Latest
Green Policy Is Deadlier Than Guns
Politicians do not just refuse to fix their mistakes: they save their loudest contempt for whoever is rude enough to mention them, or daring enough to fix them.
Did Switzerland Help the ‘Angel of Death’?
A legal challenge by historians may finally unseal records.
Never Too Bloody Old To Do It
Canterbury man, 94, proves you’re never too old if someone still agrees to tow you.
ISIS Brides First, Veterans Last
The Albanese government has its priorities disturbingly clear.
Christchurch City Council Has Lost Its Mind
Local government was never meant to be the enforcement arm of radical gender theory. It was meant to fix the roads, empty the bins, and run the pools without turning them into ideological battlegrounds. Instead, Christchurch ratepayers are funding this grotesque farce.
The Good Oil Daily Opinion Poll
Take our Daily Opinion Poll and see how your views compare to other readers and then share the poll on social media. By sharing the poll you will help even more readers to discover The Good Oil.
A Catastrophe at the Department
Alas – despite reaching number one at the box office, AotF was pipped at the post for the Oscar by a remake of “How Green was my Carbon Neutral Valley” (which, after some initial controversy, was accepted as a nominee, despite it being 92 per cent generated by an emissions-heavy AI programme).
Hipkins’ Policy Silence Doesn’t Matter
Why the Labour leader’s failure to disclose policy is irrelevant.
On Uniting and Dividing
That wonderfully emollient assertion: “There will always be more that unites us than divides us,” is no longer true – if it ever was.
Biometric Surveillance Raises Serious Privacy Concerns
PILLAR is calling on parliament to ensure any expansion of biometric surveillance powers is accompanied by clear statutory safeguards, independent oversight mechanisms, transparency requirements and meaningful protections for privacy rights guaranteed under New Zealand law.
Willis Buys Breathing Room and Leaves Labour in a Fiscal Chokehold
Willis has not fixed everything but she has stabilised the ship and forced the opposition to show their hand.