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The Trump Blame Game
To prepare you for such an eventuality and smooth your path to social success, I have set out the rules to the game. Drink should be taken of the alcoholic sort: the better to enable participants to vent their anti-Trump animus free of sober restraint.
A Half Truth Is a Whole Lie!
Under Luxon’s leadership, National are now burning their political capital at a prodigious rate! For me and many others the gauge is hovering just outside the red sector and the big E!
Trump Hits Back Against the Movie Industry
The NZ movie industry has been hit with 100% tariffs, a month after Nats announced its billion dollar subsidies would continue.
News Briefing: 7 May 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PAY EQUITY, EMPLOYMENT Luke Malpass (Post): Pay equity slashing a sub-plot in a much larger game (paywalled) Jo Moir (RNZ): Pay equity changes: Two sides of the coalition brought out Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Five things you need to know about the surprise pay
The Great Subsidy Swindle: New Zealand’s Film Industry Faces the Music
We’ve pretended we’re a global powerhouse when we’re really just a subsidised sideshow. Trump’s tariff is a reality check and a chance to rebuild on solid ground. Let’s stop crying over spilt milk and start building businesses that can stand on their own.
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Face of the Day
The company said Chapman would step down as chair if Joyce was voted in as a director. If that happened, the company believed that Joyce should be appointed chair.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… vouchsafe (verb): 1a: to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner b: to give by way of reply 2: to grant as a privilege or special favour Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In its Middle English form vouchen sauf meant "to grant,
The Good Oil Daily Proverb
So she seduced him with her pretty speech and enticed him with her flattery.
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Discover How to Make BILTONG with The Bearded Butchers!
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Defence Force maritime helicopters to be replaced at cost of over $2 billion
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