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The bell tolls for opinion polls?

The bell tolls for opinion polls?

A lot was happening in the dying days of the 20th century, so the world could be forgiven for not taking much notice of an Australian state election. But if they had, they might have noticed the first rumblings of a phenomenon that is more and more troubling the great

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Face of the day

Face of the day

Brian and Hannah Tamaki’s new political party – Coalition New Zealand – will have to find a new domain name. Kiwi comedian Tim Batt swooped in quickly on Thursday and bought the www.coalitionparty.co.nz page. “Guess who purchased coalitionparty.co.nz,” he tweeted. Batt told Stuff, once he saw

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Is NZ a racist country?

Is NZ a racist country?

David Cumin of the New Zealand Free Speech Coalition explores the question: “is New Zealand a racist country?” Full transcript and links to all sources: I was asked to answer an important question at a recent event hosted by the Indian community in New Zealand: Is New Zealand a racist

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Town Clarke and stardust

We awoke on Sunday morning to the news that Scott Morrison had won the Australian general election, trouncing Bill Shorten and the Labour party in an unexpected and emphatic victory. We also woke to two puff pieces, one about Jacinda and one about Clarke. Could the two events be in

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A warning for Wellington

A warning for Wellington

Kate Hawkesby gives Auckland Transport a serve and issues Wellington with a warning. quote.Quote: So Wellington’s getting rid of roads and cars, and ideologically popping everyone onto public transport – in an ironically titled “Let’s get Wellington Moving” campaign. The irony being that Wellington’s usually at a

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Palestinian terror group Hamas THANKS Jeremy Corbyn for his support: Militants ‘salute’ Labour leader online after he sent message to anti-Israel rally last weekend EXCLUSIVE: In a statement on its website the militant group ‘saluted’ Mr Corbyn It said it had received a solidarity message from Mr Corbyn with ‘great

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Former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke has died. The former PM died at his Sydney home on Thursday, aged 89, just two days before Australia’s federal election. Hawke served as PM from from 11 March 1983 to 20 December 1991. With Hawke in charge, Labor won four consecutive elections.

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Commentators and opponents are increasingly talking about the possibility of Housing Minister Phil Twyford being sacked for his poor performance. a newspaper

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Face of the day

Face of the day

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Patrick Gower: ‘I was ashamed and embarrassed[…] […] in 20 years, I’ve not done one story on white supremacy. Honestly, me and many other Kiwi journos didn’t see it as a real threat. […] But, I should’ve known. I should have known there are heaps of uncles, and nephews,

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