New Brighton Mall Doesn’t Need a New Māori Name
And Auckland does not need spiritual mythmaking. It needs a transport system that works. Renaming everything in sight does not get a single train running on time.
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A Discussion on the Irony of Relativism
Science embraces uncertainty. Scientists formulate theories to explain natural phenomena based on the available evidence. But they do not expect those theories to stand for all time.
When Only One Side Is Blamed
If this absence reflects the totality of MFAT’s internal work, then New Zealand foreign policy is operating with a blind spot large enough to distort the very concept of peace. For the sake of an informed national debate, that must change.
Is This a Curate’s Egg?
Could a politician be any more disingenuous? Could a politician be any more duplicitous? National may not even be in government in 2029. They may not even exist as a party the way they are going.
How the Anglo-Saxon Tried to Save Europe from Itself
And save the Anglo-Saxon from left-wing Europe.
We Are Done With Ardern
The media must stop their constant invasive propaganda about this woman which is akin to a cruelty upon our senses.
The Open Mind and the Closed University
Salmond calls for open minds. On this point she is right. But an open mind is not one that refuses to evaluate claims. It is one that is willing to have its own claims evaluated. It is not one that protects ideas from criticism, but one that welcomes criticism as the price of progress.
Exclusive: Explosive Leaked Documents Prove Willie Jackson’s Wife’s Bullying Review Did Happen and Expose a Weapons-Grade Cover-Up
This is not just a cover-up: it is weapons-grade, with complicit players rewriting history to protect a powerful couple.
Good Oil General Debate
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Face of the Day
Across Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, her dry delivery and self-deprecating humour have struck a chord.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… matriculate (verb) - transitive verb : to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university intransitive verb : to be enrolled at a college or university Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Anybody who has had basic Latin knows that alma mater, a fancy
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Indy journalist leaks emails backing up allegations against Willie Jackson
The public “deserved to know.”