The Abuse and the Cover Up
Because children are not the priority. The institution is. And that, more than anything else, is why the public no longer believes the church when it says ‘never again’.
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Willis’ Idea for a Reserve Bank Review
Willis is desperately clueless. If she cannot predict the effect of the Reserve Bank freezing OCR while dumping tens of billions of dollars into the economy, without holding a review, then she doesn’t deserve a second term as finance minister.
Vic Labor Is a ‘Crime Syndicate’
An astonishing $15 billion funneled to criminal gangs.
This Is Not What Is on the Dinner Plate
This narrative normalises failure and lowers expectations. It tells people their circumstances are not really changeable without sweeping political transformation. That is not empowerment. It is treating people like children dressed up as compassion.
Winston Peters Springs the Trap on Māori Seats – And National’s in a Bind
This forces Christopher Luxon and his crew to confront their bad habit of selling out to Māori interests, a pattern that kicked off under Jim Bolger and went into overdrive with John Key.
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Tuai (63) was found guilty by a jury last year of two charges of slavery, two counts of rape and a string of other sexual assaults.
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The word for today is… penury (noun) - 1: a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money), especially : severe poverty 2: extreme and often stingy frugality Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : The exact meaning of "penury" (from Latin penuria, meaning "want") can vary a bit from
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
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Shane Jones On Waitangi And Fractured Māori Politics
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