PM should get over Waitangi problems
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Date published: 9:33 am, February 5th, 2016 - 111 comments
From the archives.
20,000 protesters – 0 arrests
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Date published: 7:03 am, February 5th, 2016 - 230 comments
Despite the travesty inside SkyCity, what was happening outside was in many respects a democratic nation at its finest.
Open mike 05/02/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 5th, 2016 - 96 comments
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Daily Review 04/02/2016
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Date published: 6:00 pm, February 4th, 2016 - 51 comments
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Waitangi: Chicken John Plucks Off
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Date published: 4:57 pm, February 4th, 2016 - 161 comments
The coward John Key will not now be going to Waitangi. He’s far too scared to find out directly how his sovereignty sell out has been received by Kiwis.
The toxic masculinity of Return of Kings
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Date published: 1:00 pm, February 4th, 2016 - 28 comments
John Palethorpe on the Return of Kings group and plans to oppose their misogynist view and celebrate by way of a peaceful counter protest.
UN experts issue warning on TPP
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Date published: 8:10 am, February 4th, 2016 - 29 comments
When the UN is issuing warnings on the TPP, don’t you think it would be wise to listen?
The TPPA day of shame
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Date published: 7:00 am, February 4th, 2016 - 224 comments
Undated: The TPPA has now been signed, but not ratified, and not (hello NZ Herald!) “passed in to law”. There have been widespread protests throughout Auckland.
RNZ had live coverage with John Campbell.
Open mike 04/02/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 4th, 2016 - 39 comments
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What they don’t tell you about the TPPA
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Date published: 7:07 pm, February 3rd, 2016 - 146 comments
When a government prepares to surrender a share of its sovereignty, you would expect a compelling reason for doing so. No country would accept limits on its law-making power without an equal trade-off, surely? Well, no country except New Zealand. The TPPA places substantial limits on the government’s law-making powers while offering very little in return.
NRT: 28,000 unemployed under National
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Date published: 2:02 pm, February 3rd, 2016 - 41 comments
No Right Turn (with a side of Bernard Hickey) on today’s unemployment figures.
ECONOMY IN PERIL! DANGER!! WARNING!!!
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Date published: 9:27 am, February 3rd, 2016 - 149 comments
Key’s second waitress bungle
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Date published: 7:04 am, February 3rd, 2016 - 78 comments
Key’s badly dented “political antennae” took another solid beating yesterday, with his second high-profile bungle involving a waitress.
Open mike 03/02/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 3rd, 2016 - 140 comments
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Candidate flag not fit for purpose
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Date published: 9:28 pm, February 2nd, 2016 - 34 comments
Apart from being a symbolic fail of epic proportions, the “wrong colour flag” fiasco highlights the fact that the candidate flag isn’t even fit for purpose…
Daily Review 02/02/2016
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Date published: 6:00 pm, February 2nd, 2016 - 18 comments
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The Iowa Caucuses
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Date published: 3:30 pm, February 2nd, 2016 - 98 comments
A running post concerning the results from the Iowa Caucuses.
Garner’s TPP rant rejected by the silent majority
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Date published: 10:15 am, February 2nd, 2016 - 81 comments
A tale of two States of the Nation speeches
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Date published: 8:57 am, February 2nd, 2016 - 6 comments
The State of the Nation speeches provide an interesting start to the political year. John Key’s speech borrowed Labour Green policy that until now the Government has consistently derided and tried to present it as a “kickstart” while Andrew Little’s tertiary education policy announcement has received almost universal support and National is struggling to work out what attack lines to use.
Praise for Labour’s tertiary bombshell
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Date published: 7:03 am, February 2nd, 2016 - 31 comments
Although there have been predictable howls of outrage from the usual suspects, the media reaction to Labour’s bold tertiary education policy has been generally great.
Open mike 02/02/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 2nd, 2016 - 98 comments
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Your Favourite Conspiracy Sucks
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Date published: 10:50 pm, February 1st, 2016 - 198 comments
The return of the X Files has got me thinking. Just how hard is it to keep a big conspiracy secret? Happily, a British scientist has the answer; it’s bloody hard. More or less impossible, actually, according to his new formula. It seems the truth really is out there.
NRT: “The TPP is too important for democracy”
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Date published: 5:27 pm, February 1st, 2016 - 40 comments
Fran O’Sullivan seems to be arguing against democracy in her bitter little rant in Saturday’s Herald against Labour’s opposition to the TPP. Labour, of course, is representing its constituents, many of whom have significant doubts about the TPP or its benefits to New Zealand (or to them). That’s what political parties should do in a democratic country.
So, how would you spend $1.2B per year?
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Date published: 3:23 pm, February 1st, 2016 - 84 comments
A Kiwi Kids allowance for all under fives, with totally fee free public primary and secondary schools.
Newshub (and another flag poll)
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Date published: 2:32 pm, February 1st, 2016 - 6 comments
3 News is dead, replaced by Newshub. That’s News Hub, not New Shub. Though New Shub would be funnier.
Final hours for submission on voluntary euthanasia
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Date published: 1:08 pm, February 1st, 2016 - 1 comment
The end of today is the last chance to make a submission to Parliament on voluntary euthanasia.
Another policy to be proud of
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Date published: 7:01 am, February 1st, 2016 - 284 comments
Labour has rolled out another big bold policy that will shape the national discussion for years. Critics, most of whom received a free tertiary education themselves back in the day, want to deny a younger generation the same right (and pocket a tax cut instead). Enter Steven Joyce…
Open mike 01/02/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 1st, 2016 - 107 comments
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Andrew Little: The working futures plan
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Date published: 3:02 pm, January 31st, 2016 - 283 comments
The text of Andrew Little’s state of the nation speech delivered this afternoon.
New Day Rising
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Date published: 12:38 pm, January 31st, 2016 - 80 comments
Goff and Shearer’s disloyal and self serving support for the TPPA has backfired. They’ve shown that the ABC faction are now a spent force and that Andrew Little has the overwhelming support of caucus. The sun has set on the splitters and there is a new day rising.
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