Tuesday, August 9, 2022

The Uffindell affair and what it tells us about National

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I shook my head in disbelief when the National Party announced its candidate in the Tauranga by-election. Sam Uffindell seemed the ultimate ...
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Sunday, August 7, 2022

On the joys of long-haul travel

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International travel has always been a trade-off. You put up with cramped aircraft seats and long, tedious flights over featureless oceans...
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Friday, July 15, 2022

Whoops, not that one

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You know you're in America when you google the Dominion Post and it brings up the Dominion Post in Morgantown,  West Virginia....
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Hasta la vista

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This blog is going into recess until early August - that is, unless unforeseen events compel an unscheduled rousing from hibernation. In the...
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Monday, July 11, 2022

The intriguing circumstances in which Joanna Kidman was appointed to show us the way against hatred and extremism

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There’s an intriguing piece in today’s Herald (paywalled) concerning a government about-face over the appointment of University of Otago pr...
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Thursday, July 7, 2022

Abortion in New Zealand: the statistics

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Contrary to what I wrote in a recent blog post about Roe v Wade , recent statistics about abortions in New Zealand are still available. They...
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Wednesday, July 6, 2022

The hypocrisy of would-be censors

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  Dane Giraud of the Free Speech Union sent the following out to members this morning and I think it deserves to be seen by a wider audience...
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