Actually, it might have been Maiki Sherman who asked the hard question of the PM that unleashed the deluge... and if it wasn't her my apologies and also my thanks to whoever it was that finally asked the question.
I think she's under a restraint of trade clause or whatever it's called. Due on screen in April (I think)
Nicola Willis getting a tad snarky with Jenna Lynch at today's post-Cabinet press conference. And now Tova's broken ranks and asked the PM the question that dare not speak its name-will you still be the leader? Willis seems to be heaving big sighs but she may have taken a diazepam ahead of time
As above- completely agree re: Curia reliability, but the fall-out in the Beehive is newsworthy, and TVNZ's silence on that is odd.
It's been suggested that TVNZ may have 'self-censored' in the wake of the Goldsmith/ Andrew Barclay debacle, and I think that's possibly more likely than any direct political interference, but even so, if there *has* been 'self-censoring' that's also a red flag.
Agree re: the Curia polls reliability but the bigger story relates to the subsequent fallout in the Beehive today and the decision of TVNZ not to report on that. It's a strange silence and one that begs the question, why not? Other outlets have reported on the political fallout. So why not TVNZ?🤷♀️
100% agree re: Curia poll reliability but there's significant fallout in the Beehive today (ie will Luxon be rolled?) and that's newsworthy. So given that other media outlets are covering it, has there been political interference in TVNZ's decision not to report it? It's just plain weird.
Is TVNZ seriously not going to cover the latest poll tonight? We had to tune into TV3 news. Political interference, perhaps?🤷
Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
So... will there be a challenge to the Labour Party leadership or not? With all these damn redundancies, most of my sources have left the building, and the stalwarts of the Wellington rumour mill are as confused as a bunch of headless chooks. They may as well be speaking Klingon.
Well said.
Crikey. Gobsmacked.
Thank you for pointing that out. You're quite right and I have deleted.
yes, fair comment. I will delete
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67,906 days (or 2,231 months) later... and sovereignty still not ceded.
Never ceded.
... Umm, hello? Mr Luxon?...This is Venezuela calling.
... ?
Yeah gidday, we can't take your call right now. Please leave your message after the beep.
... Okaay, it's just that the Rules-Based International Order has broken down and...
[BEEEEP]
Interesting!
Over-hearing Avis rental car staff at Christchurch airport yesterday charging a price-gouging $4000 for one car for one week to an overseas tourist. Attempting to get us to sign a rental car agreement without providing the actual agreement. Cowboys!
Cadence is a hugely talented young poet. A really extraordinary new voice.
Ray Chung on the other hand... well, family right?
Can't live with 'em ... can't push them down the stairs.
Say what now?!
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So, a slow week then? 😜
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Dear old Paulo F. He knew a thing or two.
Nice!
"Knowledge is a gift bestowed by those who consider themselves knowledgeable upon those whom they consider to know nothing."
Freire calls this the 'banking system of education'
This is what Stanford/Seymour are doing to our children
“One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invasion, good intentions notwithstanding.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
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