Articles by Leighton Smith
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Audio
Tracy Moody: Teacher at Albany Primary
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 10:28amTracy Moody, a teacher at Albany Primary School, talks to Newstalk ZB's Leighton Smith about a stabbing near the North Shore...
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Audio
Raymond: Stabbing in Albany
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 10:13amRaymond, whose wife is in Albany, talks to Newstalk ZB's Leighton Smith about what she's seen after a triple stabbing on...
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Opinion
Leighton Smith: Wake up and learn from history
Saturday, 17 August 2019, 12:27pmCOMMENT: "Only a congenital dunce can peruse the proceedings of the first Congress of American Revolutionary Writers, and...
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The Leighton Smith Podcast
Leighton Smith Podcast: Episode 21 - Climate change special
Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 10:51amThis week's podcast is a special edition. Some weeks ago I promised a climate devoted program. Many have let me know how...
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Leighton Smith Podcast Episode 17 - 22 May 2019
Wednesday, 22 May 2019, 10:19amOn the podcast this week, the Government plans a $320 million spend over four years on a wellness campaign. The money will...
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Leighton Smith Podcast Episode 16 - 15 May 2019
Wednesday, 15 May 2019, 9:04amThis week, the great teachers' strike - 50,000 of them. Primary and secondary, apparently an historic occasion...coming to...
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Leighton Smith Podcast Episode 15 - 8 May 2019
Wednesday, 8 May 2019, 9:52amThis week the continuing debate on free speech versus hate speech rolls on. Across the Tasman, the Green Party leader wants...
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Opinion
Leighton Smith: The war on Christianity
Saturday, 27 April 2019, 8:59amCOMMENT: I have at times, a touch of envy for those who pay no attention to the news but go about their lives making the...
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Leighton Smith Podcast: Talking Sri Lanka, Anzac Day and state of NZ media
Wednesday, 24 April 2019, 10:05amIn this week's podcast, Leighton focuses on the Sri Lankan attacks, Anzac Day and the state of New Zealand's media. The Sri...
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Leighton Smith Podcast Episode 12 - 17 April 2019
Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 2:56pmIsrael Folau, like it or not, was a big story the past few days because it contained almost everything that’s running hot...
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Opinion
Leighton Smith: Who should be making right-to-die decision?
Saturday, 13 April 2019, 9:10amCOMMENT: Argument one: Life is sacrosanct. The idea that a country, a Government, a few people (half of whom have no direct...
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Opinion
Leighton Smith: The money revolution is in motion
Saturday, 6 April 2019, 9:05amCOMMENT: Is the world in transition to something better, or something worse? Pondering the periods the world has transited...
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Leighton Smith Podcast Episode 10 - 3 April 2019
Wednesday, 3 April 2019, 10:29amPodcast 10 is wide-ranging. The matter of freedom of speech is occupying much attention by numerous commentators. It is...
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Opinion
Leighton Smith: Mueller probe lands a dead fish. Who's the liar now?
Saturday, 30 March 2019, 8:50amCOMMENT: Nineteen prosecutors, 40 FBI agents, 2800 subpoenas, 22 months, US$30 million and no indictments relating to the...
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Opinion
Leighton Smith: Blame game brings us crashing back to earth
Saturday, 23 March 2019, 8:43amCOMMENT: Following the end of the Vietnam war, we existed in what some considered to be a golden period. If you were born...
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Leighton Smith Podcast Episode 7 - 13 March 2019
Wednesday, 13 March 2019, 9:44amThis week, Leighton Smith admonishes Greenpeace and their absurd demands regarding investment in the NZ Superfund. Also some...
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Opinion
Leighton Smith: What use is history if we do not learn from it
Saturday, 9 March 2019, 10:41amOMMENT: An email to me this last week included a historical quote. So unsure was I as to its alleged source, I did a word...
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Leighton Smith Podcast Episode 6 - 6 March 2019
Wednesday, 6 March 2019, 11:18amThe delight of podcasting is partly the lack of rules. I’m discovering that what we are doing is a ‘work in progress’. Consequently,...
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Opinion
Leighton Smith: Auckland Transport and the 'administrative state'
Saturday, 2 March 2019, 8:24amCOMMENT: What sort of governance do you want affecting your life? This week, Auckland Transport announced the lowering of...
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Leighton Smith Podcast Episode 5 - 27 February 2019
Wednesday, 27 February 2019, 9:32amPodcast 5, 27 February 2019 This week a very special guest joins the Leighton Smith Podcast, Jordan Peterson. Don’t need...
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Opinion
Leighton Smith: A current obsession with leadership
Saturday, 23 February 2019, 9:02amLeadership was under media examination this week with the release of the first political polls of the year. Initially it's...
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Opinion
Leighton Smith: Climate change alarmists push their barrow over fires
Sunday, 17 February 2019, 9:20amWhen I was a boy, the family bought a newly developed section in the middle of the bush on Sydney's upper north shore. Before...
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Leighton Smith Podcast Episode 3 - 13 February 2019
Wednesday, 13 February 2019, 7:40amMy guest this week is the person most requested by you. He is George Friedman, founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures. Previously,...
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Leighton Smith Podcast Episode 2 - 6 February 2019
Wednesday, 6 February 2019, 9:05amIn podcast number two, Leighton discusses a somewhat sensitive subject, infanticide. Considering the legislation just passed...
