Bureaucrats up, teachers down: what’s really wrong with NZ’s universities?
“For every 10 full-time-equivalent academic staff (who actually teach and research) there are 14 other staff."
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Sam Altman’s AI U-turn: Trust less, upgrade soon
“It should be the tech that you don't trust that much.”
Do the Bloodwork
Definitive DNA testing is the answer as it is the only reliable accurate legitimate process to give a proper assessment of eligibility.
How Councils Made You a Guarantor Without You Knowing
Your council is quietly guaranteeing other councils’ debts. Discover how local governments are gambling with your rates – and your sovereignty.
Collapsing Birthrates And Transgender Madness
All that is required is that you choose to go outside at the best time for you, not when the system tells you to go outside. Didn’t your mother ever tell you not to respond to peer pressure?
MMP Brought About the MP
If they can’t deal with reality then they are of little use when it comes to running the country and they are more of a hindrance than a help. We don’t need their war dance theatrics and we don’t need their insults.
News Briefing: 10 July 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): Government decisions favour political donor’s business No Right Turn: “There is no corruption in New Zealand…" Nicholas Jones (Stuff): Private health record for NICU baby found by bus stop Brent Edwards (NBR): A clearer
Entitled Ex-MPs: Kiri Allan and Golriz Ghahraman’s Spectacular Falls from Grace
New Zealanders deserve better than this. We’re sick of politicians or ex-politicians that think they’re above the law, who hide behind their status or their identity when the heat’s on. Allan and Ghahraman aren’t victims – they’re perpetrators of their own downfall.
Good Oil General Debate
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Faces of the Day
The pair will encounter freezing waters, forest fire zones, bear territory and some of the most remote wilderness in the world.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… sea change (noun): 1 archaic : a change brought about by the sea 2: a marked change : transformation Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In The Tempest, William Shakespeare’s final play, sea change refers to a change brought about by the sea: the sprite Ariel, who aims
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
