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## Posts
- [Night Cap](https://goodoil.news/night-cap-692.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [Manly Monday](https://goodoil.news/manly-monday-343.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [Labour Collapses To 25.5%: Why Voters Are Dumping Chris Hipkins](https://goodoil.news/labour-collapses-to-25-5-why-voters-are-dumping-chris-hipkins-2.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news
- [Is MMP Broken? Christopher Luxon Blasts Coalition System And Numpties](https://goodoil.news/is-mmp-broken-christopher-luxon-blasts-coalition-system-and-numpties.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [Shane Jones Fires Back At Luxon MMP Referendum And Power Crisis](https://goodoil.news/shane-jones-fires-back-at-luxon-mmp-referendum-and-power-crisis.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [The Good Oil Daily Roundup](https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-daily-roundup-709.md) - Just a brief note to readers who like to add their own contributions to Daily Roundup in the comments. This post is for family friendly humour ONLY thank you.
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- [Comedy Corner](https://goodoil.news/comedy-corner-98.md) - Welcome to Politically Incorrect Comedy corner: the one place on The Good Oil where you are allowed to read and share naughty and offensive jokes that make us all laugh even though we are not supposed to. If you are offended by these kinds of jokes then please do not read this post.
- [National’s ‘no new taxes’ promise comes with fine print](https://goodoil.news/nationals-no-new-taxes-promise-comes-with-fine-print.md) - “No new taxes on working people.”
- [Tony Randle is fifth sitting councillor to die in less than four months](https://goodoil.news/tony-randle-is-fifth-sitting-councillor-to-die-in-less-than-four-months.md) - No connection between the deaths has been reported and no shared cause has been established.
- [St John suspects patients managing chronic conditions at home are fuelling record 111 surge](https://goodoil.news/st-john-suspects-patients-managing-chronic-conditions-at-home-are-fuelling-record-111-surge.md) - “If they had been able to access primary care,” it might have prevented an ambulance being required.
- [Opportunity feasts on Labour’s fall](https://goodoil.news/opportunity-feasts-on-labours-fall.md) - Opportunity’s rise could leave Parliament deadlocked if it aligns with the opposition.
- [Councils demand more from ratepayers while disciplining elected representatives who push back](https://goodoil.news/councils-demand-more-from-ratepayers-while-disciplining-elected-representatives-who-push-back.md) - “Knowing that there’s nothing that we can do is quite a level of helplessness here.”
- [Communities that rejected council amalgamation may have it imposed on them anyway](https://goodoil.news/communities-that-rejected-council-amalgamation-may-have-it-imposed-on-them-anyway.md) - “We’re not going to let the government decide what we’re going to do.”
- [Greens promise billions in public money over four years to a Māori-owned trust beyond govt control](https://goodoil.news/greens-promise-billions-in-public-money-over-four-years-to-a-maori-owned-trust-beyond-govt-control.md) - “This is actual tino rangatiratanga for iwi.”
- [Graham Adams says RNZ’s ‘black-armband’ te reo policy follows the He Puapua playbook](https://goodoil.news/graham-adams-says-rnzs-black-armband-te-reo-policy-follows-the-he-puapua-playbook.md) - “This is actual tino rangatiratanga for iwi.”
- [Tamaki blames Modi criticism for lost gun licence after ‘tit for tat’ arson call](https://goodoil.news/tamaki-blames-modi-criticism-for-lost-gun-licence-after-tit-for-tat-arson-call.md) - Police said Tamaki’s comments were “encouraging violence and significant property damage”.
- [The Pandemic Reflection Pool](https://goodoil.news/the-pandemic-reflection-pool.md) - Interestingly, the story as of last week even includes a bouquet of flowers. Just like the myth, what appear to be yellow chrysanthemums, were delivered to Fauci’s doorstep. Though not daffodils this time, yellow chrysanthemums are commonly called mums. Fitting, I suppose, because mum’s the word.
- [A Holiday Destination for 10,000 Years](https://goodoil.news/a-holiday-destination-for-10-000-years.md) - Hunter-gatherers were paddling to Malta for some sun and hunting.
- [[The Good Oil] Stuff Up of the Day](https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-stuff-up-of-the-day-177.md) - Check out the latest media stuff ups both locally and around the world.
