This column by Andrea Vance was actually last March but I only just discovered it, and it is so good it needs repeating. She writes: In the Chlöe Swarbrick era, the Greens have been reduced to a ...
Eligible students can now apply for funds to help with the cost of their final year of study. But one economist is asking whether it's the best use of the money. People who are studying for the first ...
I first wrote a doom–laden article for the Economist about carbon dioxide emissions trapping heat in the air in 1987, nearly 40 years ago. I soon realised the effect was real but the alarm was ...
This is Eva Vlaardingerbroek, a 29 year old Dutch activist. The UK Government banned her from visa-free travel on the basis ...
In NZ you can marry your cousins, as you can in the UK. The Marriage Act 1955 prohibits you marrying your: parent (doh!) or grandparent, child or grandchild sibling parent's sibling (aunt, uncle) or ...
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Homophobic abuse: anti-Israel Westerners referred to me today at a protest as a “loser lesbian”
Today I counterprotested yet another anti-Israel protest on Queen Street (specifically, the one protesting Brian Tāmaki) with a sign saying WESTERNERS WHO ATTEND PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTS WITH ...
I come to this argument from an unusual starting point. I am not a monarchist by instinct, nor am I a republican absolutist. As many know, I am openly supportive of New Zealand becoming a republic, on ...
At Patreon (paywalled) I go through a year of polling data to look at who is voting for NZ First, and what do they think.
The Economist commissioned a poll of 600 Venezuelans. The results are: So only 13% of Venezuelans oppose the capture of Maduro. So a plurality want the US to run the country. Certainly would be a ...
Gavin Newsom is fully embracing his status as his party’s foremost podcast bro. ... It got off to a polarizing start last March, with a succession of friendly interviews with conservative influencers ...
A violent and unprovoked attack at a Rotorua playground over a pair of pink Crocs left a father with a broken jaw and concussion, and shattered his family’s sense of peace and security. The victim ...
January 29, 2026 8:00am by Kokila Patel General Debate 29 January 2026 ...
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