Student Summer Guide: What You Should Do Before This Summer Is Over
Summer is here. Your mind is full of plans, expectations, and emotions that the warmest season is about to bring….
Summer is here. Your mind is full of plans, expectations, and emotions that the warmest season is about to bring….
The latest diplomatic cable “leak’ out of the bowels of Britain’s bastion of bureaucracy, accuses President Trump of “diplomatic vandalism”, abandoning the nuclear deal with Iran for “personality reasons” because the pact had been agreed by his predecessor, Barack Obama.
THIS WEEK: Feebate for cars. Should we borrow for infrastructure? Jacinda holiday. Would you admit to killing the pms cat. Local bodies are they fit for purpose? Cricket.
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Truth be told, school can be overwhelming at times. Classes, homework, readings, exams, extra-curricular activities, and you still need to…
The pervasiveness of the rural virtue/urban vice myth similarly explains the widespread refusal of the Right to accept the reality and urgency of climate change. The countryside cannot be disentangled from the extractive and environmentally unsustainable industries it supports. But, accepting this fact means casting rural New Zealand in the role of ecological villain, rather than economic and cultural hero. Unacceptable.
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The Powerball single ticket win of $768,4 million jackpot in March this year is enough to get us talking about…
Regardless of whether one views immigration as a good thing or a bad thing, there can be no disputing its dramatic impact on the demographic profile of New Zealand society. The official motivation behind the decision to transition this country away from ethnic homogeneity and towards a multicultural society may have been profoundly progressive, but its potential political consequences have always been, and continue to be, extremely dangerous.
I once took my husband to see the play ‘Waiting for Godot’, with Ian McKellen in the starring role. Afterwards, he was puzzled. What was that all about? “Waiting”, I replied, “or should I say the existential experience of waiting”. More puzzlement. “So, what is it about waiting, as opposed to working, or talking, or sitting on a park bench dreaming, that is different from any other human activity?” At this point he sighed in exasperation. The Marxist was not well-attuned to existentialism.