- [Global Greening Hits New Record](https://goodoil.news/global-greening-hits-new-record.md) - Global greening due to CO2 has hit a new record high, according to the latest research published in Nature. But activists refuse to accept that the 'climate emergency' has failed to materialise, says Chris Morrison.
- [A Tale of Two Jesuses](https://goodoil.news/a-tale-of-two-jesuses.md) - The collapse of Oxbridge.
- [Put Him up at Yours, Your Honor: Oh, She Did](https://goodoil.news/put-him-up-at-yours-your-honor-oh-she-did.md) - Judge hearing rape trial has a serial rapist son.
- [50 Years Is Enough –Time to End It](https://goodoil.news/50-years-is-enough-time-to-end-it.md) - Taxpayer money must never be weaponised to push a separatist agenda that works against what’s good for all New Zealanders. That’s why we’re not asking for ‘reform’. It’s time to abolish both the Human Rights Commission and the Waitangi Tribunal.
- [The Opportunity Party’s Radical Policies](https://goodoil.news/the-opportunity-partys-radical-policies.md) - Karl Marx would find much to admire in aspects of TOP’s policy manifesto.
- [Just Relax and Enjoy the Diversity](https://goodoil.news/just-relax-and-enjoy-the-diversity.md) - Just another week in Multicultural Australia.
- [Poll Dancer](https://goodoil.news/pol.md) - Cartoon of the day by SonovaMin
- [Foreign Interference Is Very Real Here](https://goodoil.news/foreign-interference-is-very-real-here.md) - I recently gave a speech to MPs, academics, journalists, and the general public on foreign interference in New Zealand, sharing some real and personal stories of mine.
- [The Good Oil Daily Opinion Poll](https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-daily-opinion-poll-367.md) - Take our Daily Opinion Poll and see how your views compare to other readers and then share the poll on social media. By sharing the poll you will help even more readers to discover The Good Oil.
- [ACT puts classroom order back on the agenda](https://goodoil.news/act-puts-classroom-order-back-on-the-agenda-2.md) - The necessary powers may technically exist, but powers that teachers do not understand, trust or feel supported to exercise are of little practical value.
- [Father who filmed abuse of five-year-old daughter gets just three years and 10 months](https://goodoil.news/father-who-filmed-abuse-of-five-year-old-daughter-gets-just-three-years-and-10-months-2.md) - Getting off easy?
- [Registered charity behind mock beheading of Peters raises double-standard questions](https://goodoil.news/registered-charity-behind-mock-beheading-of-peters-raises-double-standard-questions-2.md) - Political satire must be protected, including ugly satire. But its acceptability cannot depend on whether the target sits on the political left or right.
- [Opportunity considers extending youth justice to ‘around 20’ after quietly dropping age 25 policy](https://goodoil.news/opportunity-considers-extending-youth-justice-to-around-20-after-quietly-dropping-age-25-policy-2.md) - “We believe in more rehabilitative, restorative justice approaches.”
- [‘Station for the nation’ bid rejected as DoC picks Ngāi Tahu for Molesworth](https://goodoil.news/station-for-the-nation-bid-rejected-as-doc-picks-ngai-tahu-for-molesworth-2.md) - “I’m absolutely gutted. My wife and I put 24 years into Molesworth plus this last year.”
- [New Zealand is not replacing itself](https://goodoil.news/new-zealand-is-not-replacing-itself-2.md) - “A country that cannot replace itself has no long-term sovereignty.”
- [Government keeps $50 fuel payment despite price trigger being met](https://goodoil.news/government-keeps-50-fuel-payment-despite-price-trigger-being-met-2.md) - “Given increases in the international oil price..."
- [Autism diagnoses triple nationwide, with fivefold rise among Māori](https://goodoil.news/autism-diagnoses-triple-nationwide-with-fivefold-rise-among-maori.md) - Recorded autism diagnoses in New Zealand more than tripled between 2009 and 2023, with an almost fivefold increase among Māori...
- [Growing rivalry: Is NZ helping India become a kiwifruit competitor?](https://goodoil.news/growing-rivalry-is-nz-helping-india-become-a-kiwifruit-competitor.md) - New Zealand is not sending India SunGold. But the FTA ties tariff access to helping India become a far more capable kiwifruit producer.
