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TNE 17 Underneath the Mask

By Tim Wilms | September 16, 2021

Before they wore physical masks during the pandemic our leaders wore metaphorical masks to hide their sinister motives and also their double standards. But we are now increasingly seeing underneath as it slips off our leaders. We explore this on this week’s Tim’s News Explosion.

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New Zealand academics who assert that traditional Maori knowledge is not science feel the wrath of the mob, and the government announces that Christian teaching on sexuality and gender will become a criminal offence. Join Tim and Dieuwe on this week’s Trad Tasman Talk.</p> <p></p> <p></p> <h4 id="h-live-replay">Live Replay</h4> <p></p> <p></p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://youtu.be/Iy2yB2Ed91M </div> </figure> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu which rewrote Australian Aboriginal History has been exposed as one of the greatest literary hoaxes of the modern era. 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