Paula Penfold
@paulapenfold.bsky.social
Drafting first histories.
You’re welcome.
There’s also a tool in here so you can search the files yourself .. easier than the DOJ site which is clunky as, and I’ve stripped out the duplicates/irrelevancies
There’s also a tool in here so you can search the files yourself .. easier than the DOJ site which is clunky as, and I’ve stripped out the duplicates/irrelevancies
Paula Penfold searched 1000 New Zealand Epstein files. Here’s what they reveal
Inside the web of connections revealed in more than 1000 New Zealand documents from the Epstein archive.
www.stuff.co.nz
February 4, 2026 at 5:22 PM
You’re welcome.
There’s also a tool in here so you can search the files yourself .. easier than the DOJ site which is clunky as, and I’ve stripped out the duplicates/irrelevancies
There’s also a tool in here so you can search the files yourself .. easier than the DOJ site which is clunky as, and I’ve stripped out the duplicates/irrelevancies
Seems less than ideal
‘A Jenga tower’: Why NZ’s health cybersecurity is leaving patients exposed – expert
Prompted by a single breach, a cybersecurity specialist scanned hundreds of health systems and says the results point to a much bigger problem
www.stuff.co.nz
February 1, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Seems less than ideal
Why apologies don’t bring closure
Why apologies don’t bring closure
Stories that never quite feel finished
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January 31, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Why apologies don’t bring closure
Thanks @sanjanah.bsky.social
If you didn’t catch it the first time, here’s some uplifting summer viewing
If you didn’t catch it the first time, here’s some uplifting summer viewing
January 6, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Thanks @sanjanah.bsky.social
If you didn’t catch it the first time, here’s some uplifting summer viewing
If you didn’t catch it the first time, here’s some uplifting summer viewing
The cat sitting on the dog sitting on me sitting on the window seat trying to read the paper
Not the News: Some thoughts at the end of a very long year
The parts of the job that don’t make the news
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The cat sitting on the dog sitting on me sitting on the window seat trying to read the paper
A useful thread for holiday conversations with *that family member*
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
A useful thread for holiday conversations with *that family member*
Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger
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December 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
Where did caperberries go?
December 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Where did caperberries go?
Has anyone ever tried to (repeatedly) cancel an account with One NZ (for a service that wasn’t delivered) and then got stuck in a vortex where they tell you it’s cancelled and fees are waived then bill you again so you cancel again by email, online, messenger, phone then they bill you again and😬
December 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Has anyone ever tried to (repeatedly) cancel an account with One NZ (for a service that wasn’t delivered) and then got stuck in a vortex where they tell you it’s cancelled and fees are waived then bill you again so you cancel again by email, online, messenger, phone then they bill you again and😬
Ok bye I’m going on holiday now 👋🏼
How a trusted senior police official became a foreign state’s ‘gatekeeper’
Emails show a trusted police liaison officer was a key point of contact for a foreign state - in ways that raised alarms inside police
www.stuff.co.nz
December 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Ok bye I’m going on holiday now 👋🏼
This probity review was ordered after Stuff’s questions about a conflict of interest concern.
It would have been a short report if they’d written what checks were done instead of weren’t.
It would have been a short report if they’d written what checks were done instead of weren’t.
‘No due diligence’: The failures behind a $1.7m Govt contract for a firm linked to an advisor
Conflict of interest concerns led to an independent review of Health NZ procurement practices. Its findings are damning.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This probity review was ordered after Stuff’s questions about a conflict of interest concern.
It would have been a short report if they’d written what checks were done instead of weren’t.
It would have been a short report if they’d written what checks were done instead of weren’t.
Home detection for McSkimming
Disgraced former top cop Jevon McSkimming sentenced to home detention
Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming sentenced to nine months home detention in Wellington District Court.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Home detection for McSkimming
How could I not love this 🤭
The secret diary of .. Sheriff Mark Mitchell
A cowboy adventure starring the put-upon police minister
newsroom.co.nz
December 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
How could I not love this 🤭
The Minister says it would have been inappropriate to ask the IPCA about a McSkimming complaint he was alerted to three weeks before the date he publicly stated he knew of concerns.
IPCA says yeah.. nah.
IPCA says yeah.. nah.
Why the Minister failed to disclose the first time he heard about a McSkimming complaint – and why it matters
IPCA rejects Mark Mitchell’s claims it would have been “inappropriate” to seek more detail about the complaint.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The Minister says it would have been inappropriate to ask the IPCA about a McSkimming complaint he was alerted to three weeks before the date he publicly stated he knew of concerns.
IPCA says yeah.. nah.
IPCA says yeah.. nah.
Dates now on the record: Police Minister Mark Mitchell was told of a McSkimming complaint on Oct 14 - three weeks before the date he’s given publicly as when he first heard of concerns.
Timeline shows Minister knew of McSkimming complaint three weeks earlier than he has said
The police minister was alerted to an IPCA complaint about Jevon McSkimming on October 14. He’s publicly stated he wasn’t told until November 6
www.stuff.co.nz
December 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Dates now on the record: Police Minister Mark Mitchell was told of a McSkimming complaint on Oct 14 - three weeks before the date he’s given publicly as when he first heard of concerns.
Deputy Public Service Commissioner pulls no punches (in public service language)
I recommended McSkimming for deputy commissioner. This is what I think now
The senior official who helped appoint McSkimming says senior police withheld key information
www.stuff.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Deputy Public Service Commissioner pulls no punches (in public service language)
Interested in the opinion of those of you are are ex army
An army boss sent a d... pic in uniform. It didn’t stop him getting a top job
A consensual explicit image sent on deployment was deemed ‘poor judgement’ but not a military offence.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Interested in the opinion of those of you are are ex army
Trickery and fuckery.
'Trickery and f...ery': Agency under fire over senior manager's 'serious' privacy breach
A senior manager at the Crown Response Office accidentally exposed the identities of more than 30 Lake Alice torture survivors in a breach former staff say was predictable
www.stuff.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Trickery and fuckery.
Here’s a Saturday long read for you 🌸
‘Chillingly familiar’: Why the McSkimming report hit hard for sex workers and a waitress
The scathing IPCA report on police handling of complaints about Jevon McSkimming has resurfaced concerns in two high profile cases
www.stuff.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Here’s a Saturday long read for you 🌸
Everything ok at the Covid Inquiry?
Covid Inquiry hit by yet another top-level resignation
Inquiry boss quits only months into the job - the second executive director to resign this year
www.stuff.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Everything ok at the Covid Inquiry?
Seems like a risky approach to recruitment 🤔
Latest (final?) chapter in the story of Fale Andrew Lesā.
Latest (final?) chapter in the story of Fale Andrew Lesā.
No checks, no referees: How a man who embellished his CV became a Visiting Justice
New documents show the steps that led to Fale Andrew Lesā being approved for justice roles - and how officials responded when questions were raise
www.stuff.co.nz
November 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Seems like a risky approach to recruitment 🤔
Latest (final?) chapter in the story of Fale Andrew Lesā.
Latest (final?) chapter in the story of Fale Andrew Lesā.
Behind the scenes of one of the biggest weeks in news I can remember
The truth came out this week
But not on its own
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Behind the scenes of one of the biggest weeks in news I can remember
Tapping perfectly into our collective insecurity
“I’m Lenny Kravitz and I’m never leaving New Zealand.”
“I’m Lenny Kravitz and I’m never leaving New Zealand.”
November 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Tapping perfectly into our collective insecurity
“I’m Lenny Kravitz and I’m never leaving New Zealand.”
“I’m Lenny Kravitz and I’m never leaving New Zealand.”