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2 July
2009
Ronald Kitching - Remarks About Taxation - Part 2
What we desperately need in Australia and New Zealand, is a large number of intellectuals who will dedicate themselves to relearning Adam Smith’s four canons of taxation. These are eternal truths, which must be propagated. It is time to let wisdom prevail. We must throw off the burden of the bankrupt political ideology of socialism with its army of bureaucrats.
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Marc Alexander - David Bain: Getting away with murder?
If there's one thing the David Bain trial has proven, it's that 'truth' is one of the lesser ingredients in our criminal justice formula. Evidence is subject to the legal test of its probative value rather than being allowed to 'speak for itself. Courts have become less a venue for 'fact' than a debate between two teams with contestable rules of engagement.
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David Round -The Treaty of Waitangi, its terms & principles
Many ordinary New Zealanders who hear Treaty activists going on all the time about their Treaty rights, have understandably acquired some vague belief that the Treaty does have some sort of independent standing in our law. This is not so.The Treaty’s lack of legal force has been affirmed in numerous modern judgments
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Too Much Secrecy
28 June
2009
Muriel Newman

On Wednesday, eight central North Island tribes will take control of 170,000 hectares of forests in the Kaingaroa region in the country’s biggest Treaty of Waitangi settlement to date. The total cost of the claim is over $400 million of taxpayers’ money.  More >>>


Reflections on the Treaty
28 June 2009
David Round
In 1998, when the Canterbury University Press published my book Truth or Treaty? Commonsense Questions about the Treaty of Waitangi, the public mood was somewhat different from today’s. I began my second chapter with a gloomy paragraph which, although it certainly contains much truth, nevertheless seems, in today’s climate, just a little over the top.  More >>>


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A Smack in the Face of Democracy
21 June 2009
Muriel Newman
The extraordinary political posturing over the upcoming Citizens Initiated Referendum on the smacking law is breathtaking in its absurdity. More >>>
The Real Story of the Anti-Smacking Referendum
21 June 2009
Larry Baldock
With the announcement last Monday by the Chief Electoral Officer that that they were beginning the process to hold a Citizens Initiated Referendum, the debate surrounding the controversial Anti-smacking law once again fired up... More >>>
A New Documentary In An Old Tradition
16 June
2009
Dr. Ron Smith
A new documentary, on the supposed environmental crisis of climate change had its New Zealand premier in Hamilton on June 5 and there seems no doubt that it will appear everywhere soon, since there is a large amount of both money and moral fervour behind it. ... More >>>
Is Maori Disparity a Myth
14 June 2009
Muriel Newman
Over the years claims of a growing disparity between the socio-economic outcomes of Maori and non-Maori have dominated the rhetoric of Maori ethnic politics. The existence of this so-called “gap” has been blamed on... More >>>
Who are indiginous Australians?
13 June 2009
Professor Helen Hughes and Mark Hughes
In 1967 Australians overwhelmingly supported a referendum that altered the Australian constitution in regard to Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. The strong support was a measure of mainstream Australia's belief that ... More >>>
Naive Keynesianism and Other Fallacies
10 June
2009
Roger Kerr
One of the most frequently cited statements in economics is John Maynard Keynes’ observation that “Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.” More >>>
Increased Need for Welfare Reform
7 June 2009
Muriel Newman
While socialists have blamed capitalism and the free market for the global financial crisis, economist Richard M. Salsman holds “altruism” responsible. He describes the welfare state as the political ideal of altruism.... More >>>
Incentivising Welfare 
7 June 2009
Luke Malpass
The Key government campaigned on reforming welfare, but as the recession bites deeper we shall see if John Key and Paula Bennett are serious or not. This government campaigned on the welfare state helping people... More >>>
Opposing Secret School Registers
5 June
2009
Allan Peachey MP
To whom is the New Zealand schooling system answerable? Certainly not to parents and children who are the people who should matter most. More >>>
Budget Spendup Continues
31 May 2009
Muriel Newman
Tax cuts were a priority when John Key delivered the Leader of the Opposition’s speech about the 2008 Budget. Well, that was last year! More >>>
The 2009 Budget: What's Next? 
