> ## 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 - 2026/153 - URL: https://goodoil.news/your-daily-ten-10-2026-153/ - Published: 2026-08-23T22:00:44.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-23T22:00:43.000Z - Description: 10 News Stories They Chose Not to Tell You - Author: Cam Slater - Tags: Ten@10, NZ Politics, Free Speech, World Politics, Media Bias **This is edition 2026/153 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/images-1.jpeg) ## 1\. De-Platformed *Steven - Media Law Journal* - πŸ“» BSA upheld complaint against Sean Plunket's The Platform over Fire and Emergency NZ kaupapa Māori talk. Called tikanga "mumbo jumbo" and worse. Listeners piled on. BSA said scornful, anti-Māori, one-sided. - βš– Finding: breached good taste and decency. Naming the complainant triggered privacy and law-and-order breaches. BSA floated Harmful Digital Communications Act risk. - 🧠 Author predicted a knock-back. Says BSA would not have upheld a couple of "mumbo jumbo" lines alone. Extended ridicule did it. - πŸ—£ Programme hit fire service priorities, cultural values vs firefighting, tikanga incoherence, Māori-only targeting, democratic legitimacy, FENZ no-show, career signalling, money vs trucks. - ⚠ Ugly caller lines existed. Author flags dog-whistle moments. Still mostly political speech, ball not man. - πŸ“ Wrong pigeonhole: racism/denigration complaint shoehorned into taste and decency (historically swearing/sex/nudity), then stretched to offensive opinions. - πŸ“œ Bill of Rights duties underplayed. Offensiveness that turns on viewpoint is the danger. No penalty, but chilling all the same. - 🎯 Takeaway: political talkback punished as "offensive ideas." Free speech dies by amorphous taste standards. [Read More](https://medialawjournal.co.nz/de-platformed/?ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7b14b8_baf079adbc1f4518ac18da23bd4ed27d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1200,h_673,al_c,q_85/7b14b8_baf079adbc1f4518ac18da23bd4ed27d~mv2.jpg) ## 2\. SPANIARD: SchrΓΆdinger's Citizen *Spaniard - Brash & Mitchell* - 🐱 SchrΓΆdinger's Cat joke applied to NZ: some with Māori ancestry cast as Crown citizens and sovereign iwi citizens at once. "Partnership" and "co-governance" as packaging. - πŸ› Democratic and tribal governance do not marry. One needs public accountability. The other runs by fiat. Dual citizenship of this kind is undoable and hazardous. - 🧾 Everyday reality: mixed ancestry, shared tax and redistribution. Ethnic two-track citizenship is pointless on the ground. - 🚧 Cases cited: Covid road closures by iwi; 2024 High Court overturn of Joshua Green's obstruct-police conviction over mana; 2026 Otago marine reserves co-created with Ngāi Tahu without clear legislative power. - ⚠ Partial democracy plus ethno-party politics (Te Pāti Māori named) flagged as civil-war risk factors in the literature the author invokes. - ⚑ Pace advantage: democracy is slow; tribal fiat is fast. Mariameno Kapa-Kingi expulsion fight used party tikanga then Crown courts for reinstatement. - πŸ“œ Trace: Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 wording, Lands Case "akin to a partnership" memory-hole, Treaty clauses across statutes. Only a elected government can unwind it. - 🎯 Takeaway: one kind of NZ citizenship. Hobson and Matiu Rata: he iwi kotahi tātou. End the double-deal. [Read More](https://www.brashandmitchell.com/post/spaniard-schr%C3%B6dinger-s-citizen?ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/Mt.Maunganui-landslide-640w.webp) ## 3\. When a system fails *Peter Allan Williams - Peter Allan Williams* - πŸ” Tauranga City Council: Davison report into 22 January Mt Maunganui landslide damning. Six dead at the council-owned holiday park. - πŸ‘€ CEO Marty Grenfell (ex-cop, in post since 2018) blames "systemic failure." Author: the buck stops with the person who owns the systems. - 🌧 Eyewitness: Williams was in the Mount that night and next morning. Month's rain in 24 hours. Walked the camping ground \~9.10am. Slip \~20 minutes later took toilet block and hot pools area. - β›Ί Campers drying gear, not evacuating. Blue tent already had mud on the flap. Slope water streaming. Nobody ordered them out. - πŸ“‹ Slope-risk warnings back to 1999, repeated as recently as June 2025\. Systems that get reports must push them to every layer that runs the park. - βš– WorkSafe chased Ports of Auckland CEO Tony Gibson after a stevedore death. Hard to see Grenfell escaping similar heat over six deaths on council ground. - πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ Pattern: Cave Creek, Pike River. Politicians sometimes wear it. CEOs often do not. "We'll do better next time" is not accountability. - 🎯 Takeaway: systemic failure is a cop-out until a named boss owns it. Grenfell could set a precedent. So far he has not. [Read More](https://peterallanwilliams.substack.com/p/when-a-system-fails?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjExOTgyMzExLCJpYXQiOjE3ODcyMjU2OTQsImV4cCI6MTc4OTgxNzY5NCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTE3ODg5MzMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.yb7r5H9BgMSFvHA8feznViWuEXLc2M2HjZqRfrM60bE) --- ![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1585110396000-c9ffd4e4b308?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&q=80&w=1080) ## 4\. The State Housing Rabbit Hole *Natalia Albert - Natalia Albert* - 🏠 Simple ask: how many public houses does NZ actually have? Answer drowned in 7,078 housing-policy docs (2000-2025) and shifting definitions. - πŸ“Š Stock counts change by decade: owned, owned-and-leased, then "funded social housing places" (placements, not houses). Waiting lists broke in 2014 when MSD took over and cut categories. - πŸ— Clark years: new-build figures for one year of nine. Key years: unpublished until OIA 2022, first year "data unavailable." Parties campaign on numbers nobody can check. - πŸ”„ Labour stopped Key-era stock transfers to community providers (Dec 2017). Community share still roughly doubled: \~7% (2017) to \~17% / one in six (June 2026). - πŸ“ˆ 2018 to June 2023: system +12,174 homes; community providers +6,936 (over half). Year to June 2026: Kāinga Ora +178, community +1,448. - πŸ’° Same income-related rent subsidy (IRRS) funds both. Bill: $890m (2017/18) to $2.07b (2025/26). Dashboard does not split KO vs community spend. - 🧩 Same day 30 June 2017: dashboard 66,146; HNZ 63,276; MSD 64,416\. All "right," different counts. Tamaki 2,800 and Tauranga 1,138 transfer dates even conflict across sources. - πŸ“‰ Public Housing Quarterly Report stopped after Dec 2023\. Fastest-growing slice (community) is least transparent. - 🎯 Takeaway: election housing claims float on fog. Landlord shifted, taxpayer still pays, public can't see who owns what. [Read More](https://nataliaalbert.substack.com/p/the-state-housing-rabit-hole?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjExOTE4MjkxLCJpYXQiOjE3ODcyNDkxMzYsImV4cCI6MTc4OTg0MTEzNiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTE2OTQ5NTQiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.M3ptae4g0sr8QFQ2eAZk3JLjozHg1jIuZkSGQ1BJZFo) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/9Tzi8ywRz924XE3uHaD6DZ3Ef-IdbOiYlvIROR5vlqUSeZYZbm-SU0zjMnNqDfql8Yk4r-Ht43oxrl86VwI5ID0m56GaDxw9TPAeM08swGRC5BEqP-1Hw97jc-S5vJYixXWilE7698dLW313QvVjMrqW9jbCTZGUEOY6DMT-n9-qQV3412wiYGQXwiOGuUMqeZUAKUV9cauVE4dv2dRyYaco4KfMaVDfcfosm2SLRJvAB27.webp) ## 5\. Judicial Power, Democratic Accountability, and the Smith Case *Gary Judd KC - Gary Judd KC* - πŸ“œ Climate Change Response (Tort Liability) Amendment Bill passed third reading 18 Aug 2026\. Bars emissions-related tort claims, including live cases. Smith v Fonterra shut