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Trying to make official information request add up
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Trying to make official information request add up
It must have been the timing.
When moths collide
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A difficult balancing act for flamingos, ministers
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A difficult balancing act for flamingos, ministers
Balance is often on my mind now I am in my eighth decade.
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A glass half empty on Bill submission claims
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A glass half empty on Bill submission claims
It was the dizzy limit.
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Policy, not fashion, puts callousness on display
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Policy, not fashion, puts callousness on display
Finance Minister Nicola Willis was irked by the interest in her Budget day outfit.
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Fizzing with anger and lancing boils of discontent
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Fizzing with anger and lancing boils of discontent
When the Old School Mate from Feilding phoned to tell me she was looking for a protest, I got it.
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Bowled over by the basic lack of simple civility
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Bowled over by the basic lack of simple civility
I’m dreaming of a new toilet.
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Political dialogue needs more than woolly thinking
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Political dialogue needs more than woolly thinking
It is not always simple to describe your experience to someone who has no easy way to connect with it.
Going high and putting muppets back in their box
Going high and putting muppets back in their box
I can only imagine being like Michelle Obama.
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Limited understanding of screening programme not OK
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Limited understanding of screening programme not OK
Excuses are OK sometimes.
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Quality, autonomy, and everything going brown
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Quality, autonomy, and everything going brown
If the offspring ever get organised enough to write the damning story of my mothering, school lunches are bound to feature.
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Old, wise enough to read and not tackle TikTok
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Old, wise enough to read and not tackle TikTok
Will it go, or will it stay?
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Bursting back into life as a new year ticks over
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Bursting back into life as a new year ticks over
When my watch inexplicably stopped nine and a-half hours into New Year’s Day, I could sympathise.
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Reoffending scones not achieving uniform results
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Reoffending scones not achieving uniform results
There is something about this time of year which has me pondering the big questions.
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Crank up the power tools and tackle big data
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Crank up the power tools and tackle big data
By the end of my correspondence with the man from the outfit calling itself the leading property data, information, analytics and services provider in New Zealand and Australia, the First Born was...
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Is the ministry prepared for a Murchison backlash?
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Is the ministry prepared for a Murchison backlash?
In recent weeks I have been reminded you can take the girl out of Murchison, but you can’t take Murchison out of the girl.
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The best to be found in travel: honest friends
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The best to be found in travel: honest friends
I am blaming the fabulous Tami Neilson and friendship for my hypocrisy.
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Be wary of political parties bearing promises
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Be wary of political parties bearing promises
When I heard normally mild-mannered former district health board chairman Richard Thomson speak of punching politicians, I didn’t feel quite so embarrassed about the T-shirt I was concealing at...
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Scroffling for words and fairy-dusted almonds
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Scroffling for words and fairy-dusted almonds
At last, some Donald J. Trump news our family can use.
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Running away no respite from fourth form Latin
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Running away no respite from fourth form Latin
The fourth former in me longs to run away to join the coalition Cabinet, preferably as a New Zealand First or Act New Zealand minister.
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There it sits, in all its glory — the green waste bin
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There it sits, in all its glory — the green waste bin
The green-topped wheelie bin has been the highlight of my year.