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Government can see Ihumatao blowing up into a 21st century Bastion Point, and they know that if they handle this badly they’ll get scorched at next year’s election, so they’re saying all the right things … while still doing all the shady deals.
More than 4000 years ago somewhere in the Middle East, perhaps Iraq, perhaps Egypt, some genius invented the pin lock. (pictured)
This is the time to straighten our backs, dig our boots into the soil and remain steadfast.
Don’t be scared. Our kaumatua and kuia will forever hold a special place in our hearts for their connection to the world of our tupuna. But the people we follow into battle will be those with the courage, the smarts, the passion and the determination to win back our rights and our lands.
These young people are calling on the Prime Minister to stop a large private development taking over their ancestral lands.
What a stunning performance by The Silver Ferns to win the World Cup.
This time it was a 9-year old boy, Abdul Rahman Shteiwi. It happened, not in Gaza this time, but in a West Bank Palestinian village.
They say a good magician never gives away their tricks, but I’m breaking that rule today. Because my hard-learned tricks…
Peter is right: the science is never settled. He must remember that from high school in the 60s. That is, after all, the point of science. It continuously tests ideas, looking to improve. The truth is never a 100% finished product. There is always some doubt. Climate deniers seize on this point to show that past climate change predictions have turned out to be wrong. And that is true. Back in the 1990s, climate change was an emerging theory and some of the predictions were pretty wild.
I’m really getting tired of hearing the argument from various Ministers in our government that they can’t do anything about a serious problem because it’s the law and their hands are tied.