> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://goodoil.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Your Daily Ten@10 - 2026/145 - URL: https://goodoil.news/your-daily-ten-10-2026-145/ - Published: 2026-08-10T22:00:32.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-10T22:00:31.000Z - Description: 10 News Stories They Chose Not to Tell You - Author: Cam Slater - Tags: Ten@10, NZ Politics, World Politics, Media Bias, COVID **This is edition 2026/145 of the *Ten@10* newsletter.** Hi all, This is the Ten@10, where I collate and summarise ten news items you generally won't see in the mainstream media. Enjoy! --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/RNZ-hero.png) ## 1\. RNZ’s Te Reo Policy Dovetails with He Puapua *Graham Adams — Brash & Mitchell* - 📻 Charter “reflect Māori language and culture” amplified into He Puapua 2040 vibe: Māori content in all publicly funded media; reo “flourishing,” bicultural faith articles. - 📉 Trust 56% in SPE; insiders date slide to heavy-handed Māori word insertion. Babbel “kaitiakitanga most beautiful word” stunt → RNZ booster follow-ups; Olsen-Reeder: should shame government on language policy. - 📊 Census: \~4% can “hold a conversation” (20.5% of Māori) — self-report, likely inflated. Moon: markets for 18 months, zero conversational reo overheard; false hope from boosterism; no indigenous L2 fully revived anywhere. - 🎭 Salvation-via-reo features obligatory; never Latin/Homeric Greek amid Odyssey boom; black-armband history (Parihaka hundreds of times; Moriori genocide rarely). - 🎯 Takeaway: propaganda arm for Māori nationalism — and may be harming revitalisation by pretending it’s already won. [Read More](https://www.brashandmitchell.com/post/graham-adams-rnz-s-te-reo-policy-dovetails-with-he-puapua?utm%5Fcampaign=bae52d35-0dbd-4511-a0b6-6265e3cad6fa&utm%5Fsource=so&utm%5Fmedium=mail&utm%5Fcontent=b48101a2-8bd6-486b-97c1-a51a6a87e732&configurationId=1e868109-7e9f-4852-82bf-5cd5dcb47468&actionId=923601ea-11e6-975b-c01e-42db2a0af372&cid=39daa79b-294e-4bc5-9457-02b1d5857d3c) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/d7ce31c8-f9fb-4a14-b0f3-69721b288369_1600x900.webp) ## 2\. National’s List and the Quirks of MMP *Ani O’Brien — Thought Crimes* - 📋 List: Luxon–Willis–Bishop–Brown–Stanford top 5; Brownlee 14→9; Nancy Lu 16; Melissa Lee →30\. Real list is Farrar’s “effective list” after safe electorates stripped — and on 31% there may be *no* list seats. - 🧮 TU–Curia: Nat 31 / Lab 27.8 / Grn 10.1 / NZF 9.1 / ACT 7.3 / TOP 6.1 → Nat \~40 MPs (was 48). Willis list-only; Bishop Hutt South fragile; Goldsmith vs Seymour in Epsom; Brownlee list-only. - 🌀 MMP weirdness: more electorate losses = more room for senior list talent. Wish-list drops: Weenink (Banks Peninsula, weak on women’s rights), Kirkpatrick (East Cape). Grigg (Selwyn) untouchable. Want: Kinser Auckland Central; Christmas Tāmaki for ACT (helps Nat list). - 🎯 Takeaway: not ranking drama — whether any list seats exist. Nat needs more votes, not a new electoral system. [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=3921014&post%5Fid=210418649&isFreemail=true&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjEwNDE4NjQ5LCJpYXQiOjE3ODYzMDEyNDEsImV4cCI6MTc4ODg5MzI0MSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTM5MjEwMTQiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.mRTnTCdQ4eaoFn7dzIl3XjE46nFjKgk4bAhDGRL-SDE&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/TK87-Enough-DartRiver.jpg) ## 3\. Why Are We Waiting? *Peter Allan Williams* - ⚖️ Ngāi Tahu freshwater claim hearing ended 4 Apr 2025 — 16 months, no judgment from Justice Melanie Harland. HC guideline: 90% within 3 months; “outstanding” after 6\. Election <3 months; may slip past 7 Nov. - 💰 1998 settlement $170m + relativity $276m → holdings >$2b; $100m+ from Meridian/Genesis for Waitaki water; preferred Molesworth operator. Claim: rangatiratanga over SI freshwater (minus Nelson/Marlborough bits). - 🐄 Canterbury: 971k cows, 3.4/ha (NZ avg 2.7), \~17% national dairy land, $28b exports. School nitrate 11.5 mg/L vs WHO 11.3\. Ngāi Tahu: 8 dairy farms, 8k cows, 2 ECan seats — plaintiff and player. - 🎯 Takeaway: whatever Harland decides reshapes SI hydro/irrigation/economy and heads to appeal. Sixteen months is