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Hutt Valley Baby Girl Had Nine Fractures
Police investigating the serious injuries caused to a young baby in the Hutt Valley are now in a position to provide further information on the baby girl’s injuries.
Are We Living in a Castrated Culture?
It’s not just popular music that has lost its rebellious male mojo. Film and TV are in almost total obeisance to the ‘message’ stifling creativity. The multiplexes are now home to retreads and rethinks and often swap out male energy for the feminine version.
Regulatory Standards Bill: Lefties Lose Their Minds Over Common Sense
To the unions, academics and activists losing their minds over this bill: take a deep breath and read the damn thing. You might learn something. And to David Seymour: keep poking the bear.
News Briefing: 9 July 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR Farah Hancock (RNZ): New KiwiRail director Scott O'Donnell linked to NZ First donation, government loan Paula Penfold (Stuff): ‘Pretty ironic’: Friday drinks sessions organised by senior health manager in charge of reducing alcohol harm Matthew Hooton (Metro): Procrastination plus
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Dummy of the Day
The select committee’s chair Ryan Hamilton said there was nothing like a “good academic jousting on a Tuesday morning”.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… argot (noun): : the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : We borrowed argot from French in the early 1800s, although our language already had
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
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