Interest, Yes. Pressure, No.
A senior officer swore parliament was merely interested in Brian Tamaki. The emails she was shown, and the protests nobody chased, tell a different story.
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The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… proclaim (verb) - 1a: to declare publicly, typically insistently, proudly, or defiantly and in either speech or writing : announce b: to give outward indication of : show 2: to declare or declare to be solemnly, officially, or formally 3: to praise or glorify openly or publicly : extol