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Start with a few words, then narrow the search using these examples, inspired by recent posts on The Standard.

All words
unemployment statistics

Find both words, anywhere in the indexed text. A space means AND; unemployment & statistics also works.

A phrase
"data centres"

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Labour | National

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election -Trump

Find election while excluding Trump. election !Trump also works. Include a positive search word; -Trump on its own is not a valid search.

Group alternatives
(Labour | National) unemployment

Find unemployment together with either Labour or National. Parentheses make combinations easier to read.

Words near each other
"coalition government"~5

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@title "data centres"

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In the body
@body "tactical voting"

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By an author
@author lprent @body search

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In a category
@category politics

Match words in indexed category names. Use the Categories checkboxes to select a specific category and its descendants.

In a tag
@tags election

Match words in indexed tag names. Use the Tags checkboxes to select a specific tag. Comments inherit their parent post’s categories and tags.

Combine fields
@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.

Likewise, use Content for posts, pages or comments, and the Categories and Tags checkboxes for specific terms. Their numeric IDs and content-type attributes cannot be searched with @.

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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Select Posts only and Newest first. In Text Search or Archive Explorer, set From to one year ago and To (inclusive) to today, then press Search. The sidebar opens Text Search, where you can add these dates. For comments, the date range uses the comment’s own date.

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Check Content and the date, category and tag filters. English word endings may match the same stem, so quotes fix word order rather than spelling. Wildcard searches such as elect* require index settings that the plugin’s default configuration does not enable.

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ImperatorFish: Call Me, John

· 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 John Banks says Catherine Isaac is qualified to oversee the trial of Charter Schools because the ACT list candidate "loves education", and spent six years…

humour john banks

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ImperatorFish: Shock As Labour Discovers David Farrar Is Not The PM

· 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 Labour Party MPs are said to be red-faced, after discovering that prominent blogger David Farrar is not the Prime Minister of New Zealand. Mr Farrar…

dpf labour Satire

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ImperatorFish: Sonny Bill Has No Plans To Sleep With You

· 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 stock market dipped sharply in trading today, after no stories appeared in any of the major newspapers about Sonny Bill Williams for almost two…

humour

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Teapot tattle

· lprent

The Teapot Tapes have leaked on to the internet. From The Jackal and many other sources. 2Johns2Cups by goldenturkey Please seed it: http://tinyurl.com/goldenturkey I'd have to say after listening to it that I'd prefer that John Banks kept his brown-nosing somewhere well away from me. I'd be worried…

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ImperatorFish: Police Defend Bloody Kindergarten Raid

· 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 A police raid at a kindergarten this morning has led to several deaths and multiple arrests. Police and Armed Offender units raided the Meriwether Community…

law and "order" Satire

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Gibson puts his money where his mouth is

· Zetetic

An interesting passage from Herald on Sunday article on Ports of Auckland CEO Tony Gibson and Maritime Union President Garry Parsloe: As he fronts the media, his communications manager Catherine Etheredge is never far from his side, even answering some of the questions put to…

capitalism Satire

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The problems of pBooks

· lprent

This morning my iPad was drained of power because I'd left a charger in a hotel in Dunedin at New Years so didn't have one by the bed*. So for the first time in a month I reached into the vast numbers of books that…

humour parody

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ImperatorFish: McCaw, Carter Supreme Winners At Literature Awards

· 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 All Blacks captain Richie McCaw was given the supreme award at the Steinlager New Zealand Literature Awards last night. McCaw’s epic book, Richie, won the main…

Satire sport

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Post-xmas blues

· lprent

I'm unhappy to be back in the muggy Auckland weather. After blobbing out in sunny Invercargill and Dunedin I don't want to back at work!. I see that they're calling it a drought down there. I have left, it is now permissible to rain in…

humour

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ImperatorFish: Spill the Beans, Now!

· 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 I don't know about you, but I find it most inconvenient that just as I have some leisure hours to spend blogging about politics and…

humour Politics

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ImperatorFish: New Year Bombshells Rock Nation On Edge

· 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 Hard-hitting Herald journo Bevan Hurley reports: Wedding bells have been ringing out across the country in what's shaping up as a summer of celebrity love. All…

humour Media

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Peter Jackson – “Satan’s Little Helper”

· notices and features

Ken Perrott at Open Parachute points out another of those strange absurdities of our time. The Christians (well some of the stranger sects) think he is... arghh it is absurd. And it is too early to be a shameless self-promotion. My only question is to wonder…

humour religion

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ImperatorFish: Dunne In Stoush Over Caucus Lunch Plan

· 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 —————————————————— Dunne In Stoush Over Caucus Lunch Plan A fierce row has broken out between a Wellington restaurateur and United Future Party leader Peter Dunne,…

humour

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ImperatorFish: Dr Don Seeks To Sink Santa

· 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 —————————————————— Dr Don Seeks To Sink Santa Former ACT Party leader Dr Don Brash has confirmed he is seeking to replace Santa Claus as the…

don brash humour

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ImperatorFish: Pensioner Couple Trumps Higgs Boson Discovery

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Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here ————————— Pensioner Couple Trumps Higgs Boson Discovery Physicists elated at what they believe is their discovery of the Higgs boson particle have been shocked to…

humour

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ImperatorFish: Analysing The Reshuffle

· 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 ————————— Analysing The Reshuffle The King of the Gods, Zeus, yesterday announced a reshuffle of his pantheon, in an effort to freshen up his front…

national Satire

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I am going to miss the real Aaron Gilmore

· lprent

Someone told me the other day that Aaron Gilmore is a lowly National list MP. I didn't believe them - but it is true! Way down on the National party list and today dropped out of parliament by the specials. It was like a blast…

parody Satire

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Old Masters on Election 2011

· notices and features

Doing the rounds. If anyone knows the original source post in comments and we'll link to it. Update: From Brian Edwards in comments - these appeared first on his site, from an anonymous friend. Check it out - there are other examples.

election 2011 humour

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Debate bingo

· notices and features

Download debate-bingo and see if you can be the first to mark off John Key's hollow catchphrases in the final Leader's debate tonight. The winner will be all of us if we choose a better government on Saturday. Let's see if Phil Goff can make…

election 2011 humour john key