Chris Bishop’s use of snapchat causes problems
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Date published: 2:51 pm, February 11th, 2018 - 153 comments
The Sunday Star Times has reported that complaints were made before the last election about Chris Bishop’s Snapchat messaging to teenagers.
Bio-fuels.
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Date published: 2:15 pm, February 11th, 2018 - 35 comments
Biofuels and fossil. The difference?
The problem with Charter Schools
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Date published: 12:38 pm, February 11th, 2018 - 296 comments
The Government is moving to stop the creation of new charter schools and require existing charter schools to integrate with the public system.
The Housing Crisis.
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Date published: 10:43 am, February 11th, 2018 - 154 comments
Can politics deliver?
Open Mike 11/02/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 11th, 2018 - 189 comments
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Doofus of the week
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Date published: 12:19 pm, February 10th, 2018 - 100 comments
Doofus of the week is Bob Jones for spouting racist nonsense that would have been embarrassing in the 1960s let alone now.
Open Mike 10/02/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 10th, 2018 - 281 comments
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Fonterra a failure in concept and in practice
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Date published: 6:10 pm, February 9th, 2018 - 109 comments
New Zealanders 17 years ago accepted the idea of a national dairy monopoly on the condition it would deliver outstanding returns. The cost has been high — filthy and unswimmable rivers. Now it turns out the result has been a financial fiasco – the whole thing is literally bullshit, or more correctly, cowshit.
Daily Review 09/02/2018
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Date published: 5:31 pm, February 9th, 2018 - 47 comments
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Fonterra and Fletcher Building
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Date published: 2:05 pm, February 9th, 2018 - 54 comments
New Zealand only has two businesses of world-competitive scale that are also majority owned by New Zealanders: Fonterra, and Fletcher Building. And they appear to have lost their way and put much of their value and our wellbeing at risk.
Sticking with Bill is the right move for National
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Date published: 1:37 pm, February 9th, 2018 - 15 comments
National knows what to expect with Bill.
National is united
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Date published: 9:50 am, February 9th, 2018 - 76 comments
National is united. There are no murmurings about leadership and Bill English’s and Paula Bennett’s positions are secure.
Open Mike 09/02/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 9th, 2018 - 179 comments
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Daily Review 08/02/2018
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Date published: 5:35 pm, February 8th, 2018 - 39 comments
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And we’re off to the races!
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Date published: 5:12 pm, February 8th, 2018 - 123 comments
With Julie Anne Genter, Minister for Women, entering the co-leadership race, there’s now a real contest on our hands as to who joins James Shaw as co-leader of the Green Party. What does that mean for the Greens, and for New Zealand politics in general?
We are beneficiaries
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Date published: 12:44 pm, February 8th, 2018 - 212 comments
The sick and twisted thing about right wing politics is that tories like a certain level of unemployment because competition for jobs is essential for keeping wages low. Then they treat the inevitable victims of this like it’s all people’s own fault. This is the single biggest reason why I don’t buy into the narrative […]
Trickledown …
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Date published: 8:25 am, February 8th, 2018 - 17 comments
Over in America Republican intellectual genius Paul Ryan tweeted how a School teacher who will receive $1.50 extra per week because of Republican tax cuts was grateful for the increase. But it did not go down well …
NZ Court of Appeal and the Ministry of Health
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Date published: 6:27 am, February 8th, 2018 - 66 comments
The government has a responsibility to act fairly, centre its services around the needs of people, and treat NZ citizens as human beings.
Open Mike 08/02/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 8th, 2018 - 223 comments
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Daily Review 07/02/2018
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Date published: 5:29 pm, February 7th, 2018 - 36 comments
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Two Labour Governments, two coal mines
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Date published: 12:38 pm, February 7th, 2018 - 13 comments
The New Zealand Government has rejected the OIO’s proposal to allow Bathurst to purchase DOC land for coal mining purposes. And in Australia the Queensland Labor Government is working out how it can back out of an agreement to permit the Adani coal mine to proceed.
National claims credit for Waitangi Day
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Date published: 8:21 am, February 7th, 2018 - 58 comments
National is claiming some credit for the success of Waitangi day. But the things they claim credit for are because of decisions of others, not the National Government.
Open Mike 07/02/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 7th, 2018 - 259 comments
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Buttered Bread
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Date published: 11:20 am, February 6th, 2018 - 84 comments
What side’s yours buttered on?
Waitangi day
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Date published: 8:36 am, February 6th, 2018 - 84 comments
By engaging with and showing respect for Ngapuhi Jacinda Ardern has transformed Waitangi Day from a day of dissent to a day of celebration.
Open Mike 06/02/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 6th, 2018 - 149 comments
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Daily Review 05/02/2018
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Date published: 5:36 pm, February 5th, 2018 - 32 comments
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Prime Minister Ardern at Waitangi
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Date published: 2:34 pm, February 5th, 2018 - 182 comments
This is a new day for politics in New Zealand. A female Prime Minister has broken over a century of practise and is doing a main speech at Waitangi. Even more: no drama occurred. Anywhere.
National can win the next election
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Date published: 12:00 pm, February 5th, 2018 - 75 comments
There is a simple strategy for National to follow which may gain them victory in the next General Election.
Waihopai and North Korea
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Date published: 7:44 am, February 5th, 2018 - 14 comments
It’s worth asking ourselves what Goriz Gharaman was doing protesting at Waihopai. It’s the right place to protest.
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