Wayne’s budget has nothing to do with saving money
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Date published: 11:08 am, March 26th, 2023 - 53 comments
We have heard numerous claims from Auckland mayor Wayne Brown and his supporters that the proposed budget is about saving money and getting rid of a nearly $300 million hole. This is a huge disservice to Aucklanders and hugely misleading.
Open mike 26/03/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 26th, 2023 - 43 comments
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Letting women speak in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Date published: 9:49 am, March 25th, 2023 - 333 comments
A progressive online space for discussion about the Let Women Speak events this weekend.
Open mike 25/03/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 25th, 2023 - 60 comments
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Debating with nazis
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Date published: 8:34 pm, March 24th, 2023 - 278 comments
So Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull aka Posie Parker is coming to Aotearoa New Zealand and intends to spread her message. Wikipedia describes her as someone who “has used posters, billboards, stickers, and social media to promote anti-trans messages, and she has organized events in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia that have been protested by […]
Daily review 24/03/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 24th, 2023 - 18 comments
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Open mike 24/03/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 24th, 2023 - 142 comments
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Daily review 23/03/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 23rd, 2023 - 19 comments
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Open mike 23/03/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 23rd, 2023 - 77 comments
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Daily review 22/03/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 22nd, 2023 - 15 comments
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She who channels her inner Monroe
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Date published: 1:34 pm, March 22nd, 2023 - 138 comments
A Guest Post on the vexed questions posed by Kellie Jay Keen Minshall, her apparent preparedness to ally with religious fundies and right wing extremists, and the predictable calls from sections of the left for her to be banned from entering/speaking in Australia and NZ.
Climate change – the final final warning
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Date published: 11:05 am, March 22nd, 2023 - 78 comments
The latest report from the International Panel on Climate Change has synthesised reports on the climate crisis from hundreds of scientists over the past eight years and has boiled it down to one message: act now, or it will be too late.
Open mike 22/03/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 22nd, 2023 - 64 comments
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Daily review 21/03/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 21st, 2023 - 22 comments
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Women’s Liberation Aotearoa Statement on Let Women Speak events, March 2023
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Date published: 1:59 pm, March 21st, 2023 - 73 comments
We strenuously oppose far right activists using the events to publicise their reprehensible views as we have seen happen in the UK, the USA and most recently in Melbourne.
Open mike 21/03/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 21st, 2023 - 17 comments
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Daily review 20/03/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 20th, 2023 - 52 comments
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The Drums of War – Again
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Date published: 4:12 pm, March 20th, 2023 - 38 comments
On 20 March 2003 the US invaded Iraq, on the basis that it had and could use weapons of mass destruction. That was a lie. Australia joined President Bush ‘coalition of the willing’, New Zealand did not. The drums of war beat strong then, they are doing so again now. This time China is the target.
Gender recognition: woke-ism or human rights?
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Date published: 6:31 am, March 20th, 2023 - 259 comments
This debate is about every teenager, anywhere in the world, questioning their gender and sexual identity. This is about the person who after years of suffering, at some point in their lives decides they wish to identify as having a gender identity different to that of their birth.
Open mike 20/03/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 20th, 2023 - 78 comments
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Submit!
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Date published: 12:53 pm, March 19th, 2023 - 10 comments
What sort of city do you want to live in? If you do not wish to live in a city that is going backwards environmentally, artistically and socially then please submit on Auckland Council’s Draft Annual Budget.
Open mike 19/03/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 19th, 2023 - 77 comments
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Open mike 18/03/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 18th, 2023 - 34 comments
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Daily review 17/03/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 17th, 2023 - 6 comments
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Open mike 17/03/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 17th, 2023 - 123 comments
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Daily review 16/03/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 16th, 2023 - 5 comments
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Wailing and Nashing of teeth
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Date published: 12:46 pm, March 16th, 2023 - 66 comments
It is pretty clear to me that leaders acting tough and beating up on members of their team leads to political advantage. I realised this back in 2010 when my mate Chris Carter succumbed to intense personal pressure and did a couple of silly things. Then leader Phil Goff went to town on Carter who […]
The Greens backing teachers’ demands
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Date published: 9:53 am, March 16th, 2023 - 10 comments
The Government needs to come to the table and ensure teacher pay keeps pace with the rising cost of putting food on the table, paying the rent, and keeping the house warm.
But, it’s important to remember that this is not just about pay. There are serious issues around funding and understaffing, ratios and sick leave.
Teanau Tuiono
Open mike 16/03/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 16th, 2023 - 76 comments
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Daily review 15/03/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 15th, 2023 - 16 comments
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Making s%*t up
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Date published: 8:02 am, March 15th, 2023 - 41 comments
Is it just me or is Mike Hosking becoming more unbalanced? The recent misrepresentation of a speech from Deborah Russell would suggest that he is getting worse.
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