down. - βš– Court of Appeal struck Smith out: seeking court-designed regulatory regime, polycentric politics, no democratic accountability. Supreme Court reinstated the claims anyway. - πŸ—£ Peter Watts KC: Parliament entitled to stop litigation that intrudes on quintessentially political terrain. AG Chris Bishop: climate tort policy belongs to the legislature. - πŸ› Judd: Supreme Court tin-ear on constitutional lane. Judges lack democratic participation and accountability, so self-restraint is the fetter. Fail it, and Parliament must legislate over the top. - πŸ‘¨β€βš–οΈ Relief sought: declarations plus injunctions forcing respondents to zero net emissions by 2030\. Implication: shut emitters, farmers, Fonterra. National economy as lawsuit. - πŸ“£ Legal profession should say so out loud. Judd prefers Law Association (elected officials) over NZLS as sectional repository. - 🧭 Activist stretch beyond principle (Denning-style) is one thing. Climate policy as tort is political theatre in robes. - 🎯 Takeaway: when the Court will not stay in its lane, Parliament must. Respect for judges is earned by restraint, not imperialism. [Read More](https://garyjuddkc.substack.com/p/judicial-power-democratic-accountability?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjEyMDYwOTIxLCJpYXQiOjE3ODcyNjU1ODEsImV4cCI6MTc4OTg1NzU4MSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI5NTU5Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.iq4d12T44up-5gYD2R1wswbV1xZ5mCYnBeiw7H%5F0Gd8) --- ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xdLW!,w_1200,h_675,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4b311e1d-57b6-408e-a16b-0be23c048f85_329x445.png) ## 6\. TAMAKI DERANGEMENT SYNDROME *John McLean - John McLean* - πŸ“° Herald op-ed by Alan Ringwood (ex Bell Gully / Herald lawyer): do not extend Human Rights Act s131 hate-speech crime from race to religion. Beliefs are not innate. - βœ… McLean agrees on the thesis. Says Ringwood's framing is loopy: paints Brian Tamaki as wanting religion-shield criminalisation. Tamaki has opposed expanding hate-speech laws. - πŸ”« Context: Tamaki called for purge of Muslim, Sikh and Hindu communities after Hindu nationalist targeting of Christians in India. Police seized his guns. - πŸ•Œ Islamic Federation, Hindu Council, Supreme Sikh Society, Amnesty Aotearoa want "gaps" closed. Author: authoritarian instincts dressed as safety. - πŸ› Amnesty slammed as woke flip: from freeing prisoners of conscience to jailing "dangerous" speakers; opposed sex-definition Bill via Te Tiriti angle. - 🟦 Nats still cloaked: Doocey, Grigg, Luxon mateship, and Wellington Central pick Dr Scott Sheeran (UN/human-rights lawyer) lamenting NZ does not criminalise religious antipathy like UK/Canada/Australia. - πŸ“» Irony: if religion were covered, RNZ's John Campbell's Destiny attacks could be in the dock. Still no reason to pass the law. Jews as ethnicity already covered; O'Connor, Swarbrick, Davis called out on Oct 7 lines. - 🎯 Takeaway: agree with Ringwood's bottom line, reject the Tamaki smear. More speech crime is not the cure. [Read More](https://mcleanj.substack.com/p/tamaki-derangement-syndrome?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjEyMDQ3NDkzLCJpYXQiOjE3ODcyNTUxMzQsImV4cCI6MTc4OTg0NzEzNCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTE3MDk2OTAiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.vw2f3yNA8GWn5eWsE3Qg01F9Qae7xS-FSmLePZfswBg) --- ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ObUk!,w_1200,h_675,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbb29819b-9647-4b8a-9ff9-97883fe8bb69_797x1024.jpeg) ## 7\. Niall Ferguson: Elon's Favorite Sci-Fi Prophet Was Wrong *Niall Ferguson - The Free Press* - πŸ€– Musk channels Iain M. Banks' Culture novels: AI exceeds human intelligence \~5 years, quasi-infinite robot economy, work optional like gardening, money