31 May 2009
Roger Kerr
The National-led government which came into office seven months ago inherited a difficult economic situation. Not only was the international financial system in crisis, triggering a global recession...  More >>>
The Budget 2009
28 May
2009
Hon. Bill English
Read the full text of the 2009 Budget speech... More >>> 
Cooler Weather Heats up Debate
24 May 2009
Muriel Newman
Earlier this month a briefing paper for US government officials and environmental leaders on ways to “re-frame” the global warming debate in order to build stronger public support for climate change legislation, found its way into the hands of the New York Times. .... More >>>
Why I am a Climate Realist 
23 May 2009
Dr Willem de Lange, IPCC reviewer 
I am a climate realist because the available evidence indicates that climate change is predominantly, if not entirely, natural. It occurs mostly in response to variations in solar heating of the oceans, and the consequences this has for the rest of the Earth’s climate system... More >>>
The Left's Dirty Tricks
20 May 2009
Michael Bassett
Over the last few weeks evidence has seeped out that Britain’s Labour Party had started a Dirty Tricks Department within ministerial offices to smear political opponents. Gordon Brown has asked the head of Britain’s civil ... More >>> 
Creating a Wealth Revolution
17 May 2009
Muriel Newman
As National faces its first budget our Prime Minister and Finance Minister must not lose sight of the fact that families and small businesses are hurting badly. Many will have voted for National’s tax relief, since the tax cut promise, to drive economic growth and lift living standards, was central to their election campaign... More >>>
Judging National's First Budget
16 May 2009
Sir Roger Douglas MP
Budget Day is coming up. Finance Minister Bill English has promised that this will be a ‘responsible Budget’ - but what does that actually mean? How can we tell if a Budget is responsible or reckless? Unless we understand some fundamental economic truths... More >>>
Reactions to the Plan for Auckland
13 May 2009
Owen McShane
Given that all the great cities in the world are made up of a multitude of local governments it seems that mega-amalgamation is unlikely to be the correct solution to whatever problem Auckland is deemed to have. Paris has 1300 local councils and most people seem to like it. More >>> 
The Rising Price of Power
10 May 2009
Muriel Newman
Many people have been shocked to learn that the Department of Conservation has received more than $8 million dollars in cash payments from state energy companies, in return for withdrawing their opposition to projects with significant environmental effects... More >>>
Windpower: Foolish Energy
10 May 2009
Bryan Leyland
In New Zealand we are told that windpower is economic compared to alternatives, that the unpredictable short term fluctuations can easily be covered by our “abundant hydropower” and ... More >>>
Reactions to the Plan for Auckland
6 May 2009
Michael Bassett
It’s my guess that no more than about 40 people out of 1.4 million Aucklanders are vehemently opposed to the plan for re-structuring the city’s... More >>> 
Time to Modernise Education
3 May 2009
Muriel Newman
According to the Ministry of Education in their briefing to the incoming government, “The system continues to under-perform for a significant minority of students. Major challenges remain. A significant minority of students struggle to obtain core skills in areas such as literacy and numeracy...."  More >>>  
Conspicuously Politically Incorrect
3 May 2009
Allan Peachey, MP
During 2004 I wrote a book “What’s up with our schools?  a New Zealand principal speaks out”, published in 2005 by Random Press... Nothing that I have seen or heard in four years as a Member of Parliament has changed my view... More >>>
Breathing space available on climate change policy
29 April 2009
Roger Kerr
Several recent developments are altering the context in which climate change policy is being framed. The Ministry for the Environment reported this month that New Zealand is likely to be in surplus with respect to its Kyoto obligations in the period to 2012, rather than in deficit. ... More >>> 
Zombie Science, Zombie Politics
26 April 2009

Muriel Newman
According to the principles laid down by Dr Bruce Charlton anthropogenic global warming is zombie science. It is based on a false hypothesis that the increase in human-induced greenhouse gas emissions is causing dangerous global warming. More >>>
Kyoto Realities
25 April 2009
Christopher Horner
The New Zealand government is discussing various forms of a “global warming” tax to pay for an alleged, looming Kyoto liability. What they apparently have not informed the public is that this rationale, or rather excuse...  More >>>
Global Warming: A classic case of alarmism
23 April 2009
Dr David Evans
The global temperature has been rising at a steady trend rate of 0.5°C per century since the end of the little ice age in the 1700s (when the Thames River would freeze over every winter).
