The Worst Case Scenario, Really
Like a possum in the headlights of a fast-approaching SUV, the world would stand frozen as the two other serious nuclear powers contemplated their next move.
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News Briefing: 16 June 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE, TRADE Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Christopher Luxon on trade with China and getting on President Xi Jinping’s Christmas card list Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Christopher Luxon to meet Xi Jinping in visit to China Dan Brunskill (Interest): There is no plan Helen
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Greenpeace Whinges While Shane Jones Gets On With the Job
New Zealand’s resources are a gift and it’s madness to lock them away while we beg for scraps from overseas. Shane Jones is right to tell the world we’re open for business.
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Face of the Day
A much-loved, prolific and unassuming literary figure, Gee wrote more than 30 novels for both adults and children.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… moil (verb,noun): verb 1: to work hard : drudge 2: to be in continuous agitation : churn, swirl noun 1: hard work : drudgery 2: confusion, turmoil Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Moil may mean "to work hard" but its origins are the opposite of hard;
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
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Sean Plunket On The Death Of An Anorexic Transgender Teenager
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Labour’s Dangerous Dance with Te Pāti Māori
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Why two Israeli ministers were sanctioned by NZ
“Once someone is accused of human rights abuse by a credible government, banks worldwide may decide it’s no longer worth keeping them on the books.”
‘Blockbuster year’- Primary exports surge to record $60b as dairy, kiwifruit lead boom
“People are recognising the value of NZ products.”