- [The danger of unelected lawyers competing with Parliament](https://goodoil.news/the-danger-of-unelected-lawyers-competing-with-parliament.md) - Former solicitor-general Una Jagose KC has warned New Zealand risks “sleepwalking” towards a breakdown in the separation of po...
- [Workers go backwards as unemployment hits 11-year high](https://goodoil.news/workers-go-backwards-as-unemployment-hits-11-year-high.md) - New Zealand workers are losing ground as unemployment reaches its highest level in nearly 11 years and wage increases fall wel...
- [Te Tai Tonga debate offers voters four versions of the left](https://goodoil.news/te-tai-tonga-debate-offers-voters-four-versions-of-the-left.md) - Te Tai Tonga’s four candidates agreed their immediate task was to change the government, while broadly supporting greater weal...
- [Bishop takes aim at activists using the courts to subvert Parliament](https://goodoil.news/bishop-takes-aim-at-activists-using-the-courts-to-subvert-parliament.md) - Attorney-General Chris Bishop says the government should act more quickly when courts interpret laws in ways Parliament did no...
- [Labour MP wants house prices down, but party’s health plan needs them to rise](https://goodoil.news/labour-mp-wants-house-prices-down-but-partys-health-plan-needs-them-to-rise.md) - Labour’s Mt Albert MP Helen White says she wants house prices to fall, putting her at odds with leader Chris Hipkins and poten...
- [Golden visa demand surges as Invest NZ cuts US and Europe staff](https://goodoil.news/golden-visa-demand-surges-as-invest-nz-cuts-us-and-europe-staff.md) - New Zealand’s relaxed “golden visa” scheme has attracted more than 800 wealthy applicants and $4.8 billion in investment commi...
- [Commission approves electorate-named party but rejects Palestine logo over voter confusion](https://goodoil.news/commission-approves-electorate-named-party-but-rejects-palestine-logo-over-voter-confusion.md) - The Electoral Commission has approved a political party named after the Te Tai Tokerau electorate, despite considering whether...
- [Florida court upholds law barring children from sexualised live performances](https://goodoil.news/florida-court-upholds-law-barring-children-from-sexualised-live-performances.md) - A US federal appeals court has upheld a Florida law preventing children from attending drag shows and other live performances ...
- [Tenancy Tribunal issues new artificial intelligence guidelines amid concerns over ‘cases with AI slop’](https://goodoil.news/tenancy-tribunal-issues-new-artificial-intelligence-guidelines-amid-concerns-over-cases-with-ai-slop.md) - The Tenancy Tribunal in New Zealand has issued new guidelines on AI use in proceedings to curb frivolous claims and manage the technology's impact on tenants and landlords.
- [Your Daily Ten@10 - 2026/144](https://goodoil.news/your-daily-ten-10-2026-144.md) - 10 News Stories They Chose Not to Tell You
- [This Man Really Is a Clown](https://goodoil.news/this-man-really-is-a-clown.md) - Insulting our allies, pandering to our biggest threat.
- [RNZ’s Te Reo Policy Dovetails With He Puapua](https://goodoil.news/rnzs-te-reo-policy-dovetails-with-he-puapua.md) - Māori history and culture is obviously a very important strand in New Zealand society – and often a fascinating one – but the bowdlerised and black-armband version that RNZ provides only hurts its credibility.
- [On Racism and the Left](https://goodoil.news/on-racism-and-the-left.md) - Why do today’s leftists find it difficult to communicate in any other register but outrage?
- [Death Knell](https://goodoil.news/death-knell.md) - There is no alternative, Luxon must go. Now.
- [Really](https://goodoil.news/oh-really.md) - If he’s back as prime minister after 7 November he’ll just have to put up with yahoos and numpties around the cabinet table. In fact he’s likely to have more of them.
- [Luxon’s Foot-in-Mouth Disease Hits Terminal Stage](https://goodoil.news/luxons-foot-in-mouth-disease-hits-terminal-stage.md) - Someone needs to act like the adult in the room. Right now that person is nowhere to be found.
- [Good Oil General Debate](https://goodoil.news/good-oil-general-debate-783.md) - Please read our rules before you start commenting on The Good Oil to avoid a temporary or permanent ban.
- [Overreach of the Day](https://goodoil.news/overreach-of-the-day.md) - You don’t have to agree with me and you don’t have to like what I said, but once we accept that authorities can punish a Kiwi for political speech they consider too confronting, every New Zealander should be concerned. Free speech isn’t free if you can be punished for using it.