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Reflection & Accountability
19 April 2009

Muriel Newman
It is a time for reflection; to ask why it is that New Zealand has done so badly in recent decades; to ask why our politicians who are so eager to assume responsibility over our lives are so reluctant to admit their failures... More >>>
Opportunities of a Lifetime
Speech, Sir Ronald Trotter Lecture 2009, 7 April 2009
Stephen Jennings
I am going to speak about the accelerating economic convergence taking place globally as the living standards of the 5 billion people living outside the historically rich part of the world rapidly catch up with income levels in the West...  More >>>
How the Labour Government Robbed You Blind
16 April
2009
Sir Roger Douglas MP
Labour and National Governments between 1996 and 2009 robbed New Zealanders of more than $30 billion. That is the transfer that has taken place from the private sector to the Government...  More >>> 
Should New Zealand Stand Firm?
12 April
2009
Muriel Newman
On Friday 3rd April 2009 the Australian Government endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This move fulfilled an election promise made by Kevin Rudd.... More >>>
NZ should stay put on UN Indigenous declaration
11 April 2009
Sara Hudson and Luke Malpass
Recently Prime Minister John Key was caught musing over whether New Zealand should follow Australia’s lead and sign up to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Let us all hope that he doesn’t. ...
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Wairarapa Combined Chaos
9 April 2009
Owen McShane
The Wairarapa Combined District Plan (One plan) sounded like a good idea back in 2002 when it was first proposed, but six years and over $1million later, is Wairarapa going to gain anything from it?... More >>> 
Back to the Drawing Board
5 April
2009
Muriel Newman
The findings of UMR Research about New Zealanders’ living preferences are completely at odds with the demands that have been set down in the newly released report of the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance.... More >>>
Beyond Amalgamation – Did anyone expect this? 
5 April 2009
Owen McShane
Many of us are scared this global depression will lead to the abandoning of free trade and a rash of protectionism – like the last one did. We should be more afraid that this global depression will lead to the widespread adoption of fascism – like the last one did. ...
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The Report of the Auckland Royal Commission
2 April 2009
Michael Bassett
The Royal Commission was hamstrung in part by a requirement in its Terms of Reference to pay heed to the Local Government Act 2002. That Act entrenched into law a number of flakey Labour fads that need revisiting. More >>> 
Ideas Matter
29 March
2009
Muriel Newman
Whether we are talking about freedom or oppressions, democracy or dictatorship, free enterprise or communism, ideas have the power to shape nations and profoundly impact on the daily lives of citizens..... More >>>
Crimestoppers  
29 March 2009
Lord Michael Ashcroft
Crimestoppers has been an extraordinary success in the UK; I set it up over 20 years ago, have been involved with it ever since and am extremely proud of being the Chairman of the Trustees of a charity that is...  More >>>
Time for Clarity
26 March
2009
John Boscawen ACT MP
All parents should have the fundamental ability to bring their children up as well rounded, law abiding citizens in the best way they see fit - a right that was taken away by Labour’s passage of Sue Bradford’s Anti-Smacking law... More >>>   
A High Priority Promise
23 March
2009
Muriel Newman
In the seventies, the famous writer and philosopher Ayn Rand described the pervasive danger of the welfare state. She could have been writing about New Zealand today.... More >>>
Welfare Reform in a Recession
22 March 2009
Lindsay Mitchell
During a recent radio interview I was asked, is this a bad time to be talking about reforming welfare? No, I replied with little hesitation. There is no bad time to be trying to reform welfare...  More >>>
The Collapse of the NZ Herald
19 March
2009
Michael Bassett
In case you hadn’t noticed it, the New Zealand Herald, the paper that used to claim to be the country’s premier paper of record, has abandoned this aspiration and seems intent on becoming a mere British-style tabloid... More >>>
 
