Quick Hit: Idle the Plant. Keep the Terminal?
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Quick Hit: Unemployment Hits 5.7% and Winston Saw It Coming
Unemployment is at 5.7%, 174,000 people are out of work and long-term joblessness is the highest since 1994. Winston Peters says he told National and ACT to delay their tax cuts.
Quick Hit: Where National’s 2023 Voters Went
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“There was over a 20 per cent swing. So that’s huge. It is the only thing that has saved the centre-right in this country” – Mowbray
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… averse (adjective) - : having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste —usually used with to —commonly used in compounds both with and without a hyphen Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Many people find themselves confused when faced with the choice between adverse and averse. While these
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go.