Former police officer Brian Denys McFarlane jailed for nine years over historical sex offending
Former police officer Brian Denys McFarlane jailed for nine years over historical sex offending
Police have acknowledged the sentence handed down to a former police officer who has been sentenced in the Hamilton District Court for historical sexual offending on Thursday.
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for everyone in the USA saying ' we have written postcards and one Friday we didnt buy from Amazon , what more can we do? '
IS HE DEAD YET? ..Dave hater of racism , ignorance and hypocrisy@davehaterofracism.bsky.social · 6mo agook for the 100th time national strike stop buying anything but essential food stop paying all bills especially taxes withdraw all your money from the bank take to the streets - stay there until millions of you do this nothing will change
Heat Safety Experts Advise Americans To Seek Privilege https://theonion.com/heat-safety-experts-advise-americans-to-seek-privilege-1850623871/
“You can get into a habit of thought in which you enjoy making fun of all those other people who don't see things as clearly as you do. We have to guard carefully against it.” — Carl Sagan
guessing you used Google. It’s pretty much useless now.
Human spinal interneurons repair the injured rat spinal cord through synaptic integration | Science Translational Medicine www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪
Human spinal interneurons repair the injured rat spinal cord through synaptic integration
Engineered human spinal interneurons rebuild damaged motor circuits after injury, enabling functional recovery through synaptic integration.
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Comment from Auckland University: Researchers warn scabies is often misdiagnosed, masking links to serious conditions like rheumatic heart disease
The disease from the past that’s irritating but far from harmless
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A book on immigration policies thinks hard about 'white supremacist dimensions of settler colonialism' and a government programme that attracts 'billionaire lifestylists and one-percent survivalist lunatics'
Book of the Week: Who gets to call Aotearoa home
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English 'didn't have to compete' for official status - Māori Language Commissioner
English 'didn't have to compete' for official status - Māori Language Commissioner
Te reo Māori has had to fight for recognition after generations of suppression, while English has long dominated life in Aotearoa, professor Rawinia Higgins says.
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If you aren't angry then you aren't paying attention.
Technological Advancements Allow Data Centers To Run On Even More Electricity https://theonion.com/technological-advancements-allow-data-centers-to-run-on-even-more-electricity/
Another night - another ballistic missile attack on Kyiv. Thank you "partners" for "excellent. sanctions work!". Hope you fucking choke upon that fucking russian fur and everything else. Fucking hypocrites. #UkrainianView
Older Kiwis choosing between 'starving or heating' as price increases bite
Older Kiwis choosing between 'starving or heating' as price increases bite
An advocate for older people says recent cold temperatures combined with the cost of power and other goods have produced a crisis point, with many people forced to choose between food and heating.
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Only 57 percent of Kiwi children reach age 5 without tooth decay
Only 57 percent of Kiwi children reach age 5 without tooth decay
Parents are far too optimistic about how well their kids are looking after their teeth, and it is having serious consequences, a new report has found.
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Five hurt, person arrested as witnesses say SUV hit cyclists in Epsom, dog killed
Five hurt, person arrested as witnesses say SUV hit cyclists in Epsom, dog killed
A person has been arrested after reports a stolen car hit a group of cyclists, with five people hurt.
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And yet he will get confirmed and America will continue to become a gangster state like Russia
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoBooker: "Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in the lowest possible confinement after giving no information that helped us get one more investigation started and has been silent, and the man responsible for that we're about to make the attorney general of the US ... this is farcical."
Booker: "Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in the lowest possible confinement after giving no information that helped us get one more investigation started and has been silent, and the man responsible for that we're about to make the attorney general of the US ... this is farcical."
“Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.” — Thomas Jefferson
Some rough sleepers refusing emergency accommodation despite freezing temperatures
Some rough sleepers refusing emergency accommodation despite freezing temperatures
The Christchurch City Mission says some people sleeping rough are refusing emergency accommodation, despite freezing temperatures.
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I designed a new t-shirt about the innate tensions of living in the desert. Maybe that doesn't relate to you now, but it will. If you don't live in the desert now, you will in the future. roryblank.bigcartel.com
Chlöe Swarbrick and NZ Greens with one of the most important messages for the public to note ahead of the upcoming election in Aotearoa.
The Electoral Commission has told staff to turn away voters who aren't on the printed roll and who say they're unenrolled, but has no plans to count how many people will be affected. newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/03/t...
Tens of thousands could be turned away from voting – but no one is counting them
The Opposition says people who think they're not enrolled should lodge special votes rather than being turned away from voting entirely.
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Comment: A proposed regulatory relief framework intended to protect property rights threatens to drown councils in endless litigation and costs, writes Greg Severinsen.
Regulatory relief will turn planning into a bureaucratic and litigious nightmare
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Curing NZ's health system: First halt the deterioration, primary care leader says
Curing NZ's health system: First halt the deterioration, primary care leader says
Top priority for the health system should be stopping deterioration, not promising a quick fix, says Dr Bryan Betty on his final day as chair of General Practice NZ.
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