If you thought that your contempt for the current administration had peaked let me disappoint you. There is an especially shitty policy change they have recently announced which is conclusive proof that they are fuckwits, idiots, have no comprehension of science or sense and should…
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There was a short segment on the 6pm TVNZ news programme (6 November), in which a BBC journalist, heavily overseen by the IDF, showed the level of destruction wrought in Gaza. It reminded me of “before and after” pictures of French villages in the First…
The Government's class prejudices are now on clear display. In the same week as news emerged that the Government is considering a ban on rough sleepers in major urban town centres further news emerged that it is subsidising Michelin to award Michelin stars to local…
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The Government's all out assault on te Tiriti o Waitangi continues. And this time supposed liberal Erica Stanford is engaged in the latest assault. From John Gerritsen at Radio New Zealand: The government's decision to axe schools' obligation to give effect to the Treaty of…
Voting closes 3pm NZT in the election of the next New York City Mayor, and results should be in by 6pm NZT. Democrat Zohran Mamdani is expected to win, with New York falling to socialism. Mamdani's political positions. The Guardian has live updates. Jon Stewart…
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Measles is spreading across Aotearoa, New Zealand. Dr Oz Mansoor reports that the spread has been confined to local contacts so far, and the good news is that most of the country is immunised. The latest official count is 17 that officials are aware of,…
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OPINION: Yesterday, I came across an article by former ASMS Executive Director, Ian Powell, and this caught my attention: Quote: “The response to my … Newsroom opinion piece [on corporate health apps displacing traditional GP visits'] was immediate... Within a few hours there was a…
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Article reposted from Scoop: Gordon Campbell Like the Americans, maybe we should be re-naming our Ministry of Defence as the Ministry of War. The new frigates New Zealand is about to buy (to replace its ANZAC frigates) will have a vastly greater operational range and…
Some of the implications of David Seymour's Charter School policy are now becoming clear. Individual State Schools face the prospect of hostile takeover by groups that may wish to change dramatically the way that the school is run. And Kelston Boys High School is a…
The vast majority of Fonterra shareholders have agreed to sell all its consumer brands to Lactalis, and it’s an economic crime against New Zealand. Winston Peters is right, writing to all farmer shareholders: “Farmers, under this deal you will not control the very thing that…
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Labour's capital gains tax announcement has certainly dominated recent political discourse. Some think that it is too timid, others that strategically it hits the right spot, time will tell who is right. Both from a collective good and a political point of view. What is…
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