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Helen Clark Just Cannot Shut The Hell Up About US Minerals Deal
The New Zealand media really need to stop asking her opinion on anything. Let her enjoy a harder dose of Relevance Deficit Disorder that she is clearly suffering from.
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Henare noted the energy required to be successful in election year and the recent resignation of his colleague Adrian Rurawhe. He said he realised he was the only one left.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… eminently (adverb) - : to a high degree : very Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : When British physician Tobias Venner wrote in 1620 of houses "somewhat eminently situated," he meant that the houses were located at an elevated site—they were literally in a high place. That
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Te Pāti Māori budget row spills into High Court as expelled MP fights back
“Serious injustice.”
Nearly 90% of Auckland primary schools say new students lack basic skills
“Perhaps the number of kids not attending ECE, or as frequently, maybe those numbers are stacking up.”
New NCEA literacy test exposes scale of underachievement as 15,000 students fall short
How are students being pushed through despite being functionally illiterate?
Peeni Henare exits Parliament after Labour declines to back another run
“Peeni has already announced that he didn’t put his name forward for the Tāmaki Makaurau nomination for Labour.”
NZ scraps full licence driving test in overhaul of licensing rules
There are no changes to the rules for overseas or senior drivers.
Councillor refuses marae meeting, citing language, faith, and cost
“This pressure to engage with the language is often justified by the revisionist view that the Treaty established a ‘partnership’ between iwi and the Crown..."
Insurance costs soar for owners of New Zealand’s most stolen car
For every 1,000 insured Toyota Aquas, 54 had a theft claim, compared with just 15 per 1,000 Corollas.
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The Problem With Rockpools Being Stripped
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