Dr Liz Gordon: Charging for water
I know that water charging has been normalised in Auckland for years, but it is a big shock to us…
New Zealand Politics
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – When are we going to learn?
Evidence of complete vaccination or a Covid pre travel -test plus quarantine for 14 days should be a conditon of travelling to our country.
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On Responsibility For This Most Recent Covid Cross-Border Contretemps
Late Tuesday night, it was confirmed that a traveler from NSW with Covid-19 had boarded a flight to New Zealand and spent a weekend in Wellington. This is, obviously, not great – although a study of the causation of this occurrence is, perhaps, revealing.
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Political Caption Competition
Simon Bridges claims he is sitting next to gang members.
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No wonder Mike King handed back his medal – the real difference between Labour and National (you wont like it)
…this is ultimately a political failure by Labour – they didn’t expect to win in 2017 & didn’t expect to win a majority in 2020, so they had no reform agenda for the neoliberal bureaucracy.
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – I was going to write about Winston Peters’ speech…
It’s true. Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words.
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GUEST BLOG: Katy Thomas – Last night we ran out of medicinal cannabis for my 7yo
It’s time to try THC on our 7 year old.
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GUEST BLOG: Samira Taghavi – Surviving a Sexual Prosecution in 21st Century Salem
Some experiences are so traumatic that they transform lives, and those who live through them deserve to be called ‘survivors’….
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Backbencher Pub puppets too woke to joke bland satire
These sad statues of insipidness at Backbenchers are not to make you laugh, they are a punishment for you laughing.
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Wuhan Lab leak theory conflict just jumped up a notch – why NZ media should worry
…the one thing that was always going to prevent the conflict between China and the rest of the planet over the origins of the Covid virus from erupting was evidence.