When Journalism Was Fun
When I accepted a voluntary redundancy deal in 2002, I was able to reflect that I’d come a long way in the 34 years since I’d started in the Post’s reading room. By my calculation it was about 30 metres.
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Right vs Left Media Viewers
Just because a media outlet is government-owned, one must not therefore assume it is more trustworthy. Safer to assume the opposite.
Now Puberty Blockers Are Banned
The lobotomy of our time is over: New Zealand bans puberty blockers for kids.
The Next UN Head
If Ardern does secure the UN Secretary General role, she will be tasked with leading the UN’s ambitious global climate emergency agenda into the 2030s and beyond. Guterres has outlined that the UN is establishing a US$1.5 trillion global climate fund.
If You Commit a Crime, You Leave
Time for New Zealand to grow some balls on criminal deportations.
Te Pāti Māori’s Civil War Just Went Full Jerry Springer – And The Youngest Kid Is Begging Mum And Dad To Stop Fighting
The Māori seats gave us this circus. Maybe next election the voters will finally decide they’ve had enough of the soap opera and send the whole lot packing. One can but hope.
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Face of the Day
Molly said Sri Lankan police launched “a manhunt” for the man after she filed a report and local media started covering the incident.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… etymology (noun) - 1: the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.
Tiny Home Thursday
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The Greens Want To Stop Mining - Minerals Council CEO Josie Vidal
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Lewis Rowe - Govt Reducing The Clean Car Standard Penalty
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