Donald Trump met with rousing reception at Daytona 500
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZX6TxQeJ8A
Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s Counterrevolution in Washington
“Use the term: Trump Restoration”
trump having a blast listing off corrupt payments…
https://youtu.be/IsIYs3RMu-w?si=JtfK_KvKGUtWLCbc
Such a small crowd to a de niro film premier.
Oh the shame
https://x.com/jasonscoop/status/1892251363771289828?s=46
Has he left the country yet?
Kennedy lets loose
https://x.com/kellytx2/status/1892283779651104992?s=46
I read that the only people who are capable of drawing a perfect circle by freehand are mentally deranged.
I haven’t slept for over a week now for trying to do this, and I still haven’t managed it.
Oh well, at least I know I’m not a nutter.
Don’t be so sure according to the sage from Gore you definitely qualify as a vax nutter.
This is really good and hilarious. Joe Biden’s action set legal precedent that allows President trump to fire whoever he likes.
Biden fires Sean Spicer, who very cleverly decides to sue and lost. He takes it to appeal and loses. Both courts said Biden had the right to fire Spicer before his appointment term was up. So now Trump can do the same.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/watch-sean-spicer-hilariously-explain-glenn-beck-why/
Best quote
“Lefties double down on stupid”
More kennedyisms
https://x.com/girlpatriot1974/status/1892112297621062114?s=46
Jenny shapeless spouting out.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1160231485474128&set=a.472950947535522
How is she allowed to speak when she was done for corruption. Should be in jail.
he Second Biggest Red Stag Ever Taken—Nearly 1,100” in New Zealand!
A true giant has fallen—a red stag of legendary proportions, measuring nearly 1,100 inches! This incredible trophy is officially the second-largest ever taken, a testament to both the hunter’s skill and the incredible genetics of New Zealand’s world-famous stags.
For reference, New Zealand’s hunting grounds are vastly different from typical North American high-fence operations. While much of the land is fenced, it’s on a massive scale—most hunting areas span 40 to 50 square miles, offering vast, rugged terrain where these monarchs of the mountains roam almost as freely as their truly wild counterparts.
Taking down a stag of this caliber is the hunt of a lifetime. With towering antlers and sheer mass, this beast is the pinnacle of red stag hunting. It’s a moment that will be talked about for generations—a true legend of the New Zealand wilderness!
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=616908161091672&set=a.336991725749985
Its bloody massive. sold to someone to shoot on a stag farm would possibly be the cause of its demise.
𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀
Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche has questioned automatic pay rises for bureaucrats, stripping powers off Chief Executives to further entrench the ‘tenure-based pay scale’ as pay rises become unaffordable.
Commenting on this, Taxpayers Union Spokesman James Ross said: “Roche has cast an unbiased eye on a serious and growing problem – the bloating of bureaucrats’ salary bills.”
“The public service salary burden jumped 72% between 2017 and 2023, and the average bureaucrat’s salary is now over $101k. Automatic pay rises, no matter what, are unsustainable under current economic conditions. ”
“Everyday Kiwis get pay rises when they earn them, and bear the consequences of their own performance. Public servants shouldn’t be entitled to special privileges, especially when everyone else is picking up the bill.”
“Rewarding time-served with automatic pay hikes subsidises mediocrity, and public sector performance pay is long overdue.”
It’s usually more the case that there are too many of them doing bugger-all (there’s a whole group in one section of one dept who spend almost all their time on training and development because there’s no actual work for them to do).
Many managers are shit at their job and are paid outrageously.
THE AUSSIE JOBLESS RATE RISES TO 4.1% IN JANUARY FROM 4.0% IN DECEMBER
In Australia, their employed workforce grew by +44,000 in January, above what was expected (+20,000), but less than the December gain (+60,000). But there was a virtuous twist to the January levels with a shift to full-time roles, with +54,000 more of them, and part-time roles shrank -10,000. Average weekly earnings rose +4.6% from a year ago. But high tax rates and inflation at 3.0% will mean most workers felt they just stayed even. (For perspective the NZ jobless rate is 5.1%.)
NATIONALISING A KEY STEELWORKS
And staying in Australia, the SA State Government and the Federal Government have “seized control” of the Whyalla steelworks – essentially nationalising it. And they are having to tip in AU$2.5 bln to keep it afloat. Its British owner has had a very chequered history.
RERATED LOWER
And we should probably note that key Aussie pillar bank NAB has seen its share price fall -15% in a week. CBA is down -6.5%, Westpac is down -11% and ANZ is down -8.0% over the same period. Aussie bank shares are being re-rated lower, and because they are very widely held in Aussie superannuation and KiwiSaver portfolio’s savers will notice.
https://youtu.be/DFDPGRi7Z4U?si=eOFHN0KdEmQXxG65
McCullough sticking it to the system.
Seymour is becoming unhinged daily
Seymour says, referring to fluoride, that he grew up in Whangarei has great teeth and it didn’t do him any harm.
Since Whangarei has never been fluoridated then Seymour has just proved you don’t need fluoridation chemicals added to your water to have good teeth.
How is it people who are voting on this subject don’t even know the first thing about it such as whether they had fluoridated water growing up? Their ignorance is astounding.
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1. flouride in toothpaste isnt it? so if theyre not getting flouride then theyre not looking after their teeth anyways.
