The SodaStream boycott is not a principled stand. It is a performance. It sacrifices real Palestinian livelihoods for political theatre and it spreads lies to the New Zealand public. The real stain isn’t on SodaStream: it’s on PSNA.
Taken as a whole, the commission’s positions, which we watched unfold live, appear to amount to a pre-determined and completely inadequate outcome.
Having to spend two terms of government looking at the front of her, most were more than pleased to see the back of her.
Hamilton City Council is only one council being subjected to this kind of blackmail. Other councils are facing it too.
Luxon’s Government gets a half-hearted pat on the back for sticking to their word. But pushing ahead with a medical school at an institution with a shaky academic reputation? That’s a gamble... and not a smart one.
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Lesā said he had “decided to resign from everything” and would no longer run for re-election for the Manurewa local board.
It’s time we focused on and fully funded world-class palliative care – and not a lethal injection. We can live without euthanasia.
It is sensible to await the consideration of the Royal Commission before taking steps which will enshrine automatic approvals and emergency use of gene technology in NZ law.
Our over-65 pensioners aren’t a burden: they’re holding New Zealand together.
And what about the half-empty cartons of Cody’s? The burnt meth pipes lying here and there? I mean, you have to at least be a little bit realistic.
A classroom coup in New Zealand. NZ’s education system risks collapse as identity politics replaces shared learning. When schools elevate the few, the many silently walk away.
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