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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.

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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Breaking: calls for Paddy Gower’s resignation as MSM slips in its own bullshit

· notices and features

https://twitter.com/five15design/status/894853756713484288 https://twitter.com/1NewsNZ/status/894861599806070784 https://twitter.com/farmgeek/status/894862266230743040 https://twitter.com/drivethrupod/status/894860018658328576 https://twitter.com/fi_prasad/status/894855706708369408 https://twitter.com/eey0re/status/894857148164747264 https://twitter.com/ropata/status/894861688968691712 https://twitter.com/0_loki_0/status/894870821344231424               https://twitter.com/FitzmauriceLuke/status/894874584553369602 https://twitter.com/tanethegreen/status/894860950125268993 https://twitter.com/five15design/status/894858986737901568 https://twitter.com/patrickgowernz/status/894860384565313536 https://twitter.com/QaosTheory/status/894864357334568960 https://twitter.com/five15design/status/894863399154102273 https://twitter.com/KyleDChurch/status/894855269858947072 https://twitter.com/ArrestJK/status/894859615090819072 Principles Accuracy, Fairness and Balance Publications should be bound at all times by accuracy, fairness and balance, and should not deliberately mislead…

Abuse of power class war internet journalism making shit up Media Satire social media lolz spin the praiseworthy and the pitiful twitter you couldn't make this shit up

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The Doctor Who helpline

· notices and features

https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/886608420241117185 https://twitter.com/markhumphries/status/886890062486446080 https://twitter.com/SHardingRoberts/status/886648567351447552 https://twitter.com/Economissive/status/886837522134745092 https://twitter.com/farmgeek/status/886862774051061760 https://twitter.com/themackenzilee/status/886613715617034242 https://twitter.com/murphyslawyer22/status/886615317438443520 https://twitter.com/Dean_Nimbly/status/886666395487883264  

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May calls for Corbyn’s help

· Anthony R0bins

Theresa May knows that the tories are utterly stuffed over Brexit so she's calling for ideas / trying to spread the blame. Theresa May asks opponents for 'ideas' to tackle Britain's 'challenges' Brexit weekly briefing: embattled Theresa May concedes she needs help Monday briefing: Mayday!…

humour uk politics

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Alone and forlorn

· Natwatch

Got to hand it to Peter Dunne, he is a master of tragic comedy - PETER DUNNE: Dark, grim Labour stands alone and forlorn The sense of optimism and enthusiasm for New Zealand that pervaded Labour previously in even the darkest of times now seems…

humour peter dunne

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English savaged by John Oliver

· notices and features

You know that old saying about not picking a fight with someone who buys printer's ink by the barrel? If not, Bill, you really should look it up... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhD1yTIautg

bill english humour

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Nats propose centrally planned economy

· Natwatch

National are proposing that the economy should be centrally planned, though they are disguising it as an education policy - Government not ruling out limiting the number of students who get tertiary courses subsidised Put simply, the government would decide, for example, how many lawyers,…

economy education humour

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Slack on Dagg and English

· notices and features

There was (among the usual dross) some great stuff in the papers over the Easter break. Here's David Slack with some observations on Fred Dagg, NZ, and Bill English: Fred Dagg left and took the old ways with him ... Two things seemed to happen…

bill english history humour

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Bugger.

· notices and features

Rest in a peace after a bloody good laugh mate. An ABC spokesman said Clarke died of natural causes while hiking in Victoria’s Grampians national park at the weekend. - The Guardian https://twitter.com/JaneNeedhamSC/status/851244691391631360 https://twitter.com/JoshButler/status/851233232540409856 https://twitter.com/AussieTrudes/status/851255848378572800 https://twitter.com/geofflemon/status/851255425374670849 https://twitter.com/SydneyBrk/status/851255177357049856 Please post clips and stories below.

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Bid for Helen (for Women’s Refuge)

· notices and features

Some resourceful chap called Ray rescued this portrait of Helen Clark from the dump and it ended up on Trademe. It got enough attention that Helen Clark herself chipped in: https://twitter.com/HelenClarkUNDP/status/850171202215825408 The seller gracefully agreed, bravo! Bidding currently at $1,050.00. https://twitter.com/HelenClarkUNDP/status/850249291167744002

helen clark human rights humour

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New commenting policy on The Standard

· notices and features

Taking our cue from a Scandanavian news site, the authors at The Standard are implementing a new commenting policy. A news site has launched a new feature to try to sift out the number of trolls commenting on its articles by having readers take a quiz…

humour

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Found art

· notices and features

https://twitter.com/hollowaynz/status/842893818512920576 https://twitter.com/winstonpeters/status/842951964560248832?s=09 (Check out the likes!) If you haven't spotted it yet...

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Images of the week

· notices and features

https://twitter.com/GCSBIntercepts/status/837059653997494272 https://twitter.com/nzlistener/status/837391075786424320 https://twitter.com/NOCONSPIRACY1/status/837377169995096064 https://twitter.com/domesticanimal/status/838116724813635585 https://twitter.com/rodemmerson/status/836649171381673984 https://twitter.com/MargeInovera/status/838140909241806849

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Nick Smith becomes Minister of Government Information

· mickysavage

Following his outstanding success in determining that rivers that were previously unswimmable will no longer be unswimmable as long as no more than one out of 20 people who swim in them do not develop gut wrenching sicknesses, Bill English has decided to make his mate…

Conservation Environment making shit up national Politics same old national Satire spin the praiseworthy and the pitiful water you couldn't make this shit up

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1984

· Anthony R0bins

As widely reported recently, George Orwell's "1984" has been back at the top of the bestseller list. Now according to The Guardian: US cinemas to show Nineteen Eighty-Four in anti-Trump protest Coordinated screenings across North America set for 4 April to highlight Orwell’s portrait of…

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