How an overhang could change the election result
An overhang occurs when a party wins more electorate seats than its party vote entitles it to.
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The Hit Job Just Got Grubbier
There’s nothing too low for the legacy media to crawl under.
MAPAS Defenders Fudge Facts on Competence
A response to an OIA request for a breakdown of applicants for Auckland Med School’s 2024’s intake showed the median Grade Point Average GPA for successful graduate students under general admission was 8.5; for MAPAS applicants it was 6.25.
Albo No-Mates Gets Shirtfronted by Lefty Journo
If he’s lost the ABC, he’s lost the last people who still pretended he was competent.
What Has Gone Is Self-Government
If the legalised Muslim invasion of the West doesn’t stop, I fear that communities will rediscover the power of self-government and it won’t be pretty.
Quick Hit: Make NZ Healthy
NZ First Make NZ Healthy: prevention over medicines that manage decline and sell another Pharmac cheque. Nutrition curriculum, metabolic health, written consent, GP autonomy, Medsafe/Pharmac barriers, Vit D and IV C trials are selling a different destination.
National Is the ‘Party of Business’
National doesn’t need complex market interventions for a political resurgence – it needs clear, foundational principles. The party could trigger an immediate surge in the polls by drawing a permanent line under race-based funding.
Most Popular. Melting Numbers.
Hipkins still says he is the most popular politician in the country. Ani has the clip. Cam already cut the line. Stats NZ has GDP up 0.2 per cent and construction up 2.7 percent. Popularity is a feeling. The ledger is a receipt.
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Face of the Day
Seymour and his fellow ACT MPs had been in a stand off with the flagship morning programme dating back to at least 2021, after he complained of rude and dishonest treatment behind the scenes on the show, which at the time was hosted by Corin Dann and Susie Ferguson.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… sylph (noun) - 1: an elemental being in the theory of Paracelsus that inhabits air 2: a slender graceful woman or girl Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Paracelsus was a man with a vivid imagination. He concocted an elaborate theory of ruling "elemental spirits": gnomes
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
Manly Monday
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National's Supermarket Split & The Greens' Idea Of 'Kiwimart’
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