I've been charting the NASA Land-Ocean Temperature Index data for many years, as charts can get across trends very clearly. I've updated the data to include 2024. It is reasonable to debate what is ...

The report recommended reviewing the curriculum so it was clearer about the core knowledge and skills students should learn, and increasing relationships and sexuality education in the senior ...

I'm not against having character questions as part of residency applications but I note that these questions could see TPM co-leader Rawiri Waititi fail to get residency, if he was an applicant. In 20 ...

Jimmy Carter is 98, and in hospice care meaning he will die quite soon. Almost every decent person can only admire the work he has done as a former President, and his work ethic where he was still ...

Here’s my 20 predictions for 2025, which I’ll score at the end of the year. I got a low 10/20 right for 2024, a B+ in NCEA :-) National will outpoll Labour in at least 90% of public polls in 2025 Wayn ...

The taxpayer subsidised study for 7355 PhD students in 2023. These are both foreign and domestic students. Because the foreign students pay domestic fees, NZ is considered a cost-effective place to do ...

Today, the Free Speech Union will sue both Hutt City Council and its Chief Executive, Jo Miller (in her personal capacity), after they censored an insert at Council libraries and information centres, ...

Donald Trump’s team is crafting an executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants, a monumental move the president-elect’s allies say is a key step in their ...

Trump, right UK - Starmer, left Canada - Poilievre, right Japan - Ishiba, right Italy - Meloni, right Germany - Merz, right France - Macron, right (centre) So Starmer will soon be the only left leader ...

This is PJ. The Herald reports how in 1995 she abducted and raped a 12 year old girl. "She tied a rope around the girl’s neck, causing her to lose consciousness, and dragged her into another room ...

A good decision by Winston Peters: Racing Minister Winston Peters has announced the Government’s plans to end greyhound racing in New Zealand. “This is not a decision that is taken lightly but is ...

Some great questions for those who cheered on the killing of a healthcare CEO: Are we allowed to assassinate the CEOs of other industries you view as harmful (e.g., fossil fuels), or is it open season ...