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unemployment statistics

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Labour | National

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@title election @body (Labour | National)

Require election in the title and either Labour or National in the body. A field applies to following words until another field or the end of its parenthesized group. @* switches back to all fields.

Which fields work with @?

The current index supports @title, @body, @author, @author_full, @category and @tags. @author_full lprent searches the same author text as @author lprent; it uses the same word-matching rules.

The date columns published_utc, calendar_day and date_added are numeric attributes used for filtering, date counts or ordering. They cannot be searched with @: expressions such as @published_utc 2026 or @calendar_day 20261107 produce a query error. Use the From and To (inclusive) controls for dates.

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For example, enter @title election, select Posts, set From to 2026-01-01 and To (inclusive) to 2026-11-07, then press Search. This combines the title search with an inclusive date range in the site’s time zone.

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National’s new slogan

· Zetetic

With Key's willful ignorance on Banks' police report and the GCSB's activities, and "brighter future" becoming a cruel joke as the job losses rack up, a new National slogan is in order.

campaigning election 2014 parody

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Politician subtitled for honesty

· Anthony R0bins

When parties that claim to have a social conscience end up propping up right-wing governments it doesn't usually end well. Here is the Lib Dems leader Nick Clegg, apologising to his supporters for breaking a core promise. He has been subtitled for honesty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_3Bqh8ZBAg Background…

humour uk politics

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ImperatorFish: Next Week’s Q&A

· notices and features

Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here. - Shane Taurima again interviews John Key Shane: Prime Minister John Key joins us now.  Prime Minister, you've taken a lot of heat over your decision…

accountability john key Satire slippery

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Crackdown on Working for Families children

· Zetetic

Families will lose half their Working for Families payments if they don't put their kids in ECE or make sure they have the Well Child checks, under reforms to be announced by Paula Bennett the next time National needs a distraction from its failed economic…

Satire welfare

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ImperatorFish: Bennett Announces Welfare Crackdown

· notices and features

Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here. People of Swedish descent who engage in acts of treason while dressed as nuns will no longer be eligible to receive welfare,…

Satire welfare

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Fran O’Sullivan: in praise of central planning

· Eddie

Has Fran O'Sullivan been replaced by a communist infiltrator? Today, she gushes over a central government plan to use emergency powers to appropriate land and bypass RMA property rights. She even suggests the Government could use such powers to redesign other CBDs according to its…

humour

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Eliminating government waste

· notices and features

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zoz5EuIF_y8 National is still promising more with less, and not achieving it. Of course, although you can't magic away waste, you can make choices with policies that can be good or bad. National's taken a lot of bad ones - RoNS, borrowing for tax cuts,…

humour public services

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Coincidence?

· Anthony R0bins

A couple of interesting headlines recently. "NZ women overtake men's IQ scores". "John Key losing appeal among women". Coincidence? I don't think so...

humour polls sexism

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Kiss and makeup

· Mike Smith

In honour of Tony Blair and Sam Cam's attempt at an affectionate greeting at Tuesday's lunch at No 10, The Guardian has  amassed a small but disgusting collection of political leaders essaying similar tasks. Warning: not for the squeamish or fainthearted. The Guardian cannot be…

Europe humour uk politics

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Alcohol to be banned

· Bunji

The Government announced that it was withdrawing its Alcohol Reform Bill today and introducing prohibition after it realised that alcohol was used by the 'Beast of Blenheim' to stupefy young girls. "It's what we'd do if it was any other drug, particularly as it's associated…

alcohol crime drugs Satire

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Key’s press release on exodus to Australia

· Anthony R0bins

With news that there are now more Kiwis living in Australia than either Christchurch or Wellington, here's "John Key's" latest press release on the topic: Latest exodus to Australia worrying National Party Leader John Key says immigration figures showing an acceleration in the number of…

im/migration john key national Satire

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Frogblog: Greens call for inquiry into inquiries

· notices and features

From Frogblog - Greens call for inquiry into inquiries Published: July 5, 2012 by frog The Greens have been criticised by Prime Minister John Key, who said, ‘The Greens call for an inquiry on virtually anything.’ The remark prompted immediate calls from the Green Party…

greens Satire

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ImperatorFish: The Higgs Boson: How The Politicians Reacted

· notices and features

Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here. Russel Norman, Green Party This is the worst news imaginable. The Green Party are absolutely opposed to the reckless smashing up of…

humour politicans

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ImperatorFish: Love, People, Love!

· notices and features

Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here. One of the biggest drawbacks of our democratic system is that it encourages politicking. This is a problem because whenever a major issue is before…

blogs humour Politics

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ImperatorFish: Treasury Report On Sunlight Levels

· notices and features

Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here. The Sun will continue to shine New Zealand has been enjoying a long period of uninterrupted sunlight, and this looks likely to continue until at…

Satire treasury

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Caption contest

· Eddie

Before the captions, some serious analysis, because this new Nat promo photo really astounds me.I honestly don't know what the Nats were thinking. It might work if Key were a nationally-adored figure, a kindly uncle, who had delivered a golden age for the country (fat-arse…

caption contest john key

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Parata to change careers?

· Zetetic

Hekia Parata this week became the fourth minister in three months to see her career reduced to tatters. Looks like she's planning a change - sixth member of My Chemical Romance. h/t JC In her latest fuck-up, Parata's spin doctors told reporters that she got…

death with dignity education humour

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A modest proposal

· James Henderson

Winston Peters is on the attack over Tariana Turia's slush fund again. This time, Turia and John Key find themselves defending a $60,000 grant to a rugby club to investigate "undertake whanau development research" on "whanau connectedness" and "resilience" (which sounds like code for a …

corruption humour

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ImperatorFish: Budget’s School Report

· notices and features

Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here. Mathematics While Budget understands the basics of arithmetic, Budget displays a concerning lack of imagination and application in this area. Mathematics involves more than simple subtraction. More…

budget2012 humour