The Fast Death of Our Major Forestry Mills

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Date published: 8:53 pm, November 20th, 2024 - 5 comments
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2024 is the worst-ever year for our forest export industry as a whole, with most of our largest sawmills closing and the loss of hundreds of jobs.

The Left Trumped?

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Date published: 9:42 am, November 21st, 2024 - 4 comments

We woke up last week to the post-mortem on the US election. How and why Trump won, and their implications for political alignments everywhere, are front and centre. A fundamental issue, explicitly identified when Trump won in 2016, is the presence of large sections of the working class vote into the Trump camp. So why has that happened – again?

Open mike 21/11/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 21st, 2024 - 17 comments

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Daily review 20/11/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 20th, 2024 - 15 comments

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On the whining and treason of David Seymour

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Date published: 10:27 am, November 20th, 2024 - 40 comments

In recent days, David Seymour has been whining that no-one is seriously debating his stupid little bill to supposedly try to redefine what the Treaty means. But it is the constitutional arrangements of this country that this bill attacks. The bill is essentially treasonous. It also isn’t worth debating. Prepare against a dictatorship of the executive.

Open mike 20/11/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 20th, 2024 - 50 comments

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Daily review 19/11/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 19th, 2024 - 18 comments

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The great gaslighter

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Date published: 11:26 am, November 19th, 2024 - 44 comments

In the gaslight to end gaslights David Seymour is suggesting that anyone opposed to his Treaty Principles Bill is also opposed to fundamental human rights.

Open mike 19/11/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 19th, 2024 - 73 comments

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Daily review 18/11/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 18th, 2024 - 20 comments

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Open mike 18/11/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 18th, 2024 - 82 comments

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Blowout in costs of Roads of National Significance

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Date published: 10:06 am, November 17th, 2024 - 33 comments

There has been a major blowout in the cost of the Roads of National Significance with the cost being potentially $10 billion more than National claimed during last year’s campaign.

Open mike 17/11/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 17th, 2024 - 40 comments

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Open mike 16/11/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 16th, 2024 - 33 comments

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Daily review 15/11/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 15th, 2024 - 3 comments

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Justified outrage

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Date published: 8:40 am, November 15th, 2024 - 46 comments

There were some dramatic scenes in Parliament yesterday with Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke leading a fiery haka during the count of Act’s Treaty of Waitangi Principles Bill.

Open mike 15/11/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 15th, 2024 - 77 comments

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Daily review 14/11/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 14th, 2024 - 10 comments

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This Government’s day of shame

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Date published: 10:33 am, November 14th, 2024 - 63 comments

David Seymour thinks that opponents to his bill cannot explain what it is they are opposed to but ignores the clear advice of 40 Kings Counsel who have written to the Government telling it that the bill is itself a breach of the treaty.

Open mike 14/11/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 14th, 2024 - 81 comments

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Daily review 13/11/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 13th, 2024 - 11 comments

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Open mike 13/11/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 13th, 2024 - 58 comments

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Daily review 12/11/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 12th, 2024 - 8 comments

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Open mike 12/11/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 12th, 2024 - 55 comments

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Daily review 11/11/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 11th, 2024 - 14 comments

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Government bars Journalist for asking tough questions

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Date published: 12:39 pm, November 11th, 2024 - 28 comments

The Government has prevented journalist Aaron Smale from attending the Crown apology to victims of abuse in state care because his questions are too tough.

Open mike 11/11/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 11th, 2024 - 66 comments

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What happened?

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Date published: 9:44 am, November 10th, 2024 - 118 comments

Why did America vote for the least suitable candidate imaginable? And what are the implications for New Zealand politics?

Nicola Willis Deflects As National Splurge On Roads

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Date published: 8:33 am, November 10th, 2024 - 10 comments

Nicola Willis deflects a question on why National are spending billions on roads without a business case – after cancelling the 2026 i-Rex – which had a strong business case and required $1.4bn more to complete seismic upgraded ports and next generation ferries.

An Appeal To The Left: On Purity And The Media

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 10th, 2024 - 12 comments

The media landscape in Aotearoa NZ continues to weaken. In the same week TVNZ announced massive job cuts and further firings to come, Paul Goldsmith rewarded TVNZ Directors.

But can the left learn to avoid the trap of rapid fire – we need the journalists and newsrooms we have left.

Open mike 10/11/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 10th, 2024 - 7 comments

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