- [The Good Oil Word of the Day](https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-722.md) - The word for today is… avarice (noun) - : excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or profit : greediness, cupidity Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : A more formal synonym for greed, avarice has a long if uncomplicated history in English. Chaucer in his 14th-century The Parson's Tale compared a…
- [The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse](https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-daily-bible-verse-432.md) - But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
- [Night Cap](https://goodoil.news/night-cap-691.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [Standup Sunday](https://goodoil.news/standup-sunday-101.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [ML Breaks Down The Opportunity Party Leadership -“They Are Not Normal”](https://goodoil.news/ml-breaks-down-the-opportunity-party-leadership-they-are-not-normal.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news
- [If We Are Going To Change The Electoral System, Do This](https://goodoil.news/if-we-are-going-to-change-the-electoral-system-do-this.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [Sean Plunket Says Chris Luxon Has Got To Go](https://goodoil.news/sean-plunket-says-chris-luxon-has-got-to-go.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [The Good Oil Daily Roundup](https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-daily-roundup-708.md) - Just a brief note to readers who like to add their own contributions to Daily Roundup in the comments. This post is for family friendly humour ONLY thank you.
- [Good Oil Backchat](https://goodoil.news/good-oil-backchat-784.md) - Please read our rules before you start commenting on The Good Oil to avoid a temporary or permanent ban.
- [Why Ringo Forced a Lyric Change](https://goodoil.news/why-ringo-forced-a-lyric-change.md) - He had good reason to.
- [You Love Them Long Time – Or Else](https://goodoil.news/you-love-them-long-time-or-else.md) - Chinese are allegedly trafficking women because they’re running out of their own.
- [Good Oil General Debate](https://goodoil.news/good-oil-general-debate-782.md) - Please read our rules before you start commenting on The Good Oil to avoid a temporary or permanent ban.
- [The Good Oil Word of the Day](https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-721.md) - The word for today is… whelm (verb) - 1: to turn (something, such as a dish or vessel) upside down usually to cover something : cover or engulf completely with usually disastrous effect 2: to overcome in thought or feeling : overwhelm Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : In the film comedy Ten Thin…
- [The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse](https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-daily-bible-verse-431.md) - I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
- [Night Cap](https://goodoil.news/night-cap-690.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [Science Saturday](https://goodoil.news/science-saturday-101.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [Nigel Woodley Takes A Stand Against Free Palestine Party](https://goodoil.news/nigel-woodley-takes-a-stand-against-free-palestine-party.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news
- [Failing MSM Business Model -Dr Gavin Ellis & Michael Debate The Issues](https://goodoil.news/failing-msm-business-model-dr-gavin-ellis-michael-debate-the-issues.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [Jordan Williams Exposes Corruption In The Ministry Of Justice](https://goodoil.news/jordan-williams-exposes-corruption-in-the-ministry-of-justice.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [The Good Oil Daily Roundup](https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-daily-roundup-707.md) - Just a brief note to readers who like to add their own contributions to Daily Roundup in the comments. This post is for family friendly humour ONLY thank you.
- [Good Oil Backchat](https://goodoil.news/good-oil-backchat-783.md) - Please read our rules before you start commenting on The Good Oil to avoid a temporary or permanent ban.
- [Shock as ABC Drops the F-Bomb!](https://goodoil.news/shock-as-abc-drops-the-f-bomb.md) - Antisemitic attack declared ‘far-left terror’.
- [Labor’s Clayton’s Immigration Cut Is a Joke](https://goodoil.news/labors-claytons-immigration-cut-is-a-joke.md) - Even their ‘reduced’ immigration is still at record highs.
- [Care for Your Teeth like Your Life Depends on It](https://goodoil.news/care-for-your-teeth-like-your-life-depends-on-it.md) - Because it probably does.
- [What Was Ceuta Really About?](https://goodoil.news/what-was-ceuta-really-about.md) - ‘Migration’? Or war-game planning?
- [Labour’s Trojan Horse Backfires as TOP Surges and Coalition Hangs On by a Whisker](https://goodoil.news/labours-trojan-horse-backfires-as-top-surges-and-coalition-hangs-on-by-a-whisker.md) - Ninety days out from the election the race remains tight. The coalition clings to a one-seat majority on paper. Labour has lost ground to a party it hoped would quietly help it.
