Are voters allowed to have bottom lines? Here's mine. I have spent my life believing that if I or my children need hospital care, we will get it. It’s a fundamental tenet of our welfare state. But it's no longer true. Substack post at Hopetown today. simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com/p/why-hasnt-...

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He looked over and his face lit up with delight. Then he spoke to me in that unmistakable proper manner of his. “Well aren't YOU!” he responded, his eyes twinkling. We had a good laugh. Rest in power—warp power—Sir Patrick Stewart.

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My favorite Patrick Stewart story arose out of a chance encounter. We happened both to be seated on the same flight in the same cabin near one another. I looked over and saw a familiar bald pate and furrowed brow. “Aren't you…?” I asked him.

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Torres Strait Islander year 6 students reach STEM nationals with projects blending traditional knowledge and science, supported by school partnerships and Elders, marking a first.

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this is a government ending scandal... again and as with at least 5 of these in the last few weeks, it may be swept away as 'not important to voters' giving a potential rightwing coalition a "mandate" to do *worse* because they actively hid info from NZers www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...

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