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What Is the Landscaping for This?
The former New Zealand prime minister quietly fomenting bad behaviour.
Chloe Swarbrick: Fresh-Faced Idealist or Shrill Anti-Semite?
She started with promise, yet ended up as a polarising force peddling hate under a green banner. New Zealand deserves better than this performative rot.
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Face of the Day
After appearing in the role of Kay Adams-Corleone – Michael Corleone’s second wife – in The Godfather trilogy, Keaton went on to star in more than 60 films, including eight with longstanding friend and ex-partner Woody Allen.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… sanguine (adjective, noun): adjective 1: marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic 2: bloodred 3a: consisting of or relating to blood b: bloodthirsty, sanguinary c: accompanied by, involving, or relating to bloodshed : bloody d: of the complexion : ruddy 4: having blood as the predominating bodily humor
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
Standup Sunday
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Extinct Moose Spotted Twice in New Zealand
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Bizarre! Greens go silent on Gaza after peace deal announcement
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Now This is Very Interesting
Now this is very interesting.pic.twitter.com/rLrS2dpQCH — Sande Chin The Underinfluencer (@SandeChin) October 6, 2025 If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news
The Good Oil Daily Roundup
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The conundrum of proving vaccine harms
If no evidence is ever enough, has proving vaccine harms become impossible by design?
How much is framing versus misinformation fuelling media distrust?
New Zealanders aren't losing trust in media only because of fake news. It’s also because of how stories are framed.