- [MMP and Hurty Feelings](https://goodoil.news/mmp-and-hurty-feelings.md) - Best of MountainsideFM.
- [Good Oil General Debate](https://goodoil.news/good-oil-general-debate-781.md) - Please read our rules before you start commenting on The Good Oil to avoid a temporary or permanent ban.
- [Face of the Day](https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1552.md) - Ukad has laid the blame for the positive test on Parker’s nutritionist for the fight in a report which said he was a “regular user of cocaine”.
- [The Good Oil Word of the Day](https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-720.md) - The word for today is… moribund (adjective) - 1: being in the state of dying : approaching death 2: being in a state of inactivity or obsolescence Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Moribund is still sometimes used in its original literal sense of "approaching death", but it's much more often use…
- [The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse](https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-daily-bible-verse-430.md) - Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth
- [Night Cap](https://goodoil.news/night-cap-689.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [Friday Fur](https://goodoil.news/friday-fur-320.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [If You’re Going To Have A MMP Referendum, Where’s The Maori Seats One?](https://goodoil.news/if-youre-going-to-have-a-mmp-referendum-wheres-the-maori-seats-one.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news
- [NZ Unemployment Hits 5.6%, but why 111,000 Foreign Visas Were Approved](https://goodoil.news/nz-unemployment-hits-5-6-but-why-111-000-foreign-visas-were-approved.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [Labour Collapses To 25.5%: Why Voters Are Dumping Chris Hipkins](https://goodoil.news/labour-collapses-to-25-5-why-voters-are-dumping-chris-hipkins.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
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- [A Postcard From Israel](https://goodoil.news/a-postcard-from-israel.md) - Laura Dodsworth writes from the West Bank, where she finds Israeli towns filled with people committed to saving lives on orange 'ambucycles', and Palestinian towns filled with piles of cars stolen from Israelis.
- [New Captain, Same Sinking Ship](https://goodoil.news/new-captain-same-sinking-ship.md) - Corruption findings expose the rot in Victorian Labor.
- [If Pauline Doesn’t Have Free Speech, None of Us Do](https://goodoil.news/if-pauline-doesnt-have-free-speech-none-of-us-do.md) - Once again, the High Court will have to do what captured lower courts simply will not.
- [What Anthony Fauci Teaches Us](https://goodoil.news/what-anthony-fauci-teaches-us.md) - Fauci is now, in fact, retired. But that racket he oversaw continues on – moving money and expanding federal power at whatever level the political class can get away with at the moment.
- [Ireland’s €53M Jet Has No Fog-Landing System](https://goodoil.news/irelands-eur53m-jet-has-no-fog-landing-system.md) - In August 2024, then-Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin directed that Ireland would cease purchases of Israeli military equipment and review existing contracts, citing the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
- [Hero Photographer Goes the Biff](https://goodoil.news/hero-photographer-goes-the-biff.md) - Seeing the bride set off his righteous anger.
- [Watchdog Taking Foodstuffs South Island To Court](https://goodoil.news/watchdog-taking-foodstuffs-south-island-to-court.md) - Foodstuffs South Island stopped PAK’nSAVE stores discounting your groceries, watchdog alleges.
- [Guns and Destiny](https://goodoil.news/guns-and-destiny.md) - What you are witnessing in real time with Brian Tamaki is the further erosion of free speech, and the persecution of a person for his beliefs. What happens when you say something just publicly enough to have the cops turn up at your door? Don’t think it would happen to you? Think again.
- [The Chain of Command Goes All the Way Up](https://goodoil.news/the-chain-of-command-goes-all-the-way-up.md) - Harry Truman took responsibility – Australia’s politicians and top brass dodge it.
- [Not Again!](https://goodoil.news/not-again.md) - Cartoon of the Day by BoomSlang
- [When the Money Tree Finally Runs Out](https://goodoil.news/when-the-money-tree-finally-runs-out.md) - Before asking struggling households for more, our councils and Tiaki Wai must show us that they have trimmed the fat, postponed what can wait, concentrated upon essential services and opened their own books to proper public scrutiny.
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- [Ruled Out, Schools Out](https://goodoil.news/ruled-out-schools-out.md) - Where are the heavyweight political leaders of yesteryear, or is this really what NZ politics has now become: infants squabbling in the playground while the school burns down around them?
