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‘King’ tops New Zealand’s list of banned baby names once again
King once again topped the banned list.
May 10, 2025
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Principals push back against early sex ed in schools, support age-appropriate approach
“We just don’t believe it’s appropriate…”
May 10, 2025
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Straight facts: Just 5% identify as LGBT+, mostly white, more likely to be unemployed
Transgender and non-binary people make up just 0.7% of the population.
May 10, 2025
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Critical child abuse cases surge, Oranga Tamariki under pressure
Up nearly 40 percent in the last half of 2024.
May 7, 2025
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Majority back legal definition of sex based on biology
“This is a very popular proposal!”
May 6, 2025
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Human intelligence in decline: new studies link screen use to falling cognitive skills
“Are we really getting dumber, or is this a sign of a deeper shift in how we think and process information?”
April 27, 2025
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Meth use doubles in months as cartels flood New Zealand market
“Everything in the legal market has been going up with inflation, but it seems illegal drugs prices have been immune from that.”
April 27, 2025
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UK Supreme Court rules woman means ‘biologically female’ under Equality Act
Women face discrimination because of their biology, and should be protected as a distinct class.
April 18, 2025
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Coalition tells Health NZ to stop using term ‘pregnant people’ in official comms
“Only women and people of the female sex can get pregnant and birth a child no matter how they identify.”
April 16, 2025
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Govt says it’s already beaten key crime target, but data not yet public
The numbers may remain “volatile.”
April 16, 2025
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