This Faith in Biotechnology and AI
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Vic Labor’s Secret Pipe Dreams
There is a risk that at least some of these loony policies will survive the journey from conference debate to eventual legislation.
Women to Go Australia for Treatment?
New Zealand women are being told to wait, fly across the country, or potentially cross international borders to receive care they should get in their own hospital.
Nicola Willis’ Cost-of-Living Sermon Falls Flat: More Spin Than Substance
Hipkins might be a hypocrite but he’s not wrong about one thing: things are getting worse for most New Zealanders. The coalition can’t keep blaming Labour forever – eventually they’ll have to own this.
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Face of the Day
A US Department of Justice aircraft – a Gulfstream G-550, tail number N708JH – was parked at Wellington Airport on Wednesday.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… rendition (noun): : the act or result of rendering something: such as a: a performance or interpretation of something b: depiction c: translation d: surrender - specifically, US law : the surrender by a state of a fugitive to another state charging the fugitive with a crime : interstate
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
Tiny Home Thursday
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Jack Tame And TVNZ Go Crazy Again
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Liz Gregory On Gloriavale Leader Howard Temple’s Indecent Assault Charges
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The Integrity Institute On Lobbying, And Why They Are Wrong
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The Good Oil Daily Roundup
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