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TVNZ unveil plans to launch a new male-focused television channel. Ha ha ha.

Corbyn; much like a sober analysis of the middle east, remains unpalatable to the mainstream.

And the flag.

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Mike Hosking had a reckon about Waitangi.  Cripes.

Also in the news; farting on airplanes.  Is this rude, or mandatory.

And David Bowie has died which is a surprisingly big deal.

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Late antiquity had the Attila the Hun, the middle ages had Genghis Khan, and Boomers have Kids These Days.  Can the violent scourge be stopped and civilisation saved?

In Australia, Peter Dutton sent a text.

And John Campbell's latest podcast episode on refugees and migration in New Zealand asks a stark question - are we a more open, accepting and compassionate society, or just lucky?

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It's a new year. In the news media wasteland that is the holidays we have had a surprising number of armed insurrections.  Is this Oregon's final form?

A boy ate a huge melon.

Star Wars happened to everybody, especially the poor men.

And there was a 5.9-on-the-richter-scale disturbance in the force in North Korea.