Mike Sabin has a prominent chin – A poem for Northland
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Date published: 9:31 am, March 21st, 2015 - 32 comments
Petition – Apology for spying
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Date published: 9:15 am, March 21st, 2015 - 13 comments
Keith Locke has created a “Not in our name” petition.
March Roy Morgan
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Date published: 7:13 am, March 21st, 2015 - 61 comments
National down again and Labour up again in the latest Roy Morgan poll.
Open mike 21/03/2015
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Date published: 7:06 am, March 21st, 2015 - 34 comments
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Weekend social 20/03/2015
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Date published: 2:25 pm, March 20th, 2015 - 18 comments
Weekend social is for non political chat. What’s on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can’t we all just get along?
Northland’s ghost jobs
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Date published: 9:24 am, March 20th, 2015 - 42 comments
One of National’s big claims in the Northland buy election was that they had created 7500 new jobs in Northland. Lies lies lies.
National still attacking democracy in Canterbury
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Date published: 8:45 am, March 20th, 2015 - 10 comments
The Nats’ takeover of Environment Canterbury is the greatest attack on democratic rights ever seen in this country. They are about to extend the period of imposed rule, because a fully elected body carries “too many risks”. If you think the people of Canterbury can actually be trusted with democracy you can sign the petition.
National wants to take away our right to silence
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Date published: 7:30 am, March 20th, 2015 - 109 comments
A bill designed by Mike Sabin has resurfaced this week. The intention is to take away the right to silence by allowing a Court to draw an adverse inference if someone choses to say nothing when facing certain charges. This proposal needs debate.
Open mike 20/03/2015
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Date published: 6:30 am, March 20th, 2015 - 161 comments
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Collins confirms Dirty Politics
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Date published: 4:00 pm, March 19th, 2015 - 57 comments
Video from last night in Parliament where Judith Collins essentially confirmed the veracity of the information contained in Dirty Politics. And David Cunliffe had the most exquisite put down of an opponent I have seen in a long time.
$46.25 per week Minister!?!
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Date published: 3:00 pm, March 19th, 2015 - 6 comments
One way the Government is transforming the disability support system is by keeping quiet about allowances desperately needed by those caring for disabled children.
Second “Roast Busters” report released
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Date published: 12:24 pm, March 19th, 2015 - 120 comments
There are many failings outlined. Police were found to have largely treated women and girls with respect and compassion but their investigations were not robust or thorough, inadequate follow-up enquiries…
Who said it? Shane Reti vs. Aaron Gilmore
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Date published: 12:00 pm, March 19th, 2015 - 45 comments
All these National backbenchers with delusions of grandeur sound the same to me …
Northland by election – National gets desperate
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Date published: 10:13 am, March 19th, 2015 - 37 comments
National is obviously deeply afraid of losing the Northland By Election as is clearly shown by the liberal application of pork barrel politics, the misuse of statistics, the use of Ministerial resources to help campaigning and now the bullying of a local group seeking to have a local road improved.
Shame shame shame
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Date published: 7:12 am, March 19th, 2015 - 206 comments
Last night in Parliament National voted down Harawira / Turei’s Feed the Kids Bill, David Shearer’s Food in Schools Bill, and Phil Twyford’s Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill.
Open mike 19/03/2015
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Date published: 6:25 am, March 19th, 2015 - 154 comments
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Key admits he’s using our troops as vote-bait
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Date published: 11:30 am, March 18th, 2015 - 30 comments
Yesterday the mask slipped and John Key admitted the real reason our deployment to Iraq is only for two years: so he can win an election.
900,000 comments
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Date published: 9:02 am, March 18th, 2015 - 28 comments
Yesterday morning we went though 900k comments. We have done another 100k comments in 188 days since September 10th. We are slightly behind our long predicted exponential growth to a million comments in August.
NRT: Who is lying here?
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Date published: 8:31 am, March 18th, 2015 - 25 comments
GST wasn’t Key’s only bungle yesterday. I/S at No Right Turn reports…
Len Brown is toast
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Date published: 8:00 am, March 18th, 2015 - 119 comments
Bernard Orsman has reported in the Herald today that Len Brown’s campaign team no longer back him and are considering support for a Phil Goff run for the mayoralty.
PM can’t calculate GST
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Date published: 7:24 am, March 18th, 2015 - 66 comments
Gotcha politics is all good sport when the opposition makes a mistake. How about Key’s self-inflicted blunder?
Open mike 18/03/2015
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Date published: 6:44 am, March 18th, 2015 - 168 comments
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Feed the Kids
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Date published: 4:16 pm, March 17th, 2015 - 45 comments
Harawira / Turei’s Feed the Kids bill is up tomorrow today in Parliament…
All Apologies
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Date published: 12:49 pm, March 17th, 2015 - 332 comments
Did commenters on the recent Julian Assange post overstep the mark in their defence of the Wikileaks founder? Are they really rape apologists?
Defining the truth
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Date published: 10:31 am, March 17th, 2015 - 12 comments
Changes being considered at Google have far reaching implications. Who gets to decide what is true?
How much is National’s Northland panic costing the taxpayer?
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Date published: 7:33 am, March 17th, 2015 - 147 comments
So our PM is cutting short state business for the purposes of party campaigning. Since Key invented the whole silly hats game, I guess it’s fair to ask if he still gets paid as PM when he is acting in his capacity as Party Leader? If so, why?
Open mike 17/03/2015
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Date published: 6:35 am, March 17th, 2015 - 124 comments
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The Killing Moon
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Date published: 4:11 pm, March 16th, 2015 - 75 comments
TV3 have sacked two judges on X Factor NZ, while Jeremy Clarkson is more popular than ever. When is TV going to pull the plug on itself?
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