The Keeper of the Key and Other Inconvenient Truths About Israel
Apartheid, genocide, colonialism: a fact-check. Part two from Israel.
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The Elite Sneer at Thin Red ‘eroes
Why listen to a bunch of smelly veterans when you can have drinks with important people?
The Media Simply Held Arday to Account
That seems to be the demand here – that the press must never again investigate anyone who might commit suicide as a result of being exposed for their wrongdoing
Oh, Shut up and Let Us Drink in Peace
The lab-coated Fun Police live in terror of anyone enjoying themselves.
The Architecture of Belief
What do you think it is to be a human? And what do you think we are here for?
No Principles in the Firearms Policies
The philosophy should begin by identifying legitimate public safety objectives, defining measurable outcomes, and evaluating laws according to evidence rather than political instinct.
Government spends $31m putting walls back into open-plan classrooms
“This is about closing the door on the failed experiment of open-plan classrooms.”
Stanford adds climate change label but leaves curriculum content untouched
“We’ll just signal it now and signpost where that is.”
Mental health-related benefit numbers rise 140 percent over 20 years
The increase far outstripped the 26 percent growth in New Zealand’s working-age population.
Parking assessor decides cardiac arrest warrants discount, not cancellation
The company says every appeal is individually assessed using “a common sense approach”.
Commission races to enrol young voters before new election cutoff
Anyone who misses the October deadline will no longer have the election-day enrolment option available at previous elections.
Overseas votes flipped Tāmaki Makaurau in 2023 as enrolments now surge
Without the overseas ballots, Labour’s Peeni Henare would have led by 44 votes.
Frontline health vacancies held back for savings as patients missed care
Essential positions were left vacant for weeks or months while Health NZ maintained tight recruitment controls.