Labour moves into campaign mode and turns on Te Pāti Māori
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The real price of Seymour’s red tape reforms
"A three-dollar payoff is a pretty decent return.”
Why New Zealand keeps announcing megaprojects that never get built
“New Zealand’s political history is littered with abandoned and stalled megaprojects.”
Bryce Edwards responds to Richard Prebble’s critique of his integrity reporting
“If we only call it corruption when a law is broken, we let a vast amount of unethical behaviour off the hook.”
Islam’s Big Ol’ Pedo Issue
Islam doesn’t make people paedophiles… but it does licence them to be.
Can’t Read, Can’t Think, Can’t Do Maths
More and more college STEM students are needing remedial maths.
Exposed: The Hypocritical Nexus Between Otago University Academics and Big Tobacco, and a Push for Monopoly Profits in New Zealand’s Tobacco Wars
This leak exposes a rotten core in New Zealand’s tobacco control scene, where hypocrisy reigns and public health takes a back seat to agendas.
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Christopher Stevenson KC, who represents Price’s whānau, alongside Julia Spelman, said in the statement Friday, “We’re aware this filing comes amid growing public concern about police investigating themselves.”
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… truculent (adjective) - 1: aggressively self-assertive : belligerent 2: scathingly harsh : vitriolic 3: feeling or displaying ferocity : cruel, savage 4: deadly, destructive Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : English speakers adopted truculent from Latin in the mid-16th century, trimming truculentus, a form of the Latin adjective trux,
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord?
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