The Path to Energy Rationing
15 March
2009
Muriel Newman
The 2009 International Climate Change Conference was held in New York last week. It drew together over 700 attendees including world-leading climate scientists, legislators, researchers, policy-makers, and... More >>>
No Progress in the Climate Change Debate  
15 March 2009
Hon
Václav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic
When preparing my today's remarks, I took into my hands - looking for an inspiration - my last year's speech here, at the Heartland Institute's Conference. It did not help much...  More >>>
Ten Lessons for the Recession
12 March
2009
Sir Roger Douglas MP
This recession will end. We can control how quickly it will end and how fast we will grow once it has ended. We can continue down the redistribution path. But that is a path to poverty. Alternatively, we could aim to increase our productivity and stimulate economic growth. ... More >>>     
Putting the Public Interest First
6 March
2009
Muriel Newman
With the economic crisis delivering more bad news each day, we must keep reminding ourselves that change brings opportunity. The return of frugality and thrift is good for discount businesses... More >>>
Climate & Politics: advice for the committee  
6 March 2009
Dr Ron Smith
The Finance and Expenditure Select Committee inquiry into the emissions trading scheme will be mainly concerned with examining the potential impact of envisaged climate change mitigation measures on the New Zealand economy and the future well-being of New Zealand citizens...  More >>>
Real Job growth
5 March
2009
Sir Roger Douglas MP
The problem with the job summit is that it is likely to be a distraction when New Zealand needs to look to the dollars, not concentrate on the minor issues that is, the cents. While the participants at the summit will take a micro-look at how we might artificially-create a few jobs over the short-term... More >>>  
Tackling the Tough Issues
1 March
2009
Muriel Newman
As the government progresses it’s so-called “razor gang” line-by-line review of government expenditure, it will be interesting to see whether those controversial and costly policy areas, that are clearly long overdue for reform... More >>>
Rethinking stop violence programmes  
28 February 2009
Stuart Birks
On 16 February Principal Family Court Judge Peter Boshier gave a speech to a hui in which he questioned the value of stopping violence programmes (Boshier, 2009)..More >>>
A New Comic Era
25 February
2009
Mike Moore
The truth is so rare and painful in politics, it’s so valuable it must be rationed.  That’s why satire and comedy are so important because it’s the best way to explain the absurdities of life. ... More >>>  
Time to face the truth
22 February
2009
Muriel Newman
Ironically it has taken the South African Rugby Union (SARU) to expose the fact that racism exists in New Zealand. Sadly, in these politically correct times, anyone who dares to comment on this dark national secret risks... More >>>
The Maori Seats in Parliament  
22 February 2009
Professor Philip Joseph
Some little while ago, I was invited to contribute to a study on the social and economic progress of Maori.  It was suggested that I might examine the Maori seats in Parliament. A moment’s hesitation and I said “yes”... More >>>
In Praise of Changing Your Mind
18 February 2009 
Mike Moore

The hardest thing in politics is to change your mind, it’s embarrassing to switch horses, it’s ungainly, and makes a politician vulnerable to attack.  The great economist, Lord Keynes, was once challenged at a media event... More >>>  
Three strikes and you're terminated
15 February
2009
Muriel Newman
In the very same month that the National Government is planning to restore our election year freedom of speech by repealing Labour’s disastrous Electoral Finance Act, they are planning to launch an attack on our freedom on the internet. More >>>
New government fails to defend internet freedom  
14 February 2009
David Farrar
Most businesses in New Zealand will be unaware of this, but by the end of the month they will be at risk of having their Internet access terminated, if they are accused of repeat copyright infringement. They do not have to be found guilty. They do not need to have been infringing themselves.
