Parliament’s Speaker, Gerry Brownlee, has rebuked an MP for allowing lobbyists to construct an “art installation” and film in the Beehive. A few days before the Budget was released, the Taxpayers Union released a video filmed from the Beehive Banquet Hall – the same space the Budget was released – that
The word for today is… allision (noun): 1 obsolete : the action of dashing against or striking upon 2: the running of one ship upon another ship that is stationary – distinguished from collision Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Late Latin allision-, allisio, from Latin allisus (past participle of allidere to strike against,
Has National MP Maureen Pugh been the victim of a hack? The MP for West Coast-Tasman’s profile on the National Party website appears to have been edited, with the byline of a newsletter she writes changed. In the newsletter dated June 2021, Pugh’s name has been edited
The word for today is… braggadocio (noun): 1a: empty boasting b: arrogant pretension : cockiness 2: braggart Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Though Braggadocio is not as well-known as other fictional characters like Pollyanna, the Grinch, or Scrooge, in lexicography he holds a special place next to them as one of
The word for today is… flout (verb, noun): verb : to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn noun : jeer Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : If you flout a rule or societal norm, you ignore it without hiding what you’re doing, or showing fear or shame; you flout it “out” in the open.
University students spent the day eating raw onions, stacking V cans and attempting to put a shirt on with just one arm. […] More than 1000 University of Canterbury students entered a competition to win a blue hybrid Suzuki Swift worth $20,000. Ten students were drawn at random – and spent
The word for today is… infrastructure (noun): 1: the system of public works of a country, state, or region also : the resources (such as personnel, buildings, or equipment) required for an activity 2: the underlying foundation or basic framework (as of a system or organization) 3: the permanent installations required
Former US President Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 felony counts in his hush money trial in New York. Following the verdict, Trump said he was “a very innocent man”, and that the “disgraceful trial” was “rigged”. “Everybody knows what happened here,” Trump told media gathered at
The word for today is… auxiliary (adjective, noun): adjective 1a: offering or providing help b: functioning in a subsidiary capacity 2 of a verb : accompanying another verb and typically expressing person, number, mood, or tense 3a: supplementary b: constituting a reserve 4 of a boat : equipped with sails and a
Hugh McPherson has taken a sick day from his job in a Government organisation to take part in today’s “carkoi”. He and his wife Robyn, with dog Maia, are among at least 100 people gathered at Z Karaka in South Auckland this morning ahead of the protest. “People of
The word for today is… armada (noun): 1: a fleet of warships 2: a large force or group usually of moving things Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : A Spanish word that originally meant simply “armed”, armada is now used in Spanish-speaking nations as the name of their national navies. In
The family of a 16-year-old boy killed at a notorious Dunedin bus hub has paid tribute to “our handsome young man”. Enere John Jnr PoePoe Taana-McLaren, a student from Trinity Catholic College, was stabbed at the Great King St bus hub, directly across from the Dunedin Central
The word for today is… flounce (verb, noun, noun, verb): verb 1a: to move with exaggerated jerky or bouncy motions, also : to move so as to draw attention to oneself b: to go with sudden determination 2: flounder, struggle noun : an act or instance of flouncing noun : a strip of
The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) chief executive is flying business class to Europe on a taxpayer-funded work trip just as staff are being consulted on a proposal to cut almost 400 jobs in an effort to reduce spending. Megan Main, who became ACC’s chief executive in 2021, admitted
The word for today is… genuflect (verb): 1a: to bend the knee b: to touch the knee to the floor or ground especially in worship 2: to be humbly obedient or respectful Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Genuflect comes from the Late Latin word genuflectere, formed from the noun genu (“knee”
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