- [Your Daily Ten@10 - 2026/143](https://goodoil.news/your-daily-ten-10-2026-143.md) - 10 News Stories They Chose Not to Tell You
- [Why the Vacuum?](https://goodoil.news/why-the-vacuum.md) - The new Children’s Commissioner.
- [Supermarkets Are Good, Thanks](https://goodoil.news/supermarkets-are-good-thanks.md) - Why are so many so invested in trying to destroy this miracle nobody imagined 100 years ago?
- [Time to Call a Spade a Spade](https://goodoil.news/time-to-call-a-spade-a-spade.md) - We want someone fiercely patriotic who leaves you in no doubt what he stands for. This ridiculous woke carry-on needs to be stamped out.
- [The Ongoing Creep](https://goodoil.news/the-ongoing-creep.md) - The story of a tribe's commercial exploitation of natural bodies of water.
- [Luxon’s Latest Brain Fart: MMP Referendum Catches Everyone Off Guard](https://goodoil.news/luxons-latest-brain-fart-mmp-referendum-catches-everyone-off-guard.md) - Luxon has simply reminded everyone why coalition politics under his leadership remains such a high-wire act. One more brain fart closer to election day.
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- [Face of the Day](https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1551.md) - Brian Denys McFarlane, 56, was sentenced in the Hamilton District Court on Thursday to nine years and four months’ imprisonment after being found guilty of nine historical sexual offending charges.
- [The Good Oil Word of the Day](https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-719.md) - The word for today is… corrode (verb) - 1: to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing, especially : to wear away gradually usually by chemical action 2: to weaken or destroy gradually : undermine Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Corrode comes from the Latin verb corrōdere, meaning "to gnaw or chew…
- [The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse](https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-daily-bible-verse-429.md) - And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
- [Night Cap](https://goodoil.news/night-cap-688.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [Tiny Home Thursday](https://goodoil.news/tiny-home-thursday-314.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [Stop Letting 3rd Worlders Speak](https://goodoil.news/stop-letting-3rd-worlders-speak.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news
- [Luxon Business Backlash: Can Erica Stanford Save National’s Vote?](https://goodoil.news/luxon-business-backlash-can-erica-stanford-save-nationals-vote.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [Media Double Standards: Activists Stage Mock Execution and Peters Cut From the News](https://goodoil.news/media-double-standards-activists-stage-mock-execution-and-peters-cut-from-the-news.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
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- [The Sin-Eaters’ Morbid Menu](https://goodoil.news/the-sin-eaters-morbid-menu.md) - We no longer hire miserable wretches to sit by our corpses and eat our misdeeds. Instead, we have public relations firms, crisis management consultants, and political spin doctors who will gladly swallow our worst behaviour and tell the world it tastes like heaven.
- [Was the Female of the Species Better Hunting than the Male?](https://goodoil.news/was-the-female-of-the-species-better-hunting-than-the-male.md) - Early humans probably targeted female mammoths.
- [All Fair When It’s a Conservative Woman](https://goodoil.news/all-fair-when-its-a-conservative-woman.md) - The silence over Albanese’s insult to Japan’s PM speaks volumes.
- [‘Extreme Event Attribution’ to Bring Down Oil, Gas, and Coal](https://goodoil.news/extreme-event-attribution-to-bring-down-oil-gas-and-coal.md) - Buying into the notion of “extreme event attribution” is a slippery slope leading to quicksand.
- [Justice Has Lost Its Nerve](https://goodoil.news/justice-has-lost-its-nerve.md) - The planned early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers is a test of whether the justice system still places victims and public safety ahead of prison management targets, says Paul Birch. It does not.
- [Bill Maher Calls Out the Loony Dems](https://goodoil.news/bill-maher-calls-out-the-loony-dems.md) - They’re not even hiding their communism.
- [Mamma Mia!](https://goodoil.news/mamma-mia.md) - Here I go again?
- [Free Speech Is Not a Suicide Pact](https://goodoil.news/free-speech-is-not-a-suicide-pact.md) - Private media that willfully choose to play host to this content under the banner of principle are not upholding free speech: they are draining it of all meaning.
- [‘Wendy the Enforcer’ Gets Her Job Back](https://goodoil.news/wendy-the-enforcer-gets-her-job-back.md) - Punished for stopping criminals looting the store.