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The rise of the Reserve Bank Act
11 February 2009 
Hon David Butcher
This week's guest piece is a letter written by The Hon David Butcher, to Bryan Gould. Although it was written in 1995, it outlines the risks associated with politial interference in the economy and ... More >>>
 
Is National doing enough?
8 February
2009
Muriel Newman
Socialism never rests. It harnesses the very worst of human emotions to demonise the virtue of self interest as greed; it perpetuates the fallacy that wealth is only accumulated at the expense of others and the myth that ... More >>>
Don’t assume our problems are due to “Free & unregulated banking”
8 February 2009
Dr Don Brash
In recent months, we’ve all been treated to a steady diet of sermons from those who would have us believe that the international financial crisis is all the result of the banking industry being “free and unregulated”..
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Liquidity Traps and Fiscal Rescues 
4 February 2009 
Roger Bowden
Now that President Obama has got his stimulus package through Congress, it’s time for our own, due out this week. By now, we’ve seen pretty much what’s on offer internationally...
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Reviewing the Minimum Wage
Muriel Newman
The Government has announced that it will hold an employment summit at the end of February to gather ideas to help New Zealand cope with the global economic crisis. In announcing the summit, the Prime Minister said... More >>>
The cruel dark side of the minimum wage
31 January 2009
Phil O'Reilly
 
One of the tenets of economics is that an increase in the price of something causes less of it to be purchased. It’s a tenet that’s central to the minimum wage debate. 
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Summits-peak disappointments
28 January 09 
Mike Moore
Remember the drama of the G20, the group of the Top 20 industrialised nations, and their summit in Washington , D.C. to address the needs of concerted global action to address the global economic crisis? ...   More >>>  
The cold winds of 2008
25
January 2009
Muriel Newman
2008 was the coldest year this century. This is not an aberration as the global warming industry would have us believe. The world has been on a cooling trend since 1998 and there is now growing scientific evidence that governments around the world should plan for colder not warmer temperatures. More >>>
Yet another "moment of fateful decision"
25 January 2009
Christopher Monckton
Gore and his unthinking followers have made a fundamental error of political judgment: they have assumed that, precisely because climate science is so complex, they can get away with fabricating and then exaggerating the imagined “threat” of “global warming”... More >>>
The Current Situation
14 January 09 
Sir Roger Douglas (ACT MP)
“The most challenging problem that faces the government is how it should respond to the worldwide financial meltdown which has already turned into a worldwide recession. I suspect this crisis is likely to be different from any New Zealand has had to face since World War II – much worse, longer and deeper than... More >>>
Getting our house in order
18
January 2009
Muriel Newman
It is difficult to comprehend just how dark the economic clouds that are bearing down on New Zealand really are. The problem is, that with New Zealand going into recession early last year our economy was already on a downward track... More >>>
New Zealand, It’s Time to Be Measured
17 January 09
Paul Newfield
This is traditionally a time of year when we commit to new personal goals. The energy and sense of perspective we bring back from summer holidays, combined with the ticking over of the calendar, put us in the right frame of mind for resolutions... More >>>
Time for Action
11
January 2009
Muriel Newman
The next few months will be critical for the new government. It’s a time when the expectations of change must be honoured. For many, that change can’t come soon enough! We simply cannot have another nine years like the last...  More >>>
Social pathology: disaster or goldmine?
11 January 09
Theodore Dalrymple
Whenever we try to assess the meaning and significance of particularly horrible cases, such as that of Nia Glassie in New Zealand or Baby P in Britain, it is important to bear in mind that... some people have always done terrible things to others... More >>>
Speech from the Throne
21 December 08
Prime Minister, Rt Hon. John Key (Delivered by Governor General.)