absurd. [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=1788933&post%5Fid=210446494&isFreemail=true&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjEwNDQ2NDk0LCJpYXQiOjE3ODYyNjkyODEsImV4cCI6MTc4ODg2MTI4MSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTE3ODg5MzMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.cUU0hd6dA3CVr2xyk3xCWTGBDoZsIhsimg4ZbhHdNAE&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/3456bb6f-8010-4fdb-9c50-36f86ae045c6_640x419.webp) ## 4\. Staring into the FMA’s Mirror, Mirror on the Wall *Paul McBeth — Jenny Ruth’s Just the Business* - 🪞 FMA forged post-finance-company collapse to rebuild confidence — not remove risk. Investor-confidence survey as success metric peaked 2021, sharp drop since; board pivoted to inward stakeholder self-regard. - 📈 Mission creep: adviser licensing, conduct, consumer credit → more navel-gazing. No systemic crisis; KiwiSaver literacy better; scams eternal. Savings still property/deposits/KS. - 🚪 Stobo effectively out; Barrass on gardening leave to Jan; McDonald KC culture review. Miller (founding director, ex-NZX chair) + Janes (NZ RegCo founding chair) appointed — Willis shared credit with Brewer. - 🎯 Takeaway: success = confident participation in fair markets. Nothing more. Look outward again. [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=1827355&post%5Fid=210426969&isFreemail=true&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjEwNDI2OTY5LCJpYXQiOjE3ODYyOTg3NTgsImV4cCI6MTc4ODg5MDc1OCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTE4MjczNTUiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.kgpPvqZVT%5F5uaK-nMvA4cV61xhODlsezFMXK2DDPYhc&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/bca265dc-7d86-42b9-8e0c-2d3802d06cc0_359x470.webp) ## 5\. The Shame of the Legacy Media Metastasizes *Alex Berenson — Unreported Truths* - 🩺 Hunter to BBC: Joe’s prostate cancer “metastasized into his bones and further… as long as he is alive, he will continue to fight.” Near-term survival in doubt; through Jan 2029 long odds. - 📰 Whole presidency: hide decline. Post-Hur (“elderly man with poor memory”) media doubled down — NYT 3 a.m. Asia crisis fiction, “sharp and wise.” “Cheapfakes” for true videos; then June 27 debate ended it. - ⚖️ Without debate, media might have carried him to re-election → unelected Harris after intentional deception, after voters rejected her. Ugly fair fight with Trump > President + press hiding reality. - 🎯 Takeaway: tragedy for him; would have been tragedy for the country if gaslighting had worked. [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=363080&post%5Fid=210465123&isFreemail=false&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjEwNDY1MTIzLCJpYXQiOjE3ODYyODk3MDQsImV4cCI6MTc4ODg4MTcwNCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTM2MzA4MCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.QdPBqOfVykqdZPSt1oKTOEQcihRBkEAFS7%5FNeX3c0w0&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/95452a3f-15df-451b-bcaf-c075896081ac_1024x683.webp) ## 6\. Fauci’s Legal Defense Has a Fatal Flaw *Jed Rubenfeld — The Free Press* - ⚖️ HSGAC contempt vote for refusing answers. Contempt of Congress = crime (Bannon served 4 months). Fifth Amendment is the usual shield — Rubenfeld: Fauci’s plead may be *invalid*. - 🪤 Defence: “perjury trap.” Biden Jan 2025 pardon doesn’t cover post-pardon crimes. Law: Fifth can’t be used merely to dodge perjury risk on non-incriminating testimony. (Full doctrinal case paywalled.) - 🎯 Takeaway: many experts say he’s clear. Yale con-law professor says they’re wrong. [Read More](https://substack.com/redirect/f16837f6-3f50-40f9-bb22-dec37eefaa38?j=eyJ1IjoiZzduMGQifQ.hRs3Wbe%5FUGXeTATNIzBOwrYipdDMx5dwhcJ30RjmW6Q&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/0df9c6f2-43c7-434b-977c-9b145924b8e7_1024x683.webp) ## 7\. When Publishers Pick Sides *Gerald Posner — The Free Press* - 📚 S&S imprint Washington Square Press reissuing two Susan Abulhawa novels. Posner (three S&S books) not a grudge — principle broke. - 💬 Post–Oct 7 EI op-ed: praised “brave… freedom fighters,” zero Israeli dead. 2025 X: Israelis “rootless soulless ghouls,” “Jewish supremacist demons,” “cockroach,” “demonic parasites.” Public record. - ⚖️ Either S&S never checked (gross negligence) or knew and didn’t care. He’ll look for another publisher; hopes others do too. (Full piece paywalled.) - 🎯 Takeaway: free to