Little immediate relief as government floats retreat on future fuel tax hike
“Possibly unlikely.”
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Phone ban lifts focus, but senior students still lag in compliance
Fewer than 40% of year 12 and 13 students were complying.
Are wars abroad and economic anxiety at home crowding out Kiwis zeal for more climate policies?
Summarised by Centrist New Zealand’s climate consensus appears to be weakening, with new election study...
Equal opportunity sexism: Study finds online hatred of men and women looks similar
Summarised by Centrist A new study covered by PsyPost suggests online communities built around hostility...
Comedy Corner
Welcome to Politically Incorrect Comedy corner: the one place on The Good Oil where you are allowed to read and share naughty and offensive jokes that make us all laugh even though we are not supposed to. If you are offended by these kinds of jokes then please do not
Killed To Order: Organ Harvesting in China
The following is an excerpt from “Killed to Order: China's Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America's Biggest Adversary” by Jan Jekielek, published March 17, 2026, by Skyhorse Publishing, debuting at #8 on the NYT Best Sellers List.
We Don’t Owe Africa Jack
Africans enslaved each other for centuries, then took our aid money for decades.
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[The Good Oil] Stuff Up of the Day
Check out the latest media stuff ups both locally and around the world.
Oral Exams Catch Out AI Cheats
They can turn in a suspiciously perfect essay… but they don’t know a damn thing.
The Last Lesson My Mother Taught Me
In the end, we cannot stop the circle of life. But we can decide how we meet its final turn. With fear or with clarity. With chaos or with dignity. With denial or with truth.
Could Ilhan Omar Be Next?
People who committed crimes while in the immigration process are having their citizenships revoked.
Trump Didn’t Blink
To long for a peaceful world without violence is fitting for humans, but barbarians do not crave peace like we do. They can only be defeated with overwhelming violence.
This Is Another Academic Freedom Case
How exactly I was supposed to incorporate ‘Māori and Pasifika perspectives’ into my courses on ancient Greece is still something of a mystery to me. But the important thing about these expectations is that they seem to fly in the face of academic freedom.