"The driving goal of the new Government will be to grow the New Zealand economy in order to deliver greater prosperity, security and opportunities to all New Zealanders. It will be going for growth because…" More >>>
New Employment Law Good for the Country
14
December 2008
Muriel Newman
Such was the uproar over a law change to introduce a grievance-free trial period for new employees, that you could be forgiven for thinking that the new National Government was outlawing the trade union movement!  More >>>  
Back to Basics for New Zealand Labour Markets
13 December 08 
Richard Epstein
When I first visited New Zealand in July of 1990 at the invitation of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, one mission stood out above all. My job was to find some sensible way to stem the ever increasing tide of regulation..
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The Class War
11 December 08 
Mike Moore
Election cycles drive up the feeling that it’s time for a change and new governments get honeymoons. Both are at work in NZ now. The size and magnitude of Labour’s defeat has not sunk in. More >>>
 
Out of the Shadow
7 December 2008
Muriel Newman
New Zealand is now emerging from nine years of creeping socialism. During those nine years, we have been told that the state knows best how to run our lives - and our country. Whether it is what we eat.... More >>> 
The Changing of the Guard
7 December 08 
Karl du Fresne
In the first party leaders’ debate on TV One during the election campaign, Newstalk ZB political editor Barry Soper tackled National leader John Key on the subject of the 1981 Springbok tour...More >>>
Rogernomics is not a Dirty Word
4 December 08 
Gerry Eckhoff
The return of Sir Roger Douglas to the New Zealand Parliament should be welcomed. Regretfully, his return has been greeted with some ridicule and even vitriol by those who choose to ignore that we once lived in a fools paradise. If all that was done back then was so wrong, why ....
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Planning our Future
30 November 2008
Muriel Newman
Anyone concerned about the global financial situation in general and New Zealand’s position in particular should certainly read the Reserve Bank's first Financial Stability Report, published two weeks ago. More >>>  
Boosting Prosperity in New Zealand
30 November 08 
Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
Thanks to its modest size and geographic isolation, New Zealand automatically is in a position of having to fight harder and work smarter to be competitive. The slowdown in the global economy is going to make that task more challenging, which puts considerable pressure on John Key... More >>>
A Priority for Change
23 November 2008
Muriel Newman
Nia Glassie’s crime was two-fold. Firstly, and tragically, she lived in the same dysfunctional household as a bunch of boozing, dope smoking, layabout no-hopers who got a kick out of torturing her when they were bored. Secondly, she had a woman as a mother who ...  More >>>  
Re-defining Compasion
22 November 08 
John Sax
In the wake of the Nia Glassie case, New Zealanders across the country are asking “How on earth did this happen?”  The death of the gorgeous three year old and the details that have emerged during the trial have left us, as a nation, shaken to the core and in a state of disbelief.
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Moving in the Right Direction
16 November 2008
Muriel Newman
Last Thursday, US President George Bush launched a vigorous defence of the free market, stating that the only long-term solution to the global financial crisis is sustained economic growth...   More >>>
Resolve to Tackle Climate Change Crumbling Internationally
15 November 08 
Catherine Beard
The resolve in Europe to make meaningful emission reductions’ is crumbling by the day in the wake of the financial credit crunch sweeping the globe, bringing with it fears of a global economic recession... More >>>
The Dog that Isn't Barking
11 November 08 
Mike Moore
I’ve spent the last few weeks overseas at Board meetings, various self-indulgent seminars and think tanks in Europe, the Middle East, Mexico, and Canada. I don’t know how anyone can get any work done in London... More >>>  
Where Welfare Dependence and Public Health Collide
9 November 08 
Luke Malpass 
Governments, no matter how well-intentioned, have limited control over personal behaviours which ultimately depend upon people deciding to modify unhealthy habits. More >>>
Maori seats give unwarranted influence based on race
1 November 08 
Bob Jones
I dislike the Maori seats, which are both racist and undemocratic. Introduced as a short-term measure, they should have been abandoned decades ago. More >>>
The Global Warming Scam
23 October 08 
Vincent Gray
The Global Warming Scam has been perpetrated in order to support the Environmentalist belief that the earth is being harmed by the emission of greenhouse gases from the combustion of fossil fuels... More >>>  For full NZCPR research paper See >>>
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