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Sun, Sails, and Steel Guitars: Your Ultimate Guide to the 2026 Bay of Islands Country Rock Festival - If you’re planning a trip to the "Winterless North," there is no better way to see it than when the Bay of Islands Country Rock Festival is in full swing. The term "winterless" is a bit of a local secret, while the rest of New Zealand is starting to feel the first real bite of May , Northland stays famously mild. In May, you’re looking at…

Gold is being sold to meet margin calls, but a tweak to margin requirements is being seen by some as a signal for gold to be the pressure valve By Henry Johnston, a Moscow-based writer who worked in finance for over a decade https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/henry-johnston/ · ©  Getty Images/Oselote · [RT] The moment we all wondered about has come. Oil has surged past $100 per barrel and markets are coming under serious…

A directive granting residency and aid is set to expire in 2027, as countries struggle to sustain millions of immigrants · The European Commission’s Special Envoy for Ukrainians in the EU Ylva Johansson. ©  Sayed Hassan/Getty Images · [RT] The EU is unlikely to extend its temporary protection scheme for Ukrainian immigrants beyond its current expiry date, the bloc’s special envoy, Ylva Johansson, has indicated. · Brussels…

Sinking without a trace. · According to the latest Taxpayers Union Curia poll, National has the support of just 28.4% of respondents. · Given that National are the leading party in the coalition government it is almost unbelievable that they could drop so low. · The leader of the party, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, is said to be stunned by the result. He was attending a meeting this morning (Friday 6^th^ March) where he was discussing his…

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 has confirmed that the government’s pandemic response frequently overstepped its bounds and suppressed legitimate dissent. The Free Speech Union says the report proves that the state used censorship as a primary tool to manage the public. "The 'single source of truth' has been exposed as a single source of silence," says Jillaine Heather, CEO of the Free Speech Union. The Commission confirms that…