NZ Fabian Society event: Brian Easton on Transforming New Zealand

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Date published: 9:21 am, February 13th, 2025 - 1 comment
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“Why is the Left failing?”

Open mike 13/02/2025

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Daily review 12/02/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 12th, 2025 - 7 comments

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State of the Nation – dire

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Date published: 8:23 am, February 12th, 2025 - 18 comments

Remember National’s promise to get us back on track? Salvation Army’s latest state of the nation report suggests that for ordinary people things are getting much worse.

Open mike 12/02/2025

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The latest polls suggest a change in Government

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Date published: 8:39 pm, February 11th, 2025 - 14 comments

Two recent polls both predict a one term National Government.

Daily review 11/02/2025

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Kieran McAnulty is underrated: How Chris Bishop Got Away with Blowing Up Kāinga Ora & State Housing Momentum

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Date published: 9:39 am, February 11th, 2025 - 13 comments

Kieran McAnulty’s points are fair and important – so why is media ignoring most of them? Also – Labour delivered 14,000 homes in government – so why is Chris Bishop blowing that trajectory up?

Bring us your wealthy and your privileged …

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Date published: 7:05 am, February 11th, 2025 - 11 comments

National wants more wealthy people to come to New Zealand to increase investment fund levels. But what if we created the situation so that locals could increase investment through Kiwisaver contributions?

Open mike 11/02/2025

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Daily review 10/02/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 10th, 2025 - 9 comments

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Caption contest

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Date published: 4:15 pm, February 10th, 2025 - 34 comments

Keep it seemly.

Leadership D.O.A.

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Date published: 8:41 am, February 10th, 2025 - 31 comments

As we approach the half-time oranges for his government, I thought I’d give Mr Luxon some feedback and a few suggestions on how he might turn things around – if becoming a real leader interests him.

Open mike 10/02/2025

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Why get upset with solar power?

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Date published: 9:12 am, February 9th, 2025 - 56 comments

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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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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Open mike 07/02/2025

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Daily review 06/02/2025

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Open mike 06/02/2025

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Daily review 05/02/2025

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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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Daily review 04/02/2025

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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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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 - 107 comments

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