publish her — standing by the bile is a choice with consequences. [Read More](https://substack.com/redirect/5a57c83d-99de-4577-9e48-76b3d1047778?j=eyJ1IjoiZzduMGQifQ.hRs3Wbe%5FUGXeTATNIzBOwrYipdDMx5dwhcJ30RjmW6Q&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/8776c508-d093-4e0b-8201-fe0817e4eeab_1478x676.webp) ## 8\. The Ongoing Covid Coverup *Matt Taibbi — Racket News* - 📂 Contempt vote = “stunt” to press; diaries show Fauci 26 Jan 2020: market “not the source, it was the amplifier” — still selling wet market months later while lab questions = conspiracy. - 📧 Daszak→Shi after Intercept grant FOIA: Bloom’s data request “annoying”; “Please do NOT agree… I will then ignore his requests.” Shi: will comply if contacted. Coordinated block of NIH grant data-sharing — zero legacy coverage. - 🦇 RaTG13/BtCoV4991 rename games; Lineage 4 cut from published Yu Ping paper; Mojiang mine; Proximal Origin “manipulation is hard.” DRASTIC/Seeker did the load-bearing work pros wouldn’t. - 🎯 Takeaway: zoonotic case weaker; obfuscation thicker. They’re hiding something; only pressure breaks it. [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=1042&post%5Fid=210076352&isFreemail=false&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjEwMDc2MzUyLCJpYXQiOjE3ODYxMjY4OTMsImV4cCI6MTc4ODcxODg5MywiaXNzIjoicHViLTEwNDIiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.LOyuGkXEGGKIukE6hx8QkFpgOzib9bztbO2G4KmatvQ&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/654fb924969131ce1d464b9181baf09b8e522db6-1600x960.png) ## 9\. Thoughts for Reducing Child Material Hardship *Bryce Wilkinson — Brash & Mitchell / NZ Initiative* - 📊 MSD 2023–24: child material hardship 13% (0–17) vs EU avg 14%; severe deprivation 5% — 13 of 29 EU countries better, some poorer per capita. Down from peak \~15 years ago, still too high. - 🔍 High risk: no market income, no liquid assets, sole parent, social housing, Māori/Pacific, disability. Overlap low-income×hardship only \~45% — category ≠ destiny. - 🧭 Murray “success sequence”: avoid teen pregnancy, finish school, work, marry, kids when affordable. Bad luck still happens. Govt barriers: education quality, unaffordable housing, first-job hurdles, unevaluated welfare; AI cutting bottom ladder rungs. - 🎯 Takeaway: less hardship needs fewer policy-built obstacles, not just more transfers. [Read More](https://www.brashandmitchell.com/post/bryce-wilkinson-thoughts-for-reducing-child-material-hardship?utm%5Fcampaign=bae52d35-0dbd-4511-a0b6-6265e3cad6fa&utm%5Fsource=so&utm%5Fmedium=mail&utm%5Fcontent=2badc1c4-d7e3-46ee-9e98-104035146fdd&configurationId=1e868109-7e9f-4852-82bf-5cd5dcb47468&actionId=923601ea-11e6-975b-c01e-42db2a0af372&cid=39daa79b-294e-4bc5-9457-02b1d5857d3c) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/GettyImages-2207845658-1536x864.jpg) ## 10\. Trans Activists Are Still Taking the P\*ss *Janet Murray — spiked* - 🚻 UK EHRC single-sex code in force after SC: woman/female = biological sex; providers may exclude men from women’s toilets/changing rooms. - 🎙️ Coverage: O’Brien no women for women’s-rights case; caller “wet himself” narrative unchallenged (use male or neutral loo). Today: “angry debate” frame. C4: man feels unsafe in men’s, “lovely chats” in ladies — no ask if women objected. Vine ends “muddle through”; guest posts photos from C5 women’s loo: “trans+ woman pissed in your bathroom… nothing happened.” - 📣 Fogarty: “some facts are just facts.” Dolan rare: “why are single-sex spaces so important to women?” Lived experience treated as unchallengeable authority. - 🎯 Takeaway: compassion ≠ credulity. Journalists acting as activists deny the full story. [Read More](https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/08/07/trans-activists-are-still-taking-the-pss/?ref=goodoil.news) --- ## What our members are saying about Ten@10 **Elizabeth** These articles are compulsory reading for me and the perfect addition to the usual list of Goodoil items! **Lynne** Absolutely brilliant to receive these current and thought provoking articles. **Jonathan** Just wanted to let you know that I’m loving this new 10@10\. Much appreciated from someone who chooses to read/watch almost NO mainstream media. **Murray** Cam, relish your output as the newspaper in Christchurch is so intent on non news. 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