Roald Dahl’s books are being rewritten. Publisher Puffin has employed sensitivity readers to rewrite Dahl’s books. Words like fat, ugly and female have been removed. For example, “Augustus Gloop in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is now described as ‘enormous’.” Is that much better than fat? To bastardise
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Yes, it’s a touchy subject at this time, especially when lives have been so tragically lost. But, the question remains: Why, when some landscapes have a history of slips and flooding, are people allowed to rebuild there? Prolonged heavy rain over three days caused severe flooding in Gisborne and
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Imagine attacking people for getting off their behinds and coordinating to give practical much-needed help to New Zealand flood victims. You don’t have to imagine it because The NZ Herald’s David ‘king of hit jobs’ Fisher has already done it. Cyclone Gabrielle: Ignore conspiracy influencer Chantelle Baker,
