Stuart McCutcheon thinks students are too sensitive

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Date published: 10:08 am, April 14th, 2019 - 39 comments

Auckland Vice Chancellor Stuart McCutcheon has attracted the ire of Auckland students by suggesting that their concern with recent evidence of fascist behaviour at Auckland campus is because they are being too sensitive.

Open mike 14/04/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, April 14th, 2019 - 139 comments

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How To Get There 14/4/19

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Date published: 6:55 am, April 14th, 2019 - 44 comments

Welcome to TS’s Sunday think piece. It’s a blank sheet, a tabula rasa, waiting for your thoughts on the future and How To Get There.  

Open mike 13/04/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, April 13th, 2019 - 117 comments

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Daily review 12/04/2019

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Date published: 5:00 pm, April 12th, 2019 - 48 comments

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The latest Reid Research poll

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Date published: 4:10 pm, April 12th, 2019 - 173 comments

The latest Reid Research suggests that Labour is almost at the stage where it could rule alone.  And National is getting into danger territory.

Open mike 12/04/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, April 12th, 2019 - 57 comments

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Assange Arrested

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Date published: 10:10 pm, April 11th, 2019 - 515 comments

Julian Assange has been arrested by British Police inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London after his asylum was revoked.

UPDATE: Assange has been convicted of skipping bail and the US has requested his extradition.

Daily review 11/04/2019

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Date published: 5:00 pm, April 11th, 2019 - 85 comments

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Black Hole

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Date published: 8:16 am, April 11th, 2019 - 126 comments

The first image of a black hole has been released. It’s brighter than expected, but kinda underwhelming.

Bridges’ emotional junior staffer problem

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Date published: 8:04 am, April 11th, 2019 - 36 comments

The emotional junior staffer incident shows that National’s internal discipline is poor and that leaks are continuing.

Open mike 11/04/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, April 11th, 2019 - 133 comments

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Daily review 10/04/2019

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Date published: 5:00 pm, April 10th, 2019 - 20 comments

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National’s culture review shambles

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Date published: 8:17 am, April 10th, 2019 - 79 comments

National’s internal cultural review has been completed but two female MPs most affected by recent events were not interviewed.

Open mike 10/04/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, April 10th, 2019 - 159 comments

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Tough, swift leadership needed to police social media

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Date published: 1:45 am, April 10th, 2019 - 73 comments

The government has been rightly lauded for swiftly acting to ban assault weapons after the Christchurch massacre, but is its failure to decisively call social media giants to order just as weak and unacceptable as the failure to act on Aramoana massacre back in 1990?

Daily review 09/04/2019

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Date published: 5:00 pm, April 9th, 2019 - 19 comments

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Support Tax Fairness Reform

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Date published: 12:15 pm, April 9th, 2019 - 16 comments

The Tax Justice Network has started a campaign to gain support for taxing capital as income to support and improve our public services. If you would like to support the campaign, you can sign the petition here or donate here. All funds donated will go to the campaign advertising.

MSSA Bill reported back

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Date published: 8:10 am, April 9th, 2019 - 10 comments

The Finance and Expenditure Select Committee has reported back the Arms Amendment Bill which will ban the general availability of military style semi automatic weapons with only modest changes.

Open mike 09/04/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, April 9th, 2019 - 140 comments

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Are We Expecting Too Much Of Our Political Leaders?

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Date published: 11:12 pm, April 8th, 2019 - 122 comments

Political leaders must have expert knowledge on many topics and near-perfect recall. No naps allowed and no room for error.

Daily review 08/04/2019

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Date published: 6:00 pm, April 8th, 2019 - 44 comments

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Astroturf organisation accuses Tax Justice Aotearoa of being an astroturf organisation

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Date published: 12:13 pm, April 8th, 2019 - 18 comments

The Taxpayer’s Union (not a real union) has hit peak irony by accusing another organisation of being an astroturf organisation.

Tax Justice Aotearoa starts campaign in support of CGT

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Date published: 7:46 am, April 8th, 2019 - 168 comments

Tax Justice Aotearoa has started a public campaign in support of a capital gains tax.

Open mike 08/04/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, April 8th, 2019 - 123 comments

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But, Rugby!

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Date published: 10:55 am, April 7th, 2019 - 134 comments

On top of RSA bigots baying about the use of a prayer on ANZAC day, rugby fans are getting exercised about the possibility of the Canterbury team changing its obviously offensive name. Apparently empathy with the innocent dead in Christchurch only lasts until kick off.

Open mike 07/04/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, April 7th, 2019 - 24 comments

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How To Get There 7/4/19

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Date published: 6:55 am, April 7th, 2019 - 12 comments

Welcome to TS’s Sunday think piece. It’s a blank sheet, a tabula rasa, waiting for your thoughts on the future and How To Get There.  

Open mike 06/04/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, April 6th, 2019 - 83 comments

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Daily review 05/04/2019

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Date published: 5:00 pm, April 5th, 2019 - 32 comments

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This Is Who We Really Are

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Date published: 1:05 pm, April 5th, 2019 - 146 comments

As we prepare for ANZAC Day, the Kapiti RSA has been viciously attacked for wanting to show solidarity with NZ’s Muslim community. Maggie writes about what that means and suggests who we really are.

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