The word for today is… envisage (verb): 1: to view or regard in a certain way 2: to have a mental picture of especially in advance of realization Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Envisage is a word borrowed from French in the mid-17th century and sticks around to be used
In the middle of last year, Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau needed a win. She was being criticised for absences from civic functions, she claimed she was booed and heckled at a residents’ association meeting to the point she said “f*** that was rough” on her way out, and voting blocks
The word for today is… purview (noun): 1a: the body or enacting part of a statute b: the limit, purpose, or scope of a statute 2: the range or limit of authority, competence, responsibility, concern, or intention 3: range of vision, understanding, or cognizance Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : It may
Nikitalove Brampton Tekotia, 24, pleaded guilty last March to the manslaughter of Arapera Fia, who was beaten to death at their Weymouth, South Auckland home during the city’s strict 2021 Covid-19 lockdown. Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member
The word for today is… Kafkaesque (adjective): : of, relating to, or suggestive of Franz Kafka or his writings, especially having a nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or illogical quality Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was a Czech-born German-language writer whose surreal fiction vividly expressed the anxiety, alienation,
Labour police spokesperson Ginny Andersen has publicly apologised for comments she made about Police Minister Mark Mitchell‘s private security work in Iraq. “I apologise to Mark Mitchell. It is unacceptable to personally attack someone,” she told Morning Report on Monday. “It is not my usual standards … I would like
The word for today is… overweening (adjective): 1: arrogant, presumptuous 2: immoderate, exaggerated Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : “The overweening conceit which the greater part of men have of their own abilities is an ancient evil remarked by the philosophers and moralists of all ages.” So wrote the Scottish philosopher Adam
The word for today is… portmanteau (noun, adjective): noun 1: a word or part of a word made by combining the spellings and meanings of two or more other words or word parts (such as smog from smoke and fog) 2: a large suitcase adjective : combining more than one element,
[…] it was reported earlier this week that more than 9000 New Zealand nurses have registered to work in Australia in the past 10 months. […] National proposed in April 2023 to pay nurses’ and midwives’ student loan repayments up to $4500 a year for the first five years of their careers.
The word for today is… word (visceral) adjective 1: felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep 2: not intellectual : instinctive, unreasoning 3: dealing with crude or elemental emotions : earthy 4: of, relating to, or located on or among the viscera : splanchnic Source : Merriam -Webster
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I’m constantly bemused by sloppy writing from academics. Consider this sentence by a (deservedly) respected Oxford University history Professor, Tom Holland, writing last year in The Spectator. Straying off topic, Tom slipped in the following plug for his forthcoming book. “Early next month sees
Steve R Should we be concerned about 5G? Most people don’t know much about 5G and EMF generally. Let’s learn a bit about it. 5G stands for the 5th generation of technology for transferring information electronically. The first was 1G created in 1979. A common denominator of all
The boss of a government agency which hired a disgraced former teacher in a senior role has known his whanau for years, but had no involvement in him getting the job, the agency says. However, Te Puni Kokiri (TPK) Maori development secretary Dave Samuels acknowledges his relationship to Taurapa has
The word for today is… delve (verb): 1: to dig or labour with or as if with a spade 2a: to make a careful or detailed search for information b: to examine a subject in detail archaic : excavate Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The verb traces to the early Old English
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Early last year Stuff journo Andrea Vance wrote an article describing how a number of New Zealand (or to her, Aotearoa) university anthropologists were deeply concerned about protecting the remaining moriori tree carvings on the Chatham Islands. I was sorely tempted to contact her but
Russell Crowe has debuted a bold new look – and you might not recognise him. After five years of sporting a slick silver beard, the 59-year-old actor has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to reveal he has completely shaved off his luscious beard locks, instead opting for a clean-