obsolete. - πŸ“š Ferguson: you must read sci-fi to map AI futures. Gibson, Chiang, Banks. Distant Terminator memories do not count. - πŸ‘Ž Banks as prophet is a poor bet: Scottish nationalist-socialist, anti-Iraq passport stunt, BDS. Culture utopia is socialist, atheist, post-scarcity, gender-fluid, ruled by AI "Minds." - πŸ”¬ Culture science fails: limitless abundance, aligned AI, intergalactic travel, many civilisations. First two look unlikely. Starship to Proxima: tens of thousands of years. - ⛏ Copper crunch: S&P Global sees demand 28Mt (2025) to 42Mt (2040), possible 10Mt shortfall. Mines take \~17 years. Rare earth refining China-dominated. Coal still tops global electricity, China heavy. - 🌍 Climate and pleasant places stay scarce. Billionaires buy palaces because scarcity still rules. AI does not print CΓ΄te d'Azur. - πŸ“– Better guide: Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age. AI as monetised product, Neo-Victorian elites, UBI lumpen, tech meeting messy humans. - 🎯 Takeaway: expect sci-fi's darker realists, not Banks/Musk abundance cosplay. History of tech is unintended consequences. [Read More](https://www.thefp.com/p/niall-ferguson-future-ai-tech-economics-space?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjEyMDQwMDYxLCJpYXQiOjE3ODcyNTQ4MjUsImV4cCI6MTc4OTg0NjgyNSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI2MDM0NyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.KLU6z263RYuJPkuHcaNv5adeec3RX%5FFeiHMqdnGAo2s&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kBvM!,w_1200,h_600,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-video.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fvideo_upload%2Fpost%2F212013532%2Fcd9030db-0a66-4d2e-b457-fb47cd1925c7%2Ftranscoded-1787237917.png) ## 8\. Left Ramps Up Its Demands For Sweeping Online Censorship, From The US To UK To EU *Michael Shellenberger - Public* - Nobel economist Daron Acemoglu wants governments regulating social media algorithms so "incendiary" posts cannot go viral. Brands himself free-speech absolutist, then wants to control amplification. - πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ That is First Amendment poison. Print analogy: write the book, state picks the print run by anger metrics. No Declaration, no Candide, no Bible under that rule. - πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ UK Greens' Zack Polanski: press "never freedom to own and dominate." Wants Β£1bn "Independent Media Commons" under government oversight. Amnesty UK pushes "Arday's Law" after Cambridge plagiarism scandal suicide. - πŸŽ“ Nathan Cofnas (who exposed Arday plagiarism) suspended by Ghent; rector Petra De Sutter is ex-Green leader. Pattern: expose fabrication, face institutional punishment. - πŸ“± Acemoglu ignores X already has Following vs For You. He wants the discovery tab neutered. Blames apps for loneliness trends that predate the internet. - πŸš“ UK: 12,183 arrests (2023) for offensive messages while real crime enforcement lags. Met probed journalist Jack Grove for months after Arday complained of distress. - πŸ§’ Parallel track: under-15/16 social bans (Denmark, Australia, France, EU age-verification, Canada C-34) risk killing anonymity via digital ID. - πŸ›‘ Pushback: Michelle Goldberg (NYT) warns progressive speech policing breeds backlash. French constitutional court annulled core of youth ban over ID/election risk. - 🎯 Takeaway: Left factions split on economics and Israel. They reunite on censorship. Guard X and Substack. [Read More](https://www.public.news/p/left-ramps-up-its-demands-for-sweeping?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjEyMDEzNTMyLCJpYXQiOjE3ODcyMzg3MjgsImV4cCI6MTc4OTgzMDcyOCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI3OTQwMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.jKtGZP6Je14dqqI2mltLY-0w9THlJeap6yo3w7yCTuE&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!R15Y!,w_1200,h_600,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-video.