How Much Dumber Can They Get?
Does anyone in Canberra have two brain cells to rub together?
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Is This Any Different to a Mafia Protection Scheme?
This ‘pay the money and you can have your cultural assessment…’ goes against all that is fair and democratic. It actually diminishes their own mana!
Hornets: We Can Help Stop the Spread
We need people engaged and watching for these hornets now. If any country can catch this hornet early, it’s New Zealand.
From Groundbreaking Foundations to a Modern Crisis
Residents and engineers know the real cause is man-made neglect of infrastructure, yet this inconvenient truth is largely ignored.
Win for Victims: New Law Puts Survivors at the Centre of Justice
Victims of Sexual Violence (Strengthening Legal Protections) Legislation Act 2025
The Fractal Nature Of True Competition
It has always been like this. Any war, sport or politics is never the full truth. Competition is fractal. There is no ‘bad guy’ and no ‘good guy’.
Steady Work to Fix This Mess
We’re halfway out of the ditch Labour dug. Keep the faith. Back the coalition. One people, one flag and one bloody awesome country.
Whakapapa and Citizenship Are Not the Same
I explore why one’s ancestry and heritage are not the same as citizenship. I also ask, do we need the Waitangi Tribunal anymore?
Luxon’s Woman Woes: National Sinks Below 30 Per Cent and the PM Cannot Charm the Ladies
This lack of appeal to women is turning into a full-blown electoral headache for National. Current polling spells doom for their list seats, with the party scraping fewer spots in parliament.
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The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… sonorous (adjective) - 1: producing sound (as when struck) 2: full or loud in sound 3: imposing or impressive in effect or style 4 phonetics : having a high or an indicated degree of sonority Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : If a tree falls in a forest and
Face of the Day
The 46th vice president, who served alongside Republican President George W Bush for two terms between 2001 and 2009, was for decades a towering and polarising Washington power player.