Low bar diplomacy

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Date published: 1:29 pm, February 7th, 2017 - 23 comments

So apparently the PM managed to get through a 15 minute call without “upsetting” Trump. That’s where we set the bar these days.

The SOE sell down three years on

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Date published: 8:30 am, February 7th, 2017 - 78 comments

Some time in the next 12 months it is likely that the forgone dividend payments and loss in share value from the Power Company shares and Air NZ share sale will be greater than the amount received, only three years after the sale.

English – “8 months to answer Labour’s challenge”

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Date published: 7:02 am, February 7th, 2017 - 21 comments

Anonymous Herald editorial: “Bill English has 8 months to answer Labour’s challenge”.

Open Mike 07/02/2017

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 7th, 2017 - 128 comments

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Willie on the unions

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Date published: 7:05 pm, February 6th, 2017 - 201 comments

“Matt McCarten is one to watch. He’s developing his union. I don’t have much time for [the established unions]. I hope my mate Matt destroys them.” – 2005 – link

Waitangi Day 2017

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Date published: 7:01 am, February 6th, 2017 - 19 comments

Well the lead-up to Waitangi Day this year has certainly had its fair share of drama!

You can read Andrew Little’s thoughts on the day here: Andrew Little: Waitangi a day for all of us to come together

Open Mike 06/02/2017

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 6th, 2017 - 68 comments

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1.2 million comments

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Date published: 6:01 pm, February 5th, 2017 - 7 comments

We just hit 1.2 million comments published. I noticed by accident!. Typically it was on politics

Labour Spokesperson for Family and Sexual Violence Poto Williams on Willie Jackson

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Date published: 3:07 pm, February 5th, 2017 - 311 comments

“As the Labour Party Spokesperson for Family and Sexual Violence, I am concerned that Willie Jackson is becoming a Labour Party candidate with a prominent ranking on the list.”

Kansas ANZUS.

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Date published: 9:14 am, February 5th, 2017 - 45 comments

What to do when your erstwhile ally loses the plot?

We need to talk about immigration

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Date published: 9:09 am, February 5th, 2017 - 189 comments

How does the left discuss the immigration debate so that it can counter the anti immigration sentiments fostered by the likes of Donald Trump, Theresa May and Malcolm Turnbull?

Open Mike 05/02/2017

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 5th, 2017 - 71 comments

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Smartest guy in the room

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Date published: 1:43 pm, February 4th, 2017 - 93 comments

The Government signed a deal with Peter Thiel that socialised the losses and allowed him to privatise the gains of the joint venture fund that the parties entered into.

A good week for Labour and Greens

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Date published: 12:27 pm, February 4th, 2017 - 25 comments

Following on from their joint “state of the nation” it’s been a good week for the political left in NZ. Here’s a roundup.

Poverty and health

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Date published: 7:57 am, February 4th, 2017 - 43 comments

Socioeconomic status is a major health risk factor. Not exactly a surprise is it.

Open Mike 04/02/2017

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 4th, 2017 - 138 comments

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Daily Review 03/02/2017

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 3rd, 2017 - 39 comments

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“Middle East leftovers”

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Date published: 9:19 am, February 3rd, 2017 - 31 comments

Compassionate conservatism in action. No wonder English was so tame in his criticism of Trump’s Muslim ban.

Aussie Aussie Aussie, Ouch Ouch Ouch!

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Date published: 8:11 am, February 3rd, 2017 - 70 comments

Diplomacy in the age of Trump is going to be a real blast. Just ask Australia.

Open Mike 03/02/2017

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 3rd, 2017 - 96 comments

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Daily Review 02/02/2017

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 2nd, 2017 - 36 comments

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Bill’s big policy flop

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Date published: 4:38 pm, February 2nd, 2017 - 26 comments

Fair to say that Bill English’s “big” policy announcement today was a total flop.

Andrew Little well received in Dunedin

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Date published: 12:38 pm, February 2nd, 2017 - 51 comments


(Photo – Peter McIntosh the Otago Daily Times)

Peter Thiel’s Libertarian Dream – for New Zealand?

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Date published: 11:08 am, February 2nd, 2017 - 86 comments

From a Business Insider article in the OIA papers: Thiel is a long-term thinker, so what’s the big picture? What could the contrarian investor see in a country of 4 million people whose economy is based on agriculture and tourism? Maybe Peter Thiel wants to turn New Zealand into the next Silicon Valley. Or maybe even the libertarian utopia of his dreams.”

O’Connor and Jackson for Labour

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Date published: 10:35 am, February 2nd, 2017 - 71 comments

Like many, I have mixed feelings about these developments, but on balance I am in favour of the “broad church” approach

The Peter Thiel citizenship grant

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Date published: 8:16 am, February 2nd, 2017 - 78 comments

The Peter Thiel paper dump raise more questions than they answer and hints at ongoing communication with National ministers and that John Key approached Thiel to make the donation subsequently made to Key’s earthquake fund.

Unemployment rate up

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Date published: 8:15 am, February 2nd, 2017 - 12 comments

Despite National’s fiddling the figures on the way unemployment is counted, the unemployment rate is on the rise again.

Open Mike 02/02/2017

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 2nd, 2017 - 131 comments

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Daily Review 01/02/2017

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 1st, 2017 - 42 comments

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Date of the 2017 election

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Date published: 2:05 pm, February 1st, 2017 - 85 comments

Labour gets serious about regional development

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Date published: 1:46 pm, February 1st, 2017 - 46 comments

Labour is serious about regional development. It is proposing a 10 year $200m package of regional initiatives. The first of these was just announced in Dunedin.

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