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How To Avoid Politics at Christmas
If faced with a hectoring young zealot, or similar political awkwardness, you may have recourse to the following advice.
Gold Coast charity says sending homeless Kiwis home is now the ‘only option’
"I dare say we’re sending a couple back a month."
Drug survey headline oversells findings while masking advocacy
Critics say the sample would not meet professional polling standards.
ASB Classic fans told to hide Croatian shirts despite no formal ban
“We were told it was because of geopolitical tensions in other countries and our shirts were too controversial and political.”
Wind turbine rebuild looms as ageing renewables face costly second transition
A “second transition”.
How To Avoid Politics at Christmas
If faced with a hectoring young zealot, or similar political awkwardness, you may have recourse to the following advice.
National Finishes Year With a Yawn
Willis’ career is approaching election year with a stumble and a yawn. By election day, it may well have died in its sleep.
Some Christmas Questions for the Pollies
At this time of year TV and print journos down tools and, rather than do something useful like giving Willie Jackson a festive season scare by looking into certain allegations, instead think up inane Christmas questions to ask politicians.
Property, Ownership and the Foundations of Patriotism
Over the last 50 years, surveys in the US and Australia show a rising unwillingness to fight for one’s nation, especially among youth – from 20–30 per cent in the 1980s/1990s to 50–70 per cent in the 2020s. This decline mirrors plummeting home ownership rates among young people.
Wrong: This Isn’t a Mystery
Until the vibes change and motherhood again is presented as a deeply pleasurable and meaningful experience, young women and men will continue to choose the gym and lie-ins over the deep joy of creating new life. Shame.
UK Study Undermines CO2 Claims
The authors argue that these patterns raise questions about the assumption that human-produced CO2 is the dominant driver of global temperature change.
Dickens the Man
To be sure, his daughter Katey was correct: Dickens was a wicked man – a very wicked man.
Tiny Home Thursday
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Why Roman Roads Last 2,000 Years (And Ours Fail)
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Who Were The Philistines?
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Continued Contempt of Parliament from Te Pāti Māori
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