- [Our New Aristocracy](https://goodoil.news/our-new-aristocracy.md) - Cartoon of the day by SonovaMin
- [The Limits Una Jagose KC Cannot Name](https://goodoil.news/the-limits-una-jagose-kc-cannot-name.md) - Why parliament, not the courts, must prevail.
- [Your Daily Ten@10 - 2026/142](https://goodoil.news/your-daily-ten-10-2026-142.md) - 10 News Stories They Chose Not to Tell You
- [Almost 1,000 Men Become Women](https://goodoil.news/almost-1-000-men-become-women.md) - There have been 2,099 gender marker changes on birth records in New Zealand since 15 June 2023. Of concern is that 984 men have changed their gender to female on their birth certificate – an average of almost one per day – who can now access women’s spaces.
- [Who Can Be a Racist?](https://goodoil.news/who-can-be-a-racist.md) - It's not about ethnicity. It's about your politics.
- [Why The Boomers Love NZ First](https://goodoil.news/why-the-boomers-love-nz-first.md) - When it comes to doing something that will materially help their own children, Boomers are clueless, like brainwashed automatons.
- [PILLAR’s FIT Bill Enters the Biscuit Tin](https://goodoil.news/pilillars-fit-bill-enters-the-biscuit-tin.md) - After less than a year of operation, PILLAR NZ has now contributed directly to New Zealand’s legislative process through the development of a member’s bill: the Foreign Influence Transparency (FIT) Bill.
- [Security Firm Comes to the Rescue of Burgled Business](https://goodoil.news/security-firm-comes-to-the-rescue-of-burgled-business.md) - Nearly a month on, none of the stolen tools or equipment have been recovered. The owner said a senior Canterbury police officer contacted her husband last week to say there was little more police could do.
- [Opportunity Holds the Cards as Luxon’s Coalition Stumbles Toward a Hung Parliament](https://goodoil.news/opportunity-holds-the-cards-as-luxons-coalition-stumbles-toward-a-hung-parliament.md) - Christopher Luxon is running out of time to change the narrative before voters decide whether one term is quite enough.
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- [Man of the Day](https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1550.md) - The Hui examines the debate over whether transgender wāhine should be able to receive moko kauae.
- [The Good Oil Word of the Day](https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-718.md) - The word for today is… irascible (adjective) - : marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : If you try to take apart irascible on the model of irrational, irresistible, and irresponsible you might find yourself wondering what ascible means—but that's not how…
- [The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse](https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-daily-bible-verse-428.md) - For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
- [Night Cap](https://goodoil.news/night-cap-687.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [Wednesday Weapons](https://goodoil.news/wednesday-weapons-323.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [Sean Plunket Reacts To Chris Luxon’s Apology To Small Businesses](https://goodoil.news/sean-plunket-reacts-to-chris-luxons-apology-to-small-businesses.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news
- [Why is former Labour PM Helen Clark the MSM default commenter on everything?](https://goodoil.news/why-is-former-labour-pm-helen-clark-the-msm-default-commenter-on-everything.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [David Farrar On The Palpable Bias With MSM Coverage Of The Campaign](https://goodoil.news/david-farrar-on-the-palpable-bias-with-msm-coverage-of-the-campaign.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [The Good Oil Daily Roundup](https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-daily-roundup-704.md) - Just a brief note to readers who like to add their own contributions to Daily Roundup in the comments. This post is for family friendly humour ONLY thank you.
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- [The Coup in Search of a Philosophy](https://goodoil.news/the-coup-in-search-of-a-philosophy.md) - Karl Marx’s greatest legacy was not his economics, but the institutions that gave his revolutionary ideas a second life.
- [Who Needs Facts When You Have Hurty Feelings?](https://goodoil.news/who-needs-facts-when-you-have-hurty-feelings.md) - Pauline Hanson’s remarks on domestic violence caused lots of outrage – but was she right?
- [One Nation’s New Confidence in Victoria](https://goodoil.news/one-nations-new-confidence-in-victoria.md) - Memo to Libs: ‘You need us more than we need you’.
- [The Capture of Academia: Why I Had To Write This Book](https://goodoil.news/the-capture-of-academia-why-i-had-to-write-this-book.md) - Universities have become engines of ideological reproduction, increasingly insulated from scrutiny and detached from the society they are meant to serve. They will not regain public trust without serious reform.
