What’s Driving This Cancel Culture
Cultivating a culture of courage, a willingness to hear one another’s ideas, can throw a wrench into the whole censorious groupthink machine.
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Maybe They’re Just Not That Smart
Despite certain groups’ antipathy, standardised tests work very well.
Tourism on the Up
Figures from the International Visitor Survey show international tourism contributed $12.2 billion to the economy in the year ending March 2025, up 9.2 per cent on the previous year.
A Response to FIANZ’s Press Release on Gaza
This is not only intellectually dishonest – it is corrosive to New Zealand’s diverse and democratic fabric. We call on New Zealanders – especially those in leadership positions – to reject such partial narratives and demand a discourse grounded in facts, integrity, and universal human rights.
Woke Is a Risk, Not a Strength, Corporations Admit
Woke is broke: the corporate world is finally waking up.
Has New Zealand’s A-G Got Too Much Power?
The judiciary must be protected from improper influence. This arises through the separation of judicial power and maintenance of judicial independence. But how does that work if the A-G not only appoints new judges, but also holds six ministerial portfolios, creating a swathe of legislation?
Albo: The Quisling of the 21st Century
What would he do different if he was Xi’s puppet?
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Pride Week Infects 200 New Zealand Schools
This isn’t about hate. It’s about honesty. And if the only way these programmes can survive is by pretending there’s no criticism, lying about protest threats, and dismissing concerned parents as “bigots”, then maybe it’s time they were pulled out of schools altogether.
Who Really Ended Colonialism?
It’s no surprise that places like New Zealand, Canada and Australia are still such backwaters even in 2025. We are the descendants of people who never felt they had the right to rule, and it shows.
This Is Daylight Robbery in Hi-Vis
Don’t expect the cone cartel to fold anytime soon. There’s still plenty of gold in them hills and the taxpayer tap’s still flowin’.
The Corporate Welfare for Agribusiness
The agribusiness elite have had their say loudly with this report (which is subtitled “Turning talk into tasks”). It’s time for the rest of New Zealand and our political leaders to assert the public interest.
News Briefing: 5 June 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR Janet Wilson (Post): Labour and National locked in a race to irrelevance (paywalled) Julia Gabel (Herald): Will Te Pāti Māori face the harshest sanctions ever for controversial haka? MP debate continues today Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Will the haka saga end? Historic
Join Cam in Celebrating 20 Years of Fearless Commentary at Good Oil!
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