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Fear is a Man’s Best Friend

Written By: te reo putake - Date published: 4:05 pm, March 17th, 2016 - 141 comments

It’s been an intense day or two for Andrew Little. But he’s still feeling better than John Key. Why? Because Key’s got the fear.

Common ground at Abel Tasman National Park

Written By: advantage - Date published: 8:30 am, February 16th, 2016 - 76 comments

The desire of many New Zealanders to put a beach in the South Island under public control presents the opposition parties with a great opportunity to identify and defend common ground.

Gareth Hughes on the Prime Minister of New Zealand

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 10:59 am, February 12th, 2016 - 66 comments

Green MP Gareth Hughes’ response in Parliament to John’ Key’s opening speech for 2017. Hughes cleanly and definitively nails Key’s true contribution to New Zealand.

Metiria Turei: The state of the Nation

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 11:30 am, January 26th, 2016 - 45 comments

Metiria Turei is due to deliver her state of the nation speech today at 12:30 pm.  This post contains links to the livestream of the speech and the speech notes will be added when they are available.  Updated with speech notes.

Saudi Arabia and the free trade deal

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:47 am, January 6th, 2016 - 113 comments

David Shearer has disagreed with the Greens that New Zealand should suspend negotiations on the free trade agreement with Saudi Arabia until it improves its human rights record.

The Tide is High

Written By: te reo putake - Date published: 6:39 pm, November 15th, 2015 - 91 comments

I’m pleased about the Roy Morgan result. The last RWC was worth 2-3% in the polls to National.  This RWC … nothing.  And in the days since that poll, John Key has overseen an astonishing attack on the women of Parliament. I think we’ve reached Peak Key.

The left in Auckland

Written By: advantage - Date published: 8:00 am, October 25th, 2015 - 15 comments

Ad comments on the change of National’s approach to local government in Auckland and suggests that there should be cooperation amongst the parties on the left locally and between the central organisations of the parties.

TVOne’s reporting of the latest Colmar Brunton Poll result

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:16 am, October 20th, 2015 - 90 comments

The latest Colmar Brunton poll shows that the opposition block is solidly ahead of National.  Yet One News chose to concentrate only on the preferred Prime Minister result and attack Andrew Little because of marginal change.

The political machinations of the flag debate

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:23 am, September 25th, 2015 - 276 comments

The Green’s agreement with National to allow for Red Peak to be a referendum candidate potentially helps John Key out of a major difficulty and raises issues about the state of the Labour-Green relationship.

Increase productivity. Make builders subject to criminal charges.

Written By: lprent - Date published: 8:51 am, September 23rd, 2015 - 97 comments

Nick Smith is being his usual dickhead self again suggesting that self-certifying electricians, directly subject to criminal prosecution, are the same as self-certifying builders who do not. The Government’s rules reduction taskforce is repeating the same mantras from the 1990s that lead directly to the destruction of productivity by National’s policies to create leaky buildings.

Breaking News – Russell Norman resigning from Parliament

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 10:13 am, September 11th, 2015 - 85 comments

Russell Norman has announced that he is resigning from Parliament to become Executive Director of Greenpeace.

The Fighting Foreign Corporate Control Bill

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:16 am, July 22nd, 2015 - 49 comments

With support from Labour, the Greens and the Maori Party NZ First is promoting the Fighting Foreign Corporate Control Bill. The support of one more MP will be sufficient to sent the Bill to select committee for consideration.

China Crisis

Written By: te reo putake - Date published: 12:43 pm, July 12th, 2015 - 199 comments

Good on Labour for saying what needed to be said. Can they, the Greens and NZ First save the next generation of Kiwis from being tenants in our own land?

Includes Bonus Seinfeld reference!

Greens allow split vote on online speech bill

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 3:35 pm, June 30th, 2015 - 87 comments

The Greens will split their vote on the Harmful Digital Communications Bill.

Update: The Bill has passed.

Herald supports Greens on climate change

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 9:12 am, June 4th, 2015 - 96 comments

Even an anonymous editorial in The Herald supports The Greens’ proposal for discussions with National on climate change. Key needs to acknowledge the facts, get some guts, and stop playing politics with the issue.