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What It Is Like to Be a Second-Rate Citizen in NZ

This article by Eliora, published in The BFD is one of the most calm, well-thought pieces of writing that I have seen on the current situation in New Zealand – and the world.

Beyond the darkness of the fact that New Zealand citizens are now required to show their papers in order to go about their daily business, the writer questions where this leads a society. And the lessons from history are grim indeed.

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Government Pays Wages for 110 ‘Journalists’

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Back in September this year, NZ On Air, the agency that administers the government’s $55m Public Interest Journalism Fund, announced $18m of funding “for an additional 110 journalists* across Aotearoa with a specific mandate to produce stories that keep New Zealanders informed and engaged, and support a healthy democracy.”

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When Fiat Currency Stops Being Money

With money-printing rampant around the world, to pay for covid related largess, the signs are there that a tsunami of inflation is coming and with it, the devaluation of national currencies at the expense of the citizenry.

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