It has taken a determined effort by a group of dedicated investigative journalists several months to establish the cause of the failure of democracy in New Zealand.
Now, this crack team can reveal the root cause of all the problems recently exposed, the failures to achieve meaningful progress and the reason that problems are getting worse rather than better.
Those responsible are identified below:
This regular daily post is the place to joke and banish negative thoughts.
This regular daily post is the place to joke and banish negative thoughts.
I sat there stunned as the feed was terminated and my thoughts towards the prof were of the greatest admiration and benevolence. “So he did it,” I said to myself. “What a genius he is to get Napkins to tell the truth.”
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Rebuilding the integrity of the police was listed as a “mission-critical” challenge following a 2025 Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) report that revealed integrity failings across a small group of senior individuals.
The word for today is… meretricious (adjective) - 1 formal + disapproving a: tastelessly showy and falsely attractive b: superficially (see superficial sense 2) significant : pretentious 2: of or relating to a person who engages in sex acts and especially sexual intercourse in exchange for pay Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Meretricious can
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
