Liz Shaw (previously), New Zealand’s most committed comedian, is running for Auckland Central. Here is a little snippet from her campaign Facebook page, for your amusement. She still hasn’t caught on. The Facebook page is here.
Now there’s a post title that’s going to attract unwanted attention. Looks like some new sources have rethought their use of the term “youngster” to describe the naked male allegedly seen by an eyewitness in the vicinity of Darren Hughes’ house. Google’s cache has yet to catch up.
Interest.co.nz have investigated a disturbing case of dehydrated calves on the largest privately owned farm in New Zealand. The farmers were fined a few hundred dollars. Fuck that. The footage is likely to upset you. Nice work, Bernard Hickey and Bryan Spondre.
Of course, it’s not 88% of New Zealanders who voted “no”. It’s 88% of people who felt strongly enough about the issue and thought the question was meaningful enough to go to the trouble voting at all. So about half of eligible voters. Slightly more than the proportion of New Zealanders who watched the season [...]