A Law That Can Be Defeated With a Pen
A critique of the Online Safety (Minimum Age and Child Safety Risk Assessment) Bill
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Where Is the Accountability Now?
As Davison points out in his report, the council had plenty of foresight of the disaster, with multiple reports on it over 27 years.
Seymour’s Focus On Equality Is 50 Years Too Late
If you choose to keep following rules that an increasingly smaller number of your neighbours also follow, then you are living dangerously indeed.
Debating the Need for Debates
A couple of them take my fancy, but on second thoughts I think I’ll grab a book.
Quick Hit: Contempt, Then Nothing.
The finding is the punishment. The invoice still sits in the file.
Who Decides When Tikanga Becomes Part of New Zealand Law?
So much for treatment being your first requirement when being admitted to hospital. Where the hell are our health priorities?
The Slogan Is What You Say When You Do Not Have an Answer
John Campbell asked three times. Chippy answered with a slogan.
Good Oil General Debate
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Which councils could meet government's proposed rates cap?
The proposed 4 percent cap on council rates in New Zealand sparks debate over local government funding and sustainability amid rising infrastructure costs.
Lack of consequence for MBIE boss who misled MPs sends the wrong message - expert
A public sector leadership expert calls for the sacking of a top New Zealand government official for misleading Parliament about a failed IT project.
Face of the Day
In a career that spanned over half a century, Parton captured the American experience, penning more than 3000 songs.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… boustrophedon (noun) - : the writing of alternate lines in opposite directions (as from left to right and from right to left) Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Before the standardization of writing from left to right, ancient Greek inscribers once used a style called boustrophedon, a word meaning
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
