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Dear readers since the launch of our new look site we have stopped publishing the 7.15 puzzle post as we now have an easy to use link up the top of the page for quick access to our puzzles anytime of the day or night. I failed to explain
We have been very good this year and would love to find some donation gifts from our fans under our Christmas tree. We know that for various reasons some of you are unable to support us with a subscription. More than a year ago we rejected the idea of a
There are some universal truths and people on both the left and the right know them to be true. The looming threat of hate speech laws is not only upsetting those on the right, against whom they are most likely to be weaponised, but also scaring those on the left
Three list MPs have pledged support for a country that doesn’t exist and a diverse group of Arab people descended from a number of different Arab nations who have a made-up name. I am writing of course about the mythical country/state of Palestine and the diverse group of
Today’s Nincompoop of the day is Green electorate MP Chloe Swarbrick. Using her logic MP’s shouldn’t be able to make any laws about cars if they own cars or laws about bicycle lanes if they own a bike. Heaven forbid they should make laws about G.S.
I don’t know where to begin with this nincompoop who I can see is going to fast become the poster boy for 101 reasons why young list MPs are a bad idea. Green Party MP Ricardo Menéndez March has suggested all MPs should be put in public housing rather
Modern-day book burners have been busy this month and have successfully de-platformed two authors for the crime of posting memes or opinions on social media that the modern-day book burners don’t like. Since Christmas is around the corner and we are all looking for some great holiday reading I
Dear readers if you ever laboured under any illusions that the NZ Herald was a professional, reputable and trusted source of journalism, let me disabuse you of that notion. But before I go into the story let me first let you all know the background. My husband Cameron Slater is
Labour’s new approach to international tourism is a shocker. The media loves to call Trump crass, yet they don’t seem to mind when Stuart Nash, Labour’s Minister for Tourism, demonises some international tourists with the extremely crass comment that they “shit in our waterways”. What a fine
The NZ Herald, like legacy media everywhere, is trying to get creative in order to increase their revenue. I received the following email from them yesterday. Hi Juana Commenting is back on nzherald.co.nz and our Apple and Android apps! As a Registered user, you’re able to join
Call me cynical, but it seems to me that our political history has shown us that referendums are nothing more than a tool in a government’s toolbox. If the will of the people matches the intentions of the government then they can claim they are giving the public what
