Why Charter Schools Are Huge Bargain for Taxpayers
You will probably not hear this from the teacher unions or the Labour Party.
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Otago Uni’s Ranking and Big Mistake
By appointing a Labour Party Vice Chancellor it all but ensured losing its med school duopoly.
Where Is the Choice?
I am not going to humiliate myself by trying to explain to them that poisoning me is not good for me. I want a way to explain to them that poisoning me will not be good for them.
AG Damns the Govt’s Charity Funding Processes
The unfortunate lesson for the charity sector therefore seems to be that it’s not what you do, it’s who you know.
Off You Go Disinformation Project
In the end, the Disinformation Project imploded under the weight of its own hypocrisy. New Zealanders have moved on and so should Kate Hannah.
NZ Politics Daily: 15 October 2024
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Give It up Sweetie, Now You’re Just Taking the Proverbial
Golriz Ghahraman is just taking the proverbial in appealing her sentencing after she was busted during a one-woman crime spree amongst high-end fashion boutiques. She says the cost of the convictions are a bit hurty and wants them gone.
Face of the Day
Duncan Garner: I know my dad – he’s dead now, he died of cancer – he wanted me to go on an adventure like that, and we never got around to it. The anniversary of his death’s coming up, so I’m doing this for him and me, to prove I can do it.
When Models and Reality Clash
A review of predictions of epidemic and pandemic mortality. Ginkgo Bioworks have now provided a more detailed report to the New Zealand Royal Commission on Covid-19 Lessons Learned.
Does God Hate Dunedin?
I say that given the terrible punishments the bugger has laid on it in recent years.
Crackdown on Transgender Sports Participation in NZ
How far will Sport NZ go? The appropriate response is to simply categorize sport players by their sex at birth so that females compete with females and males with males.
Is There a (Really Big) Cover Up?
What was the NZ Navy ship Manawanui actually doing in Samoa?
Was Sovereignty Ceded in 1840?
The Crown is sovereign now over all New Zealanders. Frankly, there is no other peaceful way forward.
“Iwi versus Peewee”: A Good, Old-Fashioned Debate
It is the particular tragedy of contemporary New Zealand politics that, with the noble exception of Bradbury’s Working Group, the critical cultural, political and constitutional issues raised by the Treaty Principles Bill will not be fairly, frankly or fearlessly debated anywhere else.