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Impressed with James Shaw

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 9:03 am, August 11th, 2017 - 141 comments

I have been impressed with James Shaw lately. The Greens may have lost Turei, but they have seen Shaw grow in stature.

Gower rightly apologises to Greens

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 11:44 am, August 10th, 2017 - 35 comments

“Newshub political editor Patrick Gower has apologised to Green Party leader James Shaw for suggesting a bad poll result drove his co-leader to quit.” If you are angry about this – use your vote…

Green MP Marama Davidson on keeping the faith

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 10:45 am, August 10th, 2017 - 90 comments

“We will not forget the thousands of you who came to us with your stories of hardship”

Corbyn-esque NZ

Written By: Bill - Date published: 6:17 pm, August 9th, 2017 - 13 comments

This post was written and ready to go and then news of Metiria Turei stepping down hit. Some of it might read a little strangely because of that. I’ve changed some of the tenses used.

Metiria to resign as leader

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:14 pm, August 9th, 2017 - 195 comments

Metiria Turei has just announced that she will stand down as leader of the Green Party and she may relinquish her position on the Green list.

Le Matte Juste: More resignations!

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 12:05 pm, August 8th, 2017 - 70 comments

Matthew Whitehead on what’s going on with the Greens.

James Shaw: “I completely support what Metiria has done”

Written By: weka - Date published: 8:42 am, August 8th, 2017 - 277 comments

Shaw in his own words on where the party is at.

Metiria for PM

Written By: Bill - Date published: 6:52 am, August 8th, 2017 - 45 comments

Yes. Quite seriously.

Two Green MPs remove themselves from the list

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 6:23 pm, August 7th, 2017 - 405 comments

Newshub is reporting that two Green MPs have quit in protest at Metiria Turei remaining co-leader.

Messages for the Left

Written By: Guest post - Date published: 6:59 am, August 6th, 2017 - 107 comments

Kōrero Pono writes about the class divide within the parliamentary Left and the importance of the wider Left’s message in this election.

I too, am not resigning

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 6:29 am, August 5th, 2017 - 210 comments

“there’s one standard for women who were fighting their way out of poverty and another for rich people who know they won’t really get called to account for their own personal histories so long as everyone involved keeps quiet.”

This is why we need the Greens in government

Written By: weka - Date published: 7:15 am, August 4th, 2017 - 247 comments

Metiria Turei speaks from the heart about how hard it is to be on welfare, and the need for a more compassionate, caring welfare system.

She ain’t no show pony

Written By: weka - Date published: 10:27 am, August 2nd, 2017 - 123 comments

“She’s got charm, she’s warm, she’s funny, she’s incredibly intelligent, her values are rock solid. I think you are looking at someone there who is going to change the fortunes of the Labour Party, lift the vote, and change the government.” – James Shaw.

So NZ Labour wanted the Headlines.

Written By: Bill - Date published: 3:29 pm, August 1st, 2017 - 50 comments

Well, now they have them. But…

Greens and the Māori Party on the new Labour leaders

Written By: weka - Date published: 12:57 pm, August 1st, 2017 - 27 comments

Coalition partners in the wings, game on for the left.

Ok, I’m pissed off with the Labour caucus again. Time to switch

Written By: lprent - Date published: 10:44 am, August 1st, 2017 - 129 comments

I think that Andrew Little standing down was a mistake. I can’t think of anyone in the Labour caucus capable of doing anything much between now and the election. Labour should have just stayed the course and worked harder to get rid of National out of government.

Metiria’s gamble pays off in latest poll

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:02 am, July 31st, 2017 - 157 comments

To what must be intense annoyance from angry right-wing pundits, Metiria Turei’s gamble seems to have paid off for The Greens, an indication (though mind that margin of error) that there could be a real appetite for a Corbyn-style political revolution this election.

This is no ordinary election (f*ck the polls)

Written By: weka - Date published: 6:30 am, July 31st, 2017 - 122 comments

This isn’t a set in stone election, it’s one that is in the midst of change, quite possibly big change. The Greens opened a door, what can we do to step through?

Reactions to Metiria – the political and the personal

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:04 am, July 29th, 2017 - 181 comments

There are basically two kinds of reaction to Metiria’s bombshell, the practiced “outrage’ of the usual political operatives, and the support of the ordinary people. I think that the louder the operatives shout, the more that people are going to side with the under-dog.

Raging at Metiria is not about the fraud – it’s that she sided with the lepers

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:01 am, July 27th, 2017 - 324 comments

Graham Cameron cuts through the obsession over fraud to the cultural values of the last 30 years and the fear beneath.

Greens: Grandparents and children deserve better than National’s ‘penal welfare’

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:13 am, July 25th, 2017 - 34 comments

National’s ‘penal welfare’ approach is failing kids, failing caregivers and failing New Zealand.

Break Left!

Written By: Bill - Date published: 1:01 pm, July 20th, 2017 - 109 comments

A simple and obvious message to the Green Party that others have ignored to their cost. Please don’t join that list.

#IamMetiria

Written By: Bill - Date published: 7:00 am, July 20th, 2017 - 35 comments

If you know that feeling of dread when you get a WINZ letter, or if you’ve had roiling anxiety from being ‘called in’ for a WINZ interview, or sighed with relief when the letter from WINZ turns out to be a replacement community services card, then follow #IamMetiria. And if you just don’t recognise those, then you might want to follow #IamMetiria to find out why others do…