Voltairine de Cleyre

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Date published: 6:39 am, December 9th, 2017 - 15 comments

When history buries treasures, those treasures don’t have to remain buried.

Twyford reverses National’s flawed methamphetamine housing policy

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Date published: 6:29 am, December 9th, 2017 - 71 comments

Phil Twyford has shown this new Government has a brain as well as a heart by halting National’s ridiculous state house methamphetamine policy where the presence of minuscule traces would result in eviction even though there was no proof the tenant was responsible and he has apologised to Robert Erueti for the harm caused.

Open Mike 09/12/2017

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 9th, 2017 - 75 comments

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Daily Review 08/12/2017

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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 8th, 2017 - 19 comments

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Another day, another piece of bullshit from someone in the MSM

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Date published: 6:44 am, December 8th, 2017 - 109 comments

Misleading the NZ public about a political party, its policy, and how government works actively harms democracy.

“Such inexcusable neglect”

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Date published: 6:13 am, December 8th, 2017 - 39 comments

The Auckland housing crisis in graph form.

Open Mike 08/12/2017

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 8th, 2017 - 78 comments

 

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Authentic participation underpins a safe workplace

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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 7th, 2017 - 12 comments

The CTU has consistently identified our culture of work and the style of management as a real challenge for New Zealand firms to improve their health and safety record. Health and safety is an inseparable part of the wider workplace culture.

Daily Review 07/12/2017

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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 7th, 2017 - 13 comments

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Caption contest

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Date published: 3:00 pm, December 7th, 2017 - 37 comments

Keep it seemly.

People of the Year

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Date published: 3:00 pm, December 7th, 2017 - 136 comments

Time has named participants of the #MeToo campaign its people of the year. So why hasn’t the movement taken hold in New Zealand the way it has in the United States?

4 just became the new 2.

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Date published: 11:44 am, December 7th, 2017 - 14 comments

Someone just did something sensible, and it’s frightening.

National Standards causes decline in educational levels

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Date published: 8:13 am, December 7th, 2017 - 30 comments

The latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study results suggests that National Standards has been a failure.

Trump trashes chance of Middle East peace for giggles and a diversion

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Date published: 6:54 am, December 7th, 2017 - 52 comments

Donald Trump is expected to controversially announce the movement of the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Open Mike 07/12/2017

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 7th, 2017 - 137 comments

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Daily Review 06/12/2017

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Date published: 5:33 pm, December 6th, 2017 - 41 comments

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English still whining

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Date published: 12:51 pm, December 6th, 2017 - 58 comments

Surprise surprise – Bill English is still whining that 44.4% should really be counted as 50.1% – and other snippets from Parliament’s post election conference.

Guest Post: Monbiot, Attenborough and Soper on environmental collapse

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Date published: 10:14 am, December 6th, 2017 - 44 comments

Guest post by Ed about the intellectual rigour of George Monbiot and David Attenborough and the rater strange response of Barry Soper.

Sport, politics and equality

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Date published: 8:00 am, December 6th, 2017 - 88 comments

[getty src=”839750100″ width=”594″ height=”396″] Ok, so I know I’m rather late to the party on this but I figured that equality is timeless and it would be a pity to resist using this bully pulpit I have access to now as a vehicle to advance my pet topics. So here goes. Back in October, Grant […]

Gareth Hughes: When gaming becomes gambling

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Date published: 6:15 am, December 6th, 2017 - 62 comments

Loot boxes have opened up a debate about gaming fairness and what constitutes gambling.

Open Mike 06/12/2017

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 6th, 2017 - 95 comments

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Daily Review 05/12/2017

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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 5th, 2017 - 36 comments

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First year of study free launched by Prime Minister Ardern

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Date published: 1:09 pm, December 5th, 2017 - 83 comments

Jacinda Ardern has formally launched the Government’s free tertiary education policy.

Australian Parliament votes to accept New Zealand’s Manus Island offer

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Date published: 7:22 am, December 5th, 2017 - 30 comments

The Australian Parliament voted yesterday, against the Government’s wishes, to accept New Zealand’s offer to take refugees from Manus Island.  At least for a short time.

Open Mike 05/12/2017

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 5th, 2017 - 217 comments

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Daily Review 04/12/2017

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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 4th, 2017 - 43 comments

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Making official Information flow again

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Date published: 2:08 pm, December 4th, 2017 - 31 comments

“Ministers realised they had a device through which they could reduce the surprises they suffered. And, as it went on, the surprises ministers no longer wanted to experience became greater in number and smaller in significance.Increasingly, it placed on the public service a political imperative which it had never had to shoulder. “

Shane Jones and work for the dole

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Date published: 11:24 am, December 4th, 2017 - 94 comments

Shane Jones has muddied a perfectly good job creation policy by talking about work for the dole.

Flynn cuts a deal while Trump scrambles

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Date published: 8:07 am, December 4th, 2017 - 147 comments

Donald Trump’s response to news of the arrest of Michael Flynn suggests that charges closer to the office of the President may be close.

Open Mike 04/12/2017

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 4th, 2017 - 173 comments

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Deranged Golriz Syndrome

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Date published: 10:36 am, December 3rd, 2017 - 102 comments

David Farrar has continued his crusade against Golriz Ghahraman with a claim of 15 instances where she has by implication deceived us.

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