Nicola Willis’ Cost-of-Living Sermon Falls Flat: More Spin Than Substance
Hipkins might be a hypocrite but he’s not wrong about one thing: things are getting worse for most New Zealanders. The coalition can’t keep blaming Labour forever – eventually they’ll have to own this.
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National caucus members who want to keep their jobs should act soon. The longer Luxon stays, the deeper the hole becomes.
It Is More Than Dismal Now
My personal perspective on all this is much darker than Damien Grant’s. We have consistently failed to meet the challenges of the future over the last 25 years and each decade (or even half-decade) has felt more constrained, stressful and gloomy than the one before it.
Alfred Ngaro: Back in the Arena
Alfred Ngaro, ex National MP, leader of NewZeal Party, is now getting behind New Zealand First. But is NZ First truly becoming a ‘socially conservative’ party?
Just More Woke Entrenchment
Mechanisms of ideological Identitarian societal capture…complete with a case study.
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Luxon the Albatross: National Sinks While Coalition Clings to Life
National caucus members who want to keep their jobs should act soon. The longer Luxon stays, the deeper the hole becomes.
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Face of the day
The council post said Sir Barry Curtis was a dedicated public servant who devoted nearly 40 years of his life to serving the people of Manukau and Auckland.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… perfervid (adjective) - : marked by overwrought or exaggerated emotion : excessively fervent Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : The adjectives "fervent," "fervid," and "perfervid" all derive from the Latin verb fervēre, meaning "to boil," and suggest a bubbling up of intense