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The Cossacks are still dancing

Posted on March 19, 2018 by admin

Dancing Cossacks’ History “The National Party’s 1975 ‘dancing Cossacks’ advertisement is the most  infamous piece of election advertising in New Zealand’s political history. National was trying to turn voters against the Labour government by suggesting that the latter’s recently introduced compulsory … Continue reading →

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Weapons of Mass-Surveillance

Posted on April 9, 2015 by admin

Once upon a time a little country in the South Pacific outpost of a great empire woke up and started to have a discussion about it’s place in the world. This was a serious discussion and became part of the national … Continue reading →

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It’s just not Cricket: New Zealand caught underarm bowling

Posted on March 26, 2015 by admin

The Edward Snowden files show the Government playing dirty in international politics. The Prime Minister tries – and it is painful to watch – to dismiss the revelations by calling the messengers “just an anti-American bunch of plonkers”. However this is a serious blow to New … Continue reading →

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