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Public Address 01/02/08 - Onwards!
Public Address 01/02/08 - Onwards!
Overheard on a Bus | Feb 01, 2008 09:04
David Haywood from Christchurch
I Adore A Good Misunderstanding. Happily, A Feature Of New Zealand Dialect Known As The Near-square Diphthong Merger Provides Endless Scope For Confusion And Entertainment. This Diphthong Merger Affects Only Some New Zealanders, And Means That They Pronounce The Words 'near' And 'square' (And Other Words In These
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And on into
a whole new year | Feb 01, 2008
08:25
Russell Brown's Hard News
It's Foo
time! Kiwi Foo Camp is on this weekend, and I expect to
emerge intellectually enriched, much the wiser and only a
teeny bit hungover. The event is billed as being the work of
Nat Torkington and myself, but my credit considerably
overstates the case. My
major...
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In another
league | Jan 31, 2008 15:51
David Slack
on his own account
So farewell then Tea Ropati from
Her Majesty's District Court in Auckland. Not guilty on all
charges means you can unpack your toothbrush. Time for a
drink with Mr Gotlieb, but maybe not at the Whiskey Bar.
They say we don't do things differently around here. But
where else
in...
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The Quality
of Mercy | Jan 31, 2008 13:51
Graeme
Edgeler has arrived
"Humanity and good policy
conspire to dictate that the benign prerogative of pardoning
should be as little as possible fettered or embarrassed. ~
Publius (Federalist, No. 74)" Americans do pardons right.
Marc Rich, Scooter Libby, and Roger Clinton may prove they
don't always do them well, but they do
them...
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ENDS
Gordon Campbell: On The Coalition’s Awful, Not Good, Very Bad Poll Results
Ian Powell: Policy Vacuum Enables For-profit Corporate General Practice Ownership By Stealth
Gordon Campbell: On Iran Killing Its Rappers, And Searching For The Invisible Dr. Reti
Peter Dunne: MPs Unusually Quiet On Pay Rise
Ian Powell: Cuba And New Zealand: A Relationship Worthy Of Strengthening
Gordon Campbell: On bird flu, AUKUS entry fees and Cindy Lee