- [Cheap Media Voyeurism Feeds the Surveillance Culture](https://goodoil.news/cheap-media-voyeurism-feeds-the-surveillance-culture.md) - It’s more than the public shaming of unimportant people – it’s a warning that they can do it to you, too.
- [No Justice in Weimar’s Little Kingdom](https://goodoil.news/no-justice-in-weimars-little-kingdom.md) - The architect of Melbourne’s misery allowed to slink into the shadows.
- [Now Italian Doctors Are Pushing Back](https://goodoil.news/now-italian-doctors-are-pushing-back.md) - This reflects a wider trend of internal medical dissent that has already impacted policy changes in the UK, Sweden, and Finland.
- [A Look at Dunedin’s Dark Secret](https://goodoil.news/a-look-at-dunedins-dark-secret.md) - Cherry Farm was finally shut down in November 1992. One might think that Dunedin’s notorious treatment of mentally ill patients ended there. Sadly, that is not the case. There has been yet another recent investigation by the Chief Ombudsman this time concerning Wakari Hospital.
- [They Just Can’t Help Outing Themselves](https://goodoil.news/they-just-cant-help-outing-themselves.md) - Even at an antisemitism royal commission Pallywankers try to deflect blame to Jews.
- [Feeding Frenzy](https://goodoil.news/feeding-frenzy.md) - Cartoon of the Day by BoomSlang
- [Homes Fast-Tracked but Wastewater May Have To Commute](https://goodoil.news/homes-fast-tracked-but-wastewater-may-have-to-commute.md) - The houses have found the fast track. The wastewater is still comparing routes, and State Highway 1 has been pencilled in as the pipe.
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- [Your Daily Ten@10 - 2026/141](https://goodoil.news/your-daily-ten-10-2026-141.md) - 10 News Stories They Chose Not to Tell You
- [The Tip of the Iceberg](https://goodoil.news/the-tip-of-the-iceberg-3.md) - I believe that prevention is better than cure, so why do the children growing up in countries at the top of the ranking of child wellbeing thrive while our children struggle to survive?
- [New Zealand Is an Escape Hatch II](https://goodoil.news/new-zealand-is-an-escape-hatch-ii.md) - The foreign medicos helping affirm gender gibberish.
- [Data Centres, Who Needs ’Em?](https://goodoil.news/data-centres-who-needs-em.md) - The water and energy demand of coming AI data centres in New Zealand is presently getting considerable attention. The supply of cooling water for the centres is actually a distraction because it is just a matter of having suitable locations. […] The real issue is about energy. The already-consented…
- [On Removing the Little Sh*ts](https://goodoil.news/removing-the-little-sh-ts.md) - ACT’s latest education move is worth a go.
- [Peters Plays the Media Like a Fiddle While Luxon Sits on His Hands](https://goodoil.news/peters-plays-the-media-like-a-fiddle-while-luxon-sits-on-his-hands.md) - Luxon can tut and call the comments offensive. He cannot afford to do much more. That is the reality of MMP and Peters is playing it to perfection.
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- [Contempt of the Day](https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1549.md) - The complainant had set out in their affidavit “the significant personal emotional distress” that they had suffered, said the judge in her interim decision.
- [The Good Oil Word of the Day](https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-717.md) - The word for today is… duplicity (noun) - 1: contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action, especially : the belying of one's true intentions by deceptive words or action 2: the quality or state of being double or twofold 3 law : the technically incorrect use of two or more distinct items…
- [The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse](https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-daily-bible-verse-427.md) - Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night:
- [Night Cap](https://goodoil.news/night-cap-686.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [Taste Tuesday](https://goodoil.news/taste-tuesday-301.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
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- [Chris Trotter Talks NZ First’s Latest Rally, Opportunity Party & More!](https://goodoil.news/chris-trotter-talks-nz-firsts-latest-rally-opportunity-party-more.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
- [Sean Plunket Reacts To Tamatha Paul’s English Language Outrage](https://goodoil.news/sean-plunket-reacts-to-tamatha-pauls-english-language-outrage.md) - If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@goodoil.news If you're loving this trusty, straight-up news on Kiwi politics and beyond, why not become a paid member, eh? Unlock exclusive yarns, podcasts, vids, and in-depth analysis—your support keeps independent journ…
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