Yet Another Reason the Tribunal Must Go
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Stick a Fork in ’Em. They’re Done.
This kind of surgery should never be used as treatment, especially for adolescents who are too young to know any better. And that’s putting it lightly.
The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree
When you connect the dots between the Tamihere, Davidson, and Maipi families, a deeply troubling picture of modern Māori politics emerges.
They Are a Sorry Lot
The country is sorely in need of a leader who will grab these problems by the scruff of the neck and sort them without fear or favour. That person needs to come forward but he or she probably won’t, because no sane person would want to waste time in the bear pit of parliament.
Quick Hit: Two Hundred And One Billion
Taxpayers’ Union Bribe-O-Meter puts Opportunity at $201 billion over four years. Another $407m Industry Energy Resilience this week. Hope has an invoice. $201 billion. Still other people’s money.
The Scapegoats Are Now at the Checkout
What the political rush to punish supermarkets reveals about modern campaigning.
Three Years Of Landlord Tax Cuts. Now He Keeps Them.
Hipkins spent three years calling interest deductibility a tax cut for landlords. Now he keeps it and sells a capital gains tax instead. The slogan was the policy. The policy just left the room.
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Face of the Day
Friends and former colleagues who spoke to Stuff were grieving the sudden loss of the well-liked and well-respected Kiwi pilot.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… august (adjective, noun) - adjective : marked by majestic dignity or grandeur noun capitalised : the eighth month of the Gregorian calendar Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : August comes from the Latin word augustus, meaning "consecrated" or "venerable," which in turn is related to the
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
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