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Hillsong allegedly commits fraud, evades tax, and pays Life Church $10,000 along the way.
With governments increasingly breathing down their backs, there's no surprise the megachurches don't want to talk to me.
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Thou Shalt Not Blog
Webworm answers a very long list of questions from a megachurch about ethics, standards, accountability, impartiality, bias, prejudice, intolerance and bigotry.
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The Holy Hell of New Zealand’s Biggest Pentecostal Megachurches
When it comes to Aotearoa’s biggest churches, Arise wasn’t an aberration: it was the norm.
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Full Emails from City Impact's Peter Mortlock to Webworm
City Impact's Peter Mortlock responds to Webworm's enquiries.
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Full Email from Life Church to Webworm
Life Church responds to Webworm's enquiries.
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The Culture War Con
From Roald Dahl to Dr Seuss, getting censored can be very lucrative.
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"We're Just Normal Men"
Tony Stamp with Totally Normal XIV - a strangely positive edition of his typically bleak column!
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How I Make the Flightless Bird Podcast!
This is an example of "paid" content on Webworm - which keeps this project afloat!
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Arise Church Breaches Employment Standards
The whole Arise board has been "stood down" by the Labour Inspectorate.
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The Scam Your Bank Won't Help You With
Last year Kiwibank announced its strongest financial year ever, raking in $131 million in profits. But that doesn't mean they'll help you.
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Behind-The-Scenes of How the Flightless Bird Podcast is Made
I wanted to talk through how we make this weekly show: the challenges, fun bits, hard bits and logistics.
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Thinking of New Zealand
Please stay safe out there, if you can. Sometimes it feels like we're on a knife edge.