How Hipkins Misled Us and Betrayed Our Trust in Govt
You may see your Census 2023 data posted on the web one day, for everyone to have a laugh at. The moral of the story is: don’t trust the government.
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Destiny Church Just as Weird
Forget civil debate, forget exchanging ideas: we don’t like you therefore we are going to roar like animals and swing our fists about.
Questions You Won’t Hear the MSM Asking Any Time Soon
Here are six questions that our mainstream media daren’t ask.
This Is a Crisis of Integrity
For the sake of public accountability, top public servants who let us down should face real consequences rather than simply exiting their roles with minimal damage. The public will rightly wonder: Is anyone ever really held accountable?
News Briefing: 21 February 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards INTEGRITY ISSUES, MANUREWA MARAE INQUIRY, FAST-TRACK, RMA Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): Kiwis are waking up with alarm to NZ’s tarnished democracy Martin Van Beynen (Press): Do we have harsher rules for Māori organisations? (paywalled) Bridie Witton (Stuff): Police investigation looms over
Where Is the Electoral Commission on This?
With a police inquiry underway, where are the Electoral Commission on this story?
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Face of the Day
Collins turned and eyeballed Mitchell, who grinned, before the Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee quipped: “The look would probably do as an answer.”
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… inimitable (adjective): : not capable of being imitated : matchless Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Something that is inimitable is, literally, not able to be imitated. In actual usage the word describes things so uniquely extraordinary as to not be copied or equalled, which is why you often
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Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers
Whistleblower advocate: Government cover-up and retaliation in Census data scandal
"Just the tip of the iceberg."
Greens bristle at Peters’ remarks, but their own identity politics raise questions
But the Greens' frequently frame non-Māori as colonisers.
Term deposit rates tumble—savers left scrambling
There's little interest in competing for savers’ cash.