If someone is a strong supporter of Israel, do you want to convince them that climate change is a serious problem? If so, how did this event help to do that?
What's the name of his political party again?
"We're not something wriggling with too many legs that you found in your sleeping bag. The proper tone of voice is Mercenaries! - with a glad cry."
I liked the guy on twitter who said the most appropriate response to news of John Pilger's death is to immediately deny it and say that it's just government propaganda.
Is brown rice covered? If not, why not?
I'd ask when the traditional knowledge of my Stone Age cannibal ancestors will be taught in science class, but I guess it's a bit old to do that easily. Even the Yamnaya were Copper Age.
Fair enough.
For example instead of looking at whole river catchments and all the life in and around them, we focus on mg/L of nitrates and search for the highest level we can get away with before collapsing the river ecology (if we are lucky to judge that right, ...
If all 700 stories were proven false, would your overall opinion of the issue change?
If the story was proven false, would your overall opinion of the issue change?
So black people now have a lower priority for surgery?
OK. I guess "beneficial social purpose" is going to become a very popular phrase.
A Trust Tax of 1.5% so people cannot just move their money into a trust to avoid the Wealth Tax Just to be clear, that's about a million dollars every year from the $74 million dollar Ngapuhi Runanga Trust, right?
The Government will not introduce any major tax changes like a wealth tax or CGT in this budget. They won't invade Indonesia in the next six months either.
You might like the Black Widowers mystery story where a sympathetic character insists that his centuries-old traditional knowledge will be accepted as true once science has advanced enough. None of the rational Black Widowers agree, but he keeps defending ...
It is important for Maori that their contribution to scientific thought is not ignored and is recognised if we are to continue to attract young Maori to science. The cultural context cannot be ignored because it will simply stop young Maori from wanting ...
If we can say that chi doesn’t exist in the absence of evidence that it does, does this mean that bacteria didn’t exist before the advent of microscopes? Isaac Asimov said that a caveman could have said that an invisible component of sunlight was causing ...
Demonstrate understanding of a chemical reaction in the taiao | NCEA (education.govt.nz)
If you're interested in increasing the use of Maori, it's probably best not to assume that children learn a second language any better than adults. That's a very popular folk theory, but the actual studies of language acquisition give mixed results.
It's impossible to make learning Maori compulsory. Whatever classes you require, some of the children will always fail to learn it, and failing won't improve their attitude to the language.
The Chinese name for Winnie the Pooh (Little Bear Winnie) is being blocked on Chinese social media sites because bloggers have been comparing the plump bear to China's President Xi Jinping, the BBC reports. Animated GIFs of the character were deleted from...
Every town, every suburb and every community formed a team that every Saturday in the winter went out and engaged in combat with other teams and then had a shower and a few beers and celebrated how great it was to live in Aotearoa New Zealand. How many of...
Say what you will about the Joker, at least he used real money.
They're all excellent questions, and the next step is to ask them about the voters. Not eligible voters, but the people who actually vote.
How on Earth does anyone bring a child out of poverty whilst leaving the rest of that family in poverty? Wasn't there a novel about that?
He dies at 65 does she get a $600 k bill when she sells "Eat an apple every day, get to bed by three..."
Right, but he's speaking to a general New Zealand audience who probably don't know that.
I'd advise Winston Peters to explain who "Comey" is before describing something as "Comey-level".
“If the statue were to be forcefully removed from its current position, as has been indicated, it could severely undermine the integrity of the building below it.” "I wouldn't take it down if I were you, it's a load-bearing poster."
“I understand the Queen has given the matter considerable thought and believes that, if she is still alive at 95, she will seriously consider passing the reign to Charles.” This sounds reasonable, since the equivalent has happened in Europe, Japan, and ...
Good work by the Youth Wing. Does this count as their community service?
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