Why get upset with solar power?

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Date published: 9:12 am, February 9th, 2025 - 17 comments
Categories: act, climate change, Environment, greens, labour, national, science, spin, you couldn't make this shit up
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You have to hand it to the right. They have succeeded in making ordinary people oppose the most beneficial projects imaginable. Like a group of residents in North Canterbury that is opposing construction of a solar farm.

Open mike 09/02/2025

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 9th, 2025 - 42 comments

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The Anti-China Consensus is a Matter of World War III

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Date published: 3:23 pm, February 8th, 2025 - 24 comments

Team Biden might have believed that it kept America out of World War III, but
it’s far too early to declare even that much. Zero-sum biases plague US foreign policy, especially toward China.

Open mike 08/02/2025

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 8th, 2025 - 117 comments

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Daily review 07/02/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 7th, 2025 - 3 comments

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Open mike 07/02/2025

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 7th, 2025 - 50 comments

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Daily review 06/02/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 6th, 2025 - 10 comments

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Open mike 06/02/2025

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 6th, 2025 - 100 comments

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Daily review 05/02/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 5th, 2025 - 18 comments

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Moving beyond wtaf?

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Date published: 9:57 am, February 5th, 2025 - 49 comments

The Musk takeover

Open mike 05/02/2025

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 5th, 2025 - 113 comments

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Daily review 04/02/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 4th, 2025 - 5 comments

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Dear Mum and Dad

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Date published: 5:05 pm, February 4th, 2025 - 5 comments

I had a great week at school!

What does Trump have against Canada?

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Date published: 11:28 am, February 4th, 2025 - 50 comments

And why isn’t New Zealand backing Canada against Trump’s self declared trade war?

Open mike 04/02/2025

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 4th, 2025 - 126 comments

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Daily review 03/02/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 3rd, 2025 - 12 comments

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Open mike 03/02/2025

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 3rd, 2025 - 104 comments

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Standing for Auckland

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Date published: 1:47 pm, February 2nd, 2025 - 16 comments

Can Kerrin Leoni pave the way as Tamaki Makaurau’s first wāhine Māori Mayor? Open to all today from Nick’s Kōrero…

Cancun Cruz’s crazy tweet

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Date published: 12:12 pm, February 2nd, 2025 - 16 comments

Ted Cruz has criticised New Zealand for requiring all Israelis to detail their military experience before coming to New Zealand. But there is a problem with this. He is wrong.

Tim Jago is part of a bigger ACT Party issue

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Date published: 11:51 am, February 2nd, 2025 - 95 comments

The former ACT Party President’s name suppression ceased 2 years after Jago was charged, allowing ACT to bypass critical scrutiny during the 2023 election

The Second Major Offensive of Neoliberalism in New Zealand Since the 80s

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Date published: 8:00 am, February 2nd, 2025 - 28 comments

The Coalition is fighting a multi-front blitzkrieg to entrench neoliberal hegemony in NZ.

Open mike 02/02/2025

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 2nd, 2025 - 38 comments

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David Farrar’s Curia Market Research Woes

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Date published: 12:01 pm, February 1st, 2025 - 16 comments

What happened to the Curia Market Research suspension? David Farrar responded after RANZ hired an independent sub-committee to investigate complaints about polling integrity

What will he do next?

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Date published: 10:18 am, February 1st, 2025 - 29 comments

I did not think it possible but it seems that every week Donald Trump does something that makes me think even worse of him.

Open mike 01/02/2025

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 1st, 2025 - 53 comments

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Better Late than Never?

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Date published: 6:13 pm, January 31st, 2025 - 10 comments

Davey Seymour’s Disgusting School Dinners, and the faster you go, the bigger the mess, but does Chris Bishop look bothered?

Daily review 31/01/2025

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Open mike 31/01/2025

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Date published: 6:00 am, January 31st, 2025 - 60 comments

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Daily review 30/01/2025

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Keep on Digging

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Date published: 3:44 pm, January 30th, 2025 - 30 comments

The latest outbursts and brain farts from the great Kumara of the North…

Open to all today in Nick’s Kōrero – Shane Jones calls climate change ‘woke’ and says, ‘Send the Mexicans home’.

Most kiwis blame Willis for Ferry Fiasco

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Date published: 9:19 am, January 30th, 2025 - 9 comments

Recent polling suggests that two thirds of kiwis disagree with Nicola Willis’s decision to cancel the replacement Inter Island ferries contract.