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Basking in the Sun and Howling at the Moon
Time waits for no man and, as the polls indicate, there is frustration and impatience in voter land.
This Poverty Is a Modern Man-Made Monster
Paying able-bodied people to stay at home and not earn their living is probably the biggest social miscalculation of the last 60 years. Unwinding it won’t be easy.
News Briefing: 3 July 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER Janet Wilson (Post): Coalition finds a handy distraction in council bashing (paywalled) ODT Editorial: Less of the bombast, please (paywalled) Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Government begins negotiations with councils for regional deals Mandy Te (Interest): Negotiations start for 'city and regional
National’s Polling Plight: Gender Divide, NZ First Surge and a Caucus in Crisis
National needs to stop playing it safe. They’re coasting on their coalition partners’ momentum – NZ First’s anti-woke surge and ACT’s steady libertarian appeal – while their own brand stagnates.
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Face of the Day
McQueen said she had stayed in the role so long because she loved the company of her colleagues and patients and enjoyed keeping active.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… commemorate (verb): 1: to call to remembrance 2: to mark by some ceremony or observation : observe 3: to serve as a memorial of Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : When you remember something, you are mindful of it. And you are especially mindful when you commemorate something,
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery.
Wednesday Weapons
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Michael Laws On The Attempt Of The New Woke & Greens To Eradicate NZ's Colonial Heritage
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Luxon and Albanese as Fools for Not Paying for Protection
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Glastonbury - A Festival of Hypocrisy
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