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I get that people will be mad at Jacinda Ardern for not declaring her vote in advance of the referendum result. That would *probably* have helped. I think a bigger

Just about tapped out, but I'll have one last run at this: if you haven't already voted, please consider a "Yes" vote to support the Cannabis Legalisation and Control bill.

1. Firstly, this column is written in good faith. The authors do clearly care. But it's full of bad arguments and in places, false claims. Let's go through some of

1. Some observations on the current kvetching about the prospects for a "Yes" vote in the cannabis referendum. The first is that the most consistent factor in voting intentions, in

1. Just had a good chat (through our respective masks) to the manager of the Point Chev fruit shop. He reckons this lockdown has been a lot better than the

Good to see $70m in Covid recovery funding for the arts/GLAM sector – but it seems nothing yet for live music venues, which *still* can't operate, or for popular music

I had a look at The Upper Room, the Newmarket evangelical church that Christopher Luxon attends. I like the church's focus on community and much of its mission work is

Go to your room, Newsroom. Update: Causation is now mere correlation.

Man, the Swedish Covid-19 strategy isn't looking good at all. New peak in daily cases to 729. Now 8419 confirmed cases and 687 deaths. That very high mortality rate suggests