Letter from the North
How much further down the gurgler can the UK go? Democracy is under threat.
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Exposing the Double Standards Around Words
In 2026, controversy markets better than ads, and nothing spreads faster than people pretending to be offended.
Routes or Roots? Housing Market Truths From a 10-Year-Old
She could see the insanity of the juxtaposition in which we are promised property ownership, but we are treated like nomads.
Why Hipkins’ Treaty Romanticism Divides New Zealand
Unity does not come from enforced reverence or ideological conformity. It comes from shared citizenship, shared law and shared national loyalty – held by individuals, not groups.
There Is So Much Inconsistency
It seems some in society are happy to accept inconsistency based on political preference. Got a far left or progressive cause – then all is well. Have a centre or right-wing view, too bad for you.
Labour’s Radical Partners Cost Votes: Coalition Lead Widens to Eight Points
Labour’s reliance on a toxic alliance with the Greens and Te Pati Maori keeps handing the government opportunities.
Good Oil General Debate
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Face of the Day
Yocheved Gold, who died this month at 102, was born in 1923 in Halberstadt, Germany, to Sarah (née Bamberger), a descendant of prominent 19th-century German rabbis, and Rabbi Dr Aharon Neuwirth. The family moved to Berlin when she was seven.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… gumbo (noun) - 1: a soup thickened with okra pods or filé and containing meat or seafoods and usually vegetables 2: okra 3a: any of various fine-grained silty soils especially of the central U.S. that when wet become impervious and soapy or waxy and
Wednesday Weapons
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Protesting On Auckland Harbour Bridge: Are Authorities Playing Favourites?
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Brian Tamaki's Protest Blocked: A Dangerous Precedent Is Set
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Top NZ filmmaker unleashes brutal attack on Jacinda Ardern
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