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MISSION GOFF’S LABOUR’S SEARCH FOR MEANING

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Goff’s Mission • Vitamin D • The Temple of Dumb

Vitamin D

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Issue 99

The Temple of Dumb Just how bad can education get?

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Contents 24 FEATURES

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24 No More Mr Nice Guy?

It’s still sinking in down at Labour’s parliamentary offices that they’re no longer the government. After a decade of hiding defensively behind press secretaries, Labour MPs, including leader Phil Goff, have yet to find resonation with ordinary New Zealanders waiting for them to step up in their new role as Her Majesty’s loyal Opposition. IAN WISHART examines the problems facing Phil Goff

28 Vitamin D: Time to Act

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For ten years now studies have been suggesting Vitamin D is beneficial to health, but now the latest medical studies are suggesting it’s the closest thing on the planet to a miracle cure for everything. GRAEME COLDITZ & HANK DART report

34 Title Fight

The Green Party faces a lurch into political oblivion, after its gene pool and gender equity policy have left it with a choice between former communist Sue Bradford, or anarchist Metiria Turei, as new coleader. TREVOR LOUDON profiles both women

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44 The Temple of Dumb

Politically-correct education policies are having a massive spin-off in Britain, and it’s a warning to the rest of the West, writes HAL G. P. COLEBATCH

54 Osama’s Money Movement

A major new twist in last month’s tax haven banking story, with the Serious Fraud Office stepping in, and the company involved having a right of reply. IAN WISHART has the story

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Editorial and opinion 06 Focal Point

Volume 9, issue 99, ISSN 1175-1290

Editorial

08 Vox-Populi

The roar of the crowd

16 Simply Devine

Miranda Devine on churches

18 Mark Steyn

The Great De-Stabilisation

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20 Eyes Right

Richard Prosser’s recession

22 Line 1

Chris Carter‘s woolly liberals

Lifestyle 64 Money

Peter Hensley on the meltdown

66 Education

Amy Brooke on culture

68 Science

Global warming scares you?

70 Technology Life unplugged

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72 Sport

Chris Forster on cycling

74 Health

Claire Morrow on migraines

76 Alt.Health Good bugs

78 Travel

The Arctic summer

82 Food

James Morrow blames Disney

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