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Gender Lobby Gains Access to High Schools
The presenters named are not independent health educators. Each is a registered member of PATHA – the Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa – the activist organisation currently waging a court battle against the New Zealand Government’s puberty blocker ban.
The Phillips Case Should Not Drive Home-School Legislation
Home education communities deserve better than to be caught in the crossfire of a government seeking a visible policy response to a tragedy it contributed to.
The Public Service Head Count Cuts
And there you have the answer to the Minister Willis’s conundrum. We can prove that, by simply not employing that extra 14.7 equivalents, we have effectively reduced our theoretical headcount by this number.
To Draw a Line
The proposal is, at its core, an attempt to answer a question that sounds simple but is not: what should professional regulation actually be for? Personal beliefs should be of no interest to the regulators.
Labour’s Nasty Underbelly Exposed in Leaked Audio
For a party that spent six years telling us they were kind and caring, this recording rips the mask off.
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Face of the Day
He faced life for importing meth, importing MDMA and gun and ammunition charges. The judge allowed a 40% reduction. “At 48 years of age, with the help and support of your whānau, you are likely to be at a turning point.”
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… metathesis (noun) - : a change of place or condition: such as a: transposition of two phonemes in a word (as in the development of crud from curd or the pronunciation \ˈpər-tē\ for pretty) b: a chemical reaction in which different kinds of molecules exchange parts
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.
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