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fvideo_upload%2Fpost%2F212102364%2Fb47a989d-1dea-4c01-9da7-c898be3a2890%2Ftranscoded-1787329174.png) ## 9\. Hunter Biden's Laptop, Russiagate, And Hillary's Email Server Can Only Be Understood As One Long FBI Operation *Michael Shellenberger - Public* - 🧡 Three "separate" sagas, one thread: Midyear Exam (Clinton server, 2015), Crossfire Hurricane (Trump, Jul 2016), Hunter laptop (drive in Dec 2019, Post story Oct 2020). - πŸ“‰ Comey closed Midyear with solo presser, "extremely careless," no charges, no DOJ advice. 26 days later Bureau opened full CI probe on Trump. Durham: no actual collusion evidence at start. - βš–οΈ Double standard: Clinton got voluntary interviews, consent, immunity, incomplete device seizure. Crossfire ran on uncorroborated Steele smoke the Bureau itself amplified. - πŸ•΅οΈ Steele memos pushed into ICA despite CIA "internet rumor" view. Comey briefed Trump Jan 2017 then leak path to BuzzFeed. Reverse-targeting of aides alleged as warrant fuel. - πŸ’» Laptop op: defensive briefings to frame GOP interest as Russian disinfo; Aspen tabletop; months of hack-and-leak warnings to Twitter/Facebook; refused to confirm authenticity on 14 Oct 2020 while knowing it was real. - πŸ‘€ Continuity names: Comey/Wray oversight; James Baker (FBI GC then Twitter deputy GC flipping Roth); McCabe; Strzok/Page texts showing mission zeal. - πŸ“° Media framed each drama so FBI partisan abuse sat outside the Overton window. Hoover-level power games sold as dogged investigation. - 🎯 Takeaway: not three scandals. One long deception op to kneecap Trump and shield Democrats. Read it as a single file. [Read More](https://www.public.news/p/hunter-bidens-laptop-russiagate-and?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjEyMTAyMzY0LCJpYXQiOjE3ODczMjk0MDcsImV4cCI6MTc4OTkyMTQwNywiaXNzIjoicHViLTI3OTQwMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.ajD4wckSjyU7pRwBopM25X8yv4OSzIWXO-iWLHbQXAA&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DyDc!,w_1200,h_675,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcedac44f-f47f-464b-98fc-1526e4508373_1024x704.jpeg) ## 10\. Ronald Reagan's Greatest Speech *Tevi Troy - The Free Press* - πŸ“… 19 Aug 1976, Kansas City RNC. Reagan lost nomination to Gerald Ford by 117 votes (1,187-1,070). Last undecided GOP convention. - πŸŽ™ Ford insisted Reagan speak after acceptance. Reagan tried to decline. Nancy said no. Crowd chanted "We want Ron!" Off-the-cuff, \~771 words, under six minutes. - πŸ“œ Time-capsule question for 2076: would future Americans thank 1976 for heading off nuclear loss of freedom? "There is no substitute for victory." - πŸ”₯ Crowd went wild. Broder joked two acceptance speeches. Delegates muttered they nominated the wrong man. Ford's best speech upstaged on his own night. - πŸš€ Set stage for 1980\. Ford done after Carter loss. Reagan returned, beat Carter, ran Cold War strategy: "We win. They lose." - πŸ•° Halfway to Reagan's 100-year challenge. Soviet tyranny beaten. Autocracies, nukes, and liberty fights remain. - 🎯 Takeaway: unprepared speech, clear mission. Message still travels: unite, deter, win. [Read More](https://www.thefp.com/p/ronald-reagan-greatest-speech-legacy?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjExOTAyNzQ2LCJpYXQiOjE3ODcxNzc2NjAsImV4cCI6MTc4OTc2OTY2MCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI2MDM0NyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.xeJ25uu3rOG2zW4VveeG0-SQKxk4CYVLBKZ9-hoKV0Y&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. Thankyou **Fred** Thanks for Ten @ Ten, really enjoy reading it.Keep it up. All the best, keep healthy. **Jocko** Wonderful info not otherwise available in NZ. More power to your elbow! Thanks.