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Not the ‘Name Drops’ You Were Hoping For
It’s hardly video footage from Epstein Island, I’m afraid. The most damning testimony, so far, has come from a former reality-TV ‘star’ who was big in the 2000s.
Why Not Just Cancel NZ’s Debt?
This means the only thing stopping the government from defaulting is fear.
Dead or Alive? MOH Has No Idea
It’s nearly impossible to say New Zealand’s euthanasia regime is safe when the Ministry of Health can’t even add up the numbers correctly (again).
Civil Servants Take the Piss with Leaked Crackdown Email – Time to Get Serious
Enough is enough. The civil servants and their media enablers have had their fun. It’s time to remind them who they work for – and it’s not themselves.
News Briefing: 29 May 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PUBLIC SERVICE RNZ: 'Chilling effect': Union raises concerns over ministers' interference after leaks John Gerritsen (RNZ): Education Ministry asks RNZ to help investigation into leaks - we declined RNZ: Drip, drip, drip: NZ's biggest political leaks Azaria Howell (Herald): Inside
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He decided to pursue a business making and selling duck calls for hunters, patenting his first call in 1972.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… heretic (noun): 1 religion : a person who differs in opinion from established religious dogma, especially : a baptised member of the Roman Catholic Church who refuses to acknowledge or accept a revealed truth 2: one who differs in opinion from an accepted belief or doctrine : nonconformist
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
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