About Trevor Mallard
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Date published: 8:20 pm, May 5th, 2021 - 67 comments
- Trevor Mallard has made a concerted effort to change the tone of Parliament. But last night got caught in a bickering match with National.
Daily review 05/05/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 5th, 2021 - 4 comments
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Open mike 05/05/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 5th, 2021 - 74 comments
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Daily review 04/05/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 4th, 2021 - 11 comments
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Uyghur separatists behind call for Parliamentary motion on genocide
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Date published: 4:26 pm, May 4th, 2021 - 72 comments
On Morning Report today ‘High Court lawyer’ Sam Vincent called for Parliament to resolve to condemn alleged Uyghur genocide in Xinjiang. He said he spoke on behalf of Uyghur Solidarity Aotearoa committed to taking action on Xinjiang “or as they call it East Turkestan.” If they call it East Turkestan they are likely separatists, with possible links to terrorists. That explains a lot.
Collins’ really bad take on te Tiriti
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Date published: 10:21 am, May 4th, 2021 - 67 comments
Last weekend Judith Collins spoke to the Northern Regional Conference of the National Party and gave as crude an analysis of te Tiriti as you can imagine.
Open mike 04/05/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 4th, 2021 - 112 comments
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Daily review 03/05/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 3rd, 2021 - 6 comments
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US to offer millions in new funds to take on China
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Date published: 2:57 pm, May 3rd, 2021 - 16 comments
This from SCMP columnist Alex Lo “If they look, swim and quack like US influence operations, they probably are US influence operations, especially when they come with an annual price tag of US$300 million to be authorised by law by the US Congress, of which US10 million has been earmarked especially for Hong Kong.” Lo […]
Sepuloni: Labour to increase Jobseeker benefit
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Date published: 7:44 am, May 3rd, 2021 - 58 comments
Some good news from over the weekend. Labour is planning to significantly increase the level of Jobseeker benefit.
Open mike 03/05/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 3rd, 2021 - 86 comments
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Open mike 02/05/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 2nd, 2021 - 96 comments
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The problem with coal
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Date published: 10:13 am, May 1st, 2021 - 38 comments
New Zealand is about to enter a transition phase in energy that’s going to affect absolutely everyone.
Can we trust David Seymour?
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Date published: 10:04 am, May 1st, 2021 - 48 comments
David Seymour has got himself into a little bit of trouble. He filed a Parliamentary Pecuniary interests return that was not, ahem, correct.
Open mike 01/05/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 1st, 2021 - 83 comments
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Daily review 30/04/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, April 30th, 2021 - 11 comments
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The Most Blacks
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Date published: 10:36 am, April 30th, 2021 - 45 comments
The New Zealand Rugby Union is currently in the process of selling its soul to the devil, in this case a private equity firm called Silver Lake. This made me reflect on what the NZRU is selling.
Open mike 30/04/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 30th, 2021 - 89 comments
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Daily review 29/04/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, April 29th, 2021 - 10 comments
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National’s election review leaked
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Date published: 7:33 am, April 29th, 2021 - 20 comments
It was only a matter of time. Tova O’Brien at Newshub has been leaked a copy of the abridged version of the National Party election review.
Open mike 29/04/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 29th, 2021 - 65 comments
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Daily review 28/04/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, April 28th, 2021 - 10 comments
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Australia is picking a fight with China
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Date published: 11:22 am, April 28th, 2021 - 53 comments
I am pleased that Nanaia Mahuta and the Government have distanced ourselves from joining in with five eyes attacks on China. Because when you look at that aggressive rhetoric that is emanating from Australia you have to be worried.
Open mike 28/04/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 28th, 2021 - 46 comments
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Daily review 27/04/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, April 27th, 2021 - 3 comments
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Boris Johnson’s and Dominic Cummings’ very public fallout
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Date published: 10:54 am, April 27th, 2021 - 17 comments
Over in the UK Boris Johnson and his former chief advisor Dominic Cummings have had a very public fallout. And ever since it happened there have been very public leaks of damaging information which incredibly have not as yet damaged the Conservative Party’s standing.
Climate change. It’s still happening.
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Date published: 6:05 am, April 27th, 2021 - 35 comments
This is tough information to take in. I feel better when I try to take action to support the Climate Justice Movement which has known for decades that capitalism must be transformed and replaced for decent survival. Individual-collective action is possible. Keep going. – @climateben
Open mike 27/04/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 27th, 2021 - 165 comments
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Open mike 26/04/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 26th, 2021 - 120 comments
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Open mike 25/04/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 25th, 2021 - 43 comments
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The five eyes beat up
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Date published: 1:50 pm, April 24th, 2021 - 33 comments
There has been a conservative sourced beat up of Aotearoa New Zealand for not using an intelligence gathering treaty grouping to publicly attack China.
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