2. its not going to stop the socialist clowns crying for free dental care.
3. you dont treat a sugar consumption problem by putting other poisons in the water supply. why the fuck go after a symptom not the cause?
4. those that need it most wont be drinking water anyways.
5. who the fuck drinks horrid chlorinated tap water these days? almost all town folk i know drink bottled or have reverse osmosis units which remove flouride, chlorine etc.
Not all toothpaste has fluoride so there is choice. If people think fluoride is good for them and their teeth they can use fluoride paste and leave the rest of us alone.
There’s that much chlorine in Wairarapa town water that most people would fail a blind test of water taken from the bottom of the municipal baths with that fresh out of the tap.
Filtering isn’t a needless luxury. It’s a necessity!
David Seymour, like many others, fails to address the real concerns; those of compulsion.
If individuals wish to dose their water with aluminium dross, eat bread doctored with folic acid & have a three monthly shot of Pfizer’s poison then good on them!
BUT do your own thing & don’t force your fantasies on everyone else.
We don’t want compulsion! We don’t need compulsion!
Bullshit from NZTA
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360586976/why-tauranga-home-toll-roads-and-your-city-next?fbclid=IwY2xjawIjnOtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVnaM1zcV5N7WuCuqYKTkt9jOz0h6UpSQb3eA6G3tV9VolEzjG3RbZddqA_aem_N-JE-J70kmLQXNTgpwWZ4Q
Bloody tightarses. At least the tolled roads bear a lesser resemblance to ploughed paddocks compared to the rest of the nation’s state highways. In any case they’re a bargain. Travelling the 23km link that bypasses Te Puke would cost the A or B train truckie $5.60 or 24cents/km & cut probably 15 minutes off the trip. Weigh that against 80cents/km for diesel & 43cents/km for RUC.
And tolls aren’t a new innovation by a long shot. The bridge over Abbots Creek at the bottom of the Rimutakas was tolled as was the Black Bridge over the Waiohine River opened in 1872. The Auckland Harbour Bridge opened in 1959 was tolled as that was the only way the country could afford to build it.
Sean at the ARC conference being interviewed by Duncan Garner (but interesting none the less) re the direction NZ should be moving and has NN noticed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9fensasAQM
Sean Plunket Checks In Again From The ARC Conference In London
Stephen Franks, FSU email
Police Complaints watchdog, the IPCA, announced today that NZ Police violated the rights of protestors in a number of high-profile cases – individuals staunchly supported by the Free Speech Union.
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While we welcome the findings of the IPCA Review which acknowledges civil liberties were violated, this is only the first necessary step in combatting law enforcement’s frequently one-eyed approach to speech in this country.
While the IPCA has just acknowledged a systemic problem exists, it now thinks the answer is more ideological police training, more regulation and more public compliance!
As usual, the ‘experts’ have been looking abroad to countries like Canada, Australia and the U.K. for inspiration. Yes, the sort of countries where controversial tweets can get the constabulary to your door faster than an emergency call.
FSU has, with your support, succeeded defending individuals who were unjustly arrested while exercising their lawful free expression.
This includes Lucy Rogers who was wrongfully arrested for holding up a sign in counter-protest to a pro-Palestine march. It seems to us that there were only two possible reasons for this action: either the officers performing the arrest were offended by Lucy’s stance, or they were nervous that the sign might enrage the approaching marchers.
Or how about Daniel Maxwell who was arrested for peacefully counter-protesting at a separate event?
Then there’s Paul Burns, a pro-life advocate who was arrested for the heinous non-crime of engaging publicly in debate! With FSU’s support, Paul was cleared and the Police were left yet again with egg on their face.
Also, in the wake of the shameful treatment of Posie Parker and her supporters in 2023 in Albert Park, it was FSU that, in less than 72 hours, gained over 20,000 signatures on a public letter condemning Police inaction in the face of violence by protestors. We have also, among other things, not let up in our push for changes to name suppression rules for perpetrators like those protestors found guilty of violence toward Parker’s group at that event.
Whether it’s cops who subscribe to political correctness, their lack of understanding around fundamental rights, or an undemocratic desire to please the powers that be, NZ Police now need to face facts.
FSU exposed ‘Non-Crime Hate Incident’ training last year and campaigned successfully to have it abandoned. Police eventually backed down, but only because supporters like yourselves backed us.
While we fought hard for those Kiwis I’ve mentioned above, free speech principles are still not clearly understood, observed and protected by NZ authorities. The IPCA Review at least offers us a chance to reset the desperately needed conversation around freedom of expression in New Zealand.
With your support we’ve not only helped save individuals from abuses of Police power, we’ve also succeeded in a major win through this IPCA Review.
I want to thank you for supporting us in this just cause. We will, of course, need your ongoing partnership if we hope to see a return to principled policing in this country.
Our right to peaceful protest depends on it.
Stephen Franks
Council Member
Free Speech Union
http://www.fsu.nz
Taxpayer up for more squandered money.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/crown-forced-to-buy-109-new-auckland-wellington-kiwibuild-homes-trying-to-sell-773m-of-properties/VO2B2SNC5BHAJGIT7O7BI6IYII/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow0YF2f2usM
FBI ‘deeply loath’ Kash Patel as bureau director
Call for CV MrNA to be banned in America – Jay Bhattachyria