This ad has been widely mocked by, well, everyone. It fails to mention or show the product even once. This ad had a huge spend behind it - which only happens if polling ands focus group data shows it ...
In 2005 I went on a pilgrimage with a group of Americans to Gettysburg, site of the pivotal battle of the American Civil War. At the climax of our visit, I was the only person willing to attempt ...
There was a lot of media coverage of the release by the CCPI that NZ had dropped from 34th to 41st place. But many may be unaware that the ratings are highly subjective - basically the views of the ...
An interesting OIA response which details how many RMOs (junior hospital doctors) who left the NZ health system every year: 18/19: 55 19/20: 85 20/21: 76 21/22: 121 22/23: 266 This is part of the ...
Portia is a Kiwi journalist who has worked on some of NZ’s most challenging investigative news stories. Portia and her family enthusiastically embraced the many freedoms of a democratic society when ...
Among the areas it identified for improvement was a rule that said any discussion of assisted dying had to be initiated by the patient. The rule was made out of concern a patient might feel pressured ...
The TEU recently had a conference on academic freedom. I found this amusing as one of the biggest enemies of academic freedom is the TEU. There have been numerous stories of academics who have faced ...
The Spinoff has an article by Zeni Gibson which details eight years of harassment by a man called Greg. Her suffering has been appalling, and hey tormenter has made a mockery of the law that should be ...
We exist in a very progressive space. In a survey of our peers, the Yale Daily News found in October that 82 percent of respondents intended to vote for the Harris-Walz ticket. The divide is larger ...
As I covered in March, DOC had been keeping Cathedral Cove closed for over a year, despite it being very simple to safely access it. The previous Labour Ministers did nothing to get it reopened. They ...
The former UK Labour Deputy PM John Prescott has died aged 86. He was one of the last genuine working class Labour Ministers. He worked as a ship’s steward before becoming an MP. He was the UK Labour ...
The Government will shortly unveil its plan to give voters a choice on moving to a four-year Parliamentary term. ... Act’s bill was first put up as a members’ bill in the last Parliament. That bill ...