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The simple announcement of a show for children sparked two petitions, a series of articles and plenty of community comment that stretched nearly two months, Doug Sail discovered when he reviewed the news that made headlines in August 2020 as part of our series looking back on the year that was. A Timaru woman launched a petition calling on the town’s library to cancel an event which would have seen a drag queen duo address children on diversity. Taranaki-based drag queens Erika and Coco Fla...

Claire Trevett: The lol-lights and comedy awards of 2020 23 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read OPINION: The hunt for the laughs in 2020 was particularly challenging. In politics, not much good happened to anyone other than Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Her re-election with a full majority in Parliament was the reward for having to contend with all the crap (there is no other word for it, sorry) 2020 unloaded on her desk. Even the PM admitted she would have been happy to tra...

BEJON HASWELL/Stuff Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon, pictured in Timaru on July 8, 2020, 12 days before his resignation over allegations of sending an indecent image. A scandal involving former Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon was a dominating feature of July’s news writes Doug Sail, as we continue our series looking back on the year that was. Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon resigned in disgrace in July after it was revealed he had sent an indecent image to a young woman. The 37-year-old National Party ...

Bejon Haswell/Stuff A large crowd gathered to watch the Pleasant Point Christmas Parade. The parade has gained notoriety for its “politically incorrect” comedy floats alongside the regular Christmas parade entries from local businesses, schools and community groups although Friday nights event seemed tamer than usual. Bejon Haswell/Stuff A float referencing the Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard using taxpayer money to settle a defamation lawsuit. Denton said she doesn’t think this re...

A year in politics 2020 was a punishing and relentless year in politics, both abroad and at home. We take a look back at the ‘unprecedented’ year. It was a year which exhausted the word “unprecedented” and forever tainted the exhortation: “be kind”. In early December, MPs went hard and early into the summer break as Parliament shut up shop for the year. Lucky for some. January The year 2020 began roughly a year ago. MPs were gearing up for the election with National in the box-seat...

Andrew Falloon (file photo). Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon The former MP for Rangitata resigned in July after it was revealed a students parents had contacted the office of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to complain she had been sent a sexually explicit image by him. The initial allegation did not result in charges, but National Party leader Judith Collins said she was subsequently contacted by five other complainants and had referred them to police. In a statement today, police said they had made...

Labour knew they had a bazooka of political power in Jacinda Ardern Photograph: Fiona Goodall/Reuters Remember January 2020? We were young, carefree and full of hope. The political year in New Zealand started like any other but then the wheels came off spectacularly, and in a way none of us could have predicted. Covid, coups, conspiracies, scandal, leaks, lies, leadership, lockdowns, misinformation, ministerial screw-ups, a sexting MP. It was ...

Letters: Maths and culture, abuse in care, fair tax and Trevor Mallard 17 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 9 minutes to read Basic mathematics must be understood by all students at year nine, or aged 14 and 15, surely? Photo / Andrew Bonallack, File Basic mathematics must be understood by all students at year nine, or aged 14 and 15, surely? Photo / Andrew Bonallack, File NZ Herald Have we reached critical maths? I recently read an article by Richard Prebble (NZ Herald, December 16) on why our Yea...

Andrew Falloon wont be charged over unsolicited images Newshub 17/12/2020 Hannah Kronast © Image -Twitter; Video - Newshub Related video: In July Newshub understood four women in total had come forward with similar allegations to either the media or National Party about Andrew Falloon. Former National MP Andrew Falloon will not be charged after he was accused of sending inappropriate images to several young women. Falloon resigned as MP for Rangitata in July after pressure ...

What then began to emerge were allegations that Falloon had sent unsolicited images to several young women and on July 21 he resigned from Parliament. In August, Megan Hands replaced Falloon as the National Party’s Rangitata candidate. Hands lost to Labour’s Jo Luxton by 4408 votes, a seat that Falloon had won over Luxton in the 2017 general election by 6331 votes. In a statement issued to Stuff on Friday, Falloon said “as I noted in my resignation statement, I have made a number of ...