Why Are They like This?
Even when they admit disproportionate migrant crime, they can’t admit why.
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Quick Hit: Five or Zero
Chippy's genuine shot is a binary bet on Qiulae Wong. Five per cent or zero.
This Bill Is a Trojan Horse
The farmers in that 1989 meeting thought the extreme examples were absurd. They were not. The question now is whether we recognise the same pattern while there is still time to constrain it.
Hipkins Says One Tax, Waititi Booked the 8th
Hipkins has one tax. Waititi put the rest on the table and named the day.
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Face of the Day
A cause of death was not immediately given, but Curry had been in ill health for some time.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… ginkgo (noun) - : a gymnospermous dioecious tree (Ginkgo biloba) of eastern China that is widely grown as an ornamental or shade tree and has fan-shaped leaves and foul-smelling yellowish fleshy seed coats, called also maidenhair tree Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : There is only one
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
Tiny Home Thursday
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Karl Le Quesne On Electoral Commission’s Treaty Of Waitangi Concerns
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Auckland's Harbour Crossing: More Studies, No Decisions
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National's Social Media Ban Is A “Fool’s Errand”
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The Good Oil Daily Roundup
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China Has Its Eyes on Your Hospital Bed
Communist China is playing the long game. It is past time we started playing ours – and playing to win.
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