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It is all so simple. Cricket is a game for two teams, which can last for several days.
It is election year, and that that always generates a certain amount of frenetic silliness.
The opportunity to debate the design of our national flag, to make sure it more accurately reflects the spirit and “vibe” of modern New Zealand is a great reminder of all that is good in our country.
This week's political debate about support for families has highlighted once more that governments are generally not very organised when it comes to social policies.
Happy New Year! The serious business of government is underway again.
Convenient political amnesia is capturing all the attention at the moment.
Just occasionally it would be nice if politicians laid petty differences aside and focused on the interests of the country as a whole. This week’s row about the PISA report on educational attainment is a good case in point.
Amidst the frenzied debate about the suitability or otherwise of the untested, yet to be elected, Conservatives as a viable post-election support partner for National, one point seems to have been overlooked.
Most of us of a certain age can remember what we were doing on 22 November 1963, the day of President Kennedy’s assassination.