A Digital First Dystopia
We must ensure the right to paper, the right to conduct business in cash, and freedom of choice. Digital systems should be an option, not a mandate.
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More Than 300,000 Teens Received 2nd Shot After Officials Advised of Risk
On 9 December, CV TAG again raised concerns that its earlier advice supporting a single-dose approach for 12- to 15-year-olds had not been reflected in the government’s definition of ‘fully vaccinated’. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of teenagers had been receiving second doses.
Helen Clark Calls Interview a ‘Train Wreck’
The criticism followed a bruising interview in which Wong conceded the party board, which includes a member linked to more than $221,000 in donations this year, could overrule decisions made by any future elected MPs.
Show Me a Starving Parent
By outsourcing parenting to the taxpayer, we aren’t curing hardship – we are subsidising a lifestyle of zero accountability.
Why Are We Importing Such Savages?
If it’s too dangerous to go there, there is too dangerous to bring here.
The Fable of Innocence We Are All Told to Believe
Final verdict on the exculpation of Judge Aitken.
Was It Really Cos He Was Black?
No: it was because he was a shameless DEI grifter who got caught.
On the Qiulae Wong Interview
Qiulae Wong and TOP seem to think they have invented a brave new world where self-interest no longer holds sway. To which the only answer would seem to be – good luck with that.
This Rinse, Repeat, Revolt
Why National's latest leadership drama is not an ending, but another chapter in an unresolved political struggle.
Stanford’s Denials Fool No One: Penk Was Never the Lone Gunman
Stanford can deny it until she is blue in the face. Luxon can take them at their word. The rest of the country is under no such obligation.
Good Oil General Debate
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Face of the Day
Police claimed the jersey breached the legislation that prohibits the display of gang patches and insignia in public places and charged him. But, when the case was called in court last week no evidence was offered up to support that.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… jocose (adjective) - 1: given to joking : merry 2: characterized by joking : humorous Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : When you need a word to describe something (or someone) that causes or is intended to cause laughter, you might pick jocose or a synonym such as humorous, witty,
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God.