Archive for December, 2016
This pattern of Kiwi’s exploiting migrants is shameful
Written By: - Date published: 8:17 am, December 14th, 2016 - 88 comments
A depressing feature in The Herald this morning explores the exploitation of migrant workers. The same pattern as the private sector’s treatment of foreign students. This paints a shameful picture of New Zealand. Greed has made us forget who we were.
Open Mike 14/12/2016
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, December 14th, 2016 - 288 comments
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Daily Review 13/12/2016
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, December 13th, 2016 - 32 comments
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Expert report shows urgent need for Pike River re-entry discussions
Written By: - Date published: 3:47 pm, December 13th, 2016 - 48 comments
The Pike River families have presented expert reports at Parliament today to establish the mine is safe to re-enter.
Andrew Little: Middle New Zealand needs answers from English
Written By: - Date published: 12:48 pm, December 13th, 2016 - 205 comments
Andrew Little talks about what a Bill English leadership may look like. John Key promised to lift up the underclass, to fix the housing crisis, and to close the wage gap with Australia but failed. Will English be the same?
The cusp of something “special” in Auckland
Written By: - Date published: 12:47 pm, December 13th, 2016 - 29 comments
Could be that the Auckland property market is turning downwards.
Govt response to poverty report will tell us all we need to know about Bill English
Written By: - Date published: 8:04 am, December 13th, 2016 - 264 comments
The 2016 Child Poverty Monitor Technical Report is out today. As usual it paints a bleak picture. What will Bill English’s government do about poverty – evasions, words, or actions? Update: Bill fails.
Open Mike 13/12/2016
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, December 13th, 2016 - 88 comments
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StandWithPike – it’s always “later”
Written By: - Date published: 7:25 pm, December 12th, 2016 - 76 comments
Bill English tells the families he’ll meet them “later”. They’ve waited for justice for six years. It’s always “later”.
Daily Review 12/12/2016
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, December 12th, 2016 - 69 comments
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Time for cross party accord on super
Written By: - Date published: 1:24 pm, December 12th, 2016 - 87 comments
English is not making the same stupid pledge as Key, to let superannuation consume the future. Time for a cross party accord. Take it off the table as a political football and solve the damn problem.
Out with the old – in with the old
Written By: - Date published: 10:18 am, December 12th, 2016 - 110 comments
Bye John, out with the old. And in with the old. Shortly the Nats will anoint the chosen one, Bill English. A pre-failed leader. Mr 21%. The greedy double dipper. The boring, conservative choice for a boring conservative party.
Whaleoil and Rachinger – the final chapter starts
Written By: - Date published: 8:24 am, December 12th, 2016 - 88 comments
In the Manakau District Court later this morning the trial of Ben Rachinger on fraud charges related to a admitted solicitation attempt to hack this site by Cameron Slater begins. The trial is set down for 5 days. Unfortunately I won’t be there. However there aren’t any court orders to prevent me from expressing my views and advice on the trial.
Open Mike 12/12/2016
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, December 12th, 2016 - 109 comments
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Stand With Pike: You shall not pass
Written By: - Date published: 9:24 pm, December 11th, 2016 - 86 comments
Newshub has revealed the attempt to seal Pike River mine is now facing both legal, and physical, roadblocks.
Climate change change vs scaremongering
Written By: - Date published: 1:19 pm, December 11th, 2016 - 31 comments
Things are too serious to sanction the doom-merchants.
Nats continue to have a quid each way on tax cuts
Written By: - Date published: 11:39 am, December 11th, 2016 - 15 comments
Tax cuts – the Nats are continuing to rule them both in and out for the election. Incoherence or deliberate strategy? Either way – Key got away with this kind of bullshit for 8 long years – are we going to let it continue?
The great US climate scientist witch hunt
Written By: - Date published: 8:55 am, December 11th, 2016 - 15 comments
Donald Trump’s transition team have been quizzing state employees of the Department of Energy about their beliefs and activities in relation to climate change. Is a clear out of those who believe climate change is a reality possible? And why is he refusing to investigate the possibility that Russia affected the Presidential election in his favour?
The Essential Forest-Gardener – the humus factor
Written By: - Date published: 7:30 am, December 11th, 2016 - 22 comments
Robert Guyton continues his series on life in a Riverton Food Forest.
Open Mike 11/12/2016
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, December 11th, 2016 - 198 comments
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Cabinet reshuffle – Haere ra McCully?
Written By: - Date published: 9:46 pm, December 10th, 2016 - 31 comments
Bill English gets to name his own cabinet on Monday. It will be interesting to see what happens to McCully. In February McCully announced his intention to stand down in East Coast Bays and that he would seek a list place, but only if he remained as Minister of Foreign Affairs after the next election. It’s an ultimatum he may have cause to regret.
Denis Tegg: How earthquake safe are the mine tailings dams at Waihi?
Written By: - Date published: 9:00 am, December 10th, 2016 - 18 comments
Denis Tegg has identified how a modest earthquake in the Coromandel could cause massive environmental devastation in Waihi if either of two tailings dams are ruptured.
The Political Scientist: Is that all there is?
Written By: - Date published: 8:30 am, December 10th, 2016 - 131 comments
Puddleglum has perhaps the most accurate description of the Key years and equates it as the equivalent of a Big Mac, perfectly engineered but ultimately deeply dissatisfying.
Open Mike 10/12/2016
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, December 10th, 2016 - 77 comments
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Opinions
Written By: - Date published: 8:43 pm, December 9th, 2016 - 162 comments
“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are only entitled to what you can argue for.”
Daily Review 09/12/2016
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, December 9th, 2016 - 16 comments
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I agree with Josie Pagani, mostly
Written By: - Date published: 10:19 am, December 9th, 2016 - 36 comments
Josie Pagani has criticised her friend Nick Leggett for switching to National and not sticking to his principles.
Charter schools fiddling their results
Written By: - Date published: 8:58 am, December 9th, 2016 - 110 comments
Charter schools are fiddling their results. Just another example of the way that education for profit is all about profit, with education hardly getting a look in. All of National’s ideological interventions in education are failures.
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- How Wellington became a cornucopia of Malaysian food
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- Newsroom daily quiz, Tuesday 7 January
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- ‘Ghost of Suharto’ marks Prabowo’s new phase in West Papua occupation
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- Should I get a weighted vest to boost my fitness? And how heavy should it be?
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- Relentless warming is driving the water cycle to new extremes, the 2024 global water report shows
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- Continental drift: why the need for critical minerals might change the way we define Earth’s zones
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- Do natural fabrics really keep us cooler in summer? Here’s the science
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- 3 drugs that went from legal, to illegal, then back again
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- Perfectionist leaders can push their teams to meet high standards – but it can backfire and stifl...
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- 5 tips to ace a job interview – including how to prepare for the question they’ll definitely ask
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- Why you should treat workplace friendships like your diet – aim for balance and variety
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- Sunglasses reflect more than the light: a brief history of shades, from Ancient Rome to Hollywood
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Maynard, Associate Professor, School of Communication and the Arts, The University of Queensland State Library Victoria Sunglasses, or dark glasses, have always guarded against strong sunlight, but is there more to “shades” than we think? The pupils of our ...3 days ago
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- Stanford braces herself for a year of cuts – and reform
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- Daily crossword, Monday 6 January
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- Newsroom daily quiz, Monday 6 January
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- Four myths of career breaks
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