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10 News Stories They Chose Not to Tell You

, and Cam Slater

November 3, 2025

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NZ Politics

We Already Have a Capital Gains Tax

Who are they trying to please?

, and Tani Newton

November 3, 2025

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NZ Politics

Can Councils be Capped?

The status quo is unsustainable. Councils have to decide what’s genuinely for the public good – and what’s just self-interest wrapped in bureaucracy.

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November 3, 2025

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The Last Generation for Whom Democracy Worked

The Baby Boomers got everything they voted for – no wonder they keep on voting.

, and Chris Trotter

November 3, 2025

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National’s Chances Under Luxon are Bleak at Best

“Why can’t you just answer the question; you see this is why you get yourself reputationally in so much trouble…Would you have sacked him, yes or no?”

, and Danny Bright

November 3, 2025

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This Is National’s Achilles Heel

Its opposition to Treatyism is bafflingly haphazard.

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November 3, 2025

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Labour’s Measles Meltdown: Seymour Shows Spine While Hipkins’ Mob Hyperventilates

We all need to grow the hell up and stop demanding someone does something. It’s the measles – big yawn.

, and Cam Slater

November 3, 2025

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Debates

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, and The Editor

November 3, 2025

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Face of the Day

Hipkins said Labour had spent the past two years “listening to New Zealanders” and rebuilding after its 2023 loss when it was “comprehensively voted out”.

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November 3, 2025

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General

The word for today is… obloquy (noun) - 1: a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language 2: the condition of one that is discredited : bad repute Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : English speakers can choose from several synonyms to name a tongue-lashing. Abuse is a good general term that usually stresses the

, and David Theobald

November 3, 2025

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Daily Bible Verse

The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

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November 3, 2025

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