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Let New Zealand Decide the Future of Māori Seats
It is time to hand the talking stick back to the people of New Zealand and put this issue to bed once and for all.
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The Succession Sessions at State Broadcasting
Voila! Layers of staff expenses cut, with sufficient savings thereto attached to ensure the MMC could all keep their jobs. And the irony, that they were, simultaneously, revealing themselves as the next layers of staff that AI would probably replace, was lost on them.
New Poll Shows Shocking Results
I did consider consulting David Farrar on my methodology but realised I would have to learn how to pronounce his last name and would probably have to do a six-month course in Nerd to understand any advice he gave. Anyway, here are the results of our inaugural poll.
What Is a Woman? Chlöe Swarbrick and Friends Reply
CS&F’s position means that a majority group, namely mothers and wives who serve and love their families, becomes insignificant. Their womanhood becomes not only insignificant but literally meaningless, for if anyone can be a woman then a woman is nothing. Mr Bennett, how’s that for exclusion?
Tiaki Wai and This Constitutional Revolution
These questions are vitally important, because history shows that the most enduring transfers of power are often the ones the public never realised were happening until it was far too late.
Labour’s Billion Dollar Blunders: Hipkins Dodges Again as Costings Collapse
New Zealand cannot afford another round of Labour’s fantasy economics. Voters are waking up to the pattern: announce the shiny promise, dodge the cost and blame someone else when the numbers fall apart.
Good Oil General Debate
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Face of the Day
Simeon Brown declined to reappoint Medical Council chair Dr Rachelle Love and deputy chair Simon Watt when their terms expired, despite both remaining eligible for reappointment
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… subsequent (adjective) - : following in time, order, or place Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : The English language has many ways to indicate that something has come after another thing, but a number of these words have subtle differences. Something is subsequent if it follows something else in
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
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