The MPs go to Waitangi
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Date published: 9:04 am, February 5th, 2020 - 93 comments
Yesterday the political parties were welcomed onto the upper Marae at Waitangi. Jacinda Ardern took the occasion to give a stock take of what the Government was doing to address Iwi concerns, Andrew Little gave his speech totally in te reo, and Simon Bridges chose to use the opportunity to politic.
Open mike 05/02/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, February 5th, 2020 - 87 comments
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Daily review 04/02/2020
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Date published: 6:07 pm, February 4th, 2020 - 21 comments
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The Big One’s Coming In.
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Date published: 11:34 am, February 4th, 2020 - 70 comments
These past few years anyone might be forgiven for believing liberals have never heard of King Canute. How else to explain their stupid resistance to inevitable change? And now…
Open mike 04/02/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, February 4th, 2020 - 86 comments
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Daily review 03/02/2020
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 3rd, 2020 - 11 comments
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The BBC – a failed public broadcaster
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Date published: 11:36 am, February 3rd, 2020 - 26 comments
At the 2019 election the BBC had an opportunity to show the world what quality political journalism looks like in the 21st century. It failed. The consequences for this could be dire for the Beeb.
Mike Moore
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Date published: 7:30 am, February 3rd, 2020 - 104 comments
It’s not often you find New Zealanders who give every single breath they have to the left and do it with resounding and even global success. Such a person was Mike Moore.
Open mike 03/02/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, February 3rd, 2020 - 59 comments
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Bridges’ biggest gamble
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Date published: 3:46 pm, February 2nd, 2020 - 103 comments
Simon Bridges has mimicked John Key and ruled out National working with NZ First after the election. The difference is however that back then Key ruled out working with NZ First because NZ First was involved in a SFO investigation about the hiding of a $100,000 donation. This time it is National.
Open mike 02/02/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, February 2nd, 2020 - 64 comments
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How To Get There 02/02/20
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Date published: 7:00 am, February 2nd, 2020 - 19 comments
Welcome to TS’s Sunday think piece. It’s a blank sheet, a tabula rasa, waiting for your thoughts on the future and How To Get There.
Pay the money back Simon
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Date published: 3:17 pm, February 1st, 2020 - 33 comments
Simon Bridges has stated that National wants to pay the undeclared $100,000 donation back but even though nearly two years have passed since it was made it still remains unrepaid.
Open mike 01/02/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, February 1st, 2020 - 68 comments
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Open mike 31/01/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, January 31st, 2020 - 114 comments
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Daily review 30/01/2020
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Date published: 5:30 pm, January 30th, 2020 - 23 comments
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Is National the party of law and order?
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Date published: 8:26 am, January 30th, 2020 - 38 comments
Following the announcement by the Serious Fraud Office of charges relating to the donation of $100,000 to the National Party Simon Bridges claim of being exonerated appear to be optimistic.
Open mike 30/01/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, January 30th, 2020 - 66 comments
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Daily review 29/01/2020
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Date published: 5:43 pm, January 29th, 2020 - 7 comments
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SFO files charges in relation to National Party donations
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Date published: 3:37 pm, January 29th, 2020 - 55 comments
The SFO has confirmed that it has charged four persons with offences relating to the receipt of donations by the National Party.
The Government’s $12 billion infrastructure package
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Date published: 11:33 am, January 29th, 2020 - 96 comments
The details of the Government’s $12 billion infrastructure announcement have been released.
Trump’s Middle East peace plan
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Date published: 10:47 am, January 29th, 2020 - 21 comments
This news shows how strange International Relations has become. Donald Trump, currently on trial in the Senate for withholding approved funds from the Ukraine in an attempt to get the Ukranian authorities to dig up dirt on his possible opponent Joe Biden, and Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been indicted on charges of bribery, fraud and […]
Open mike 29/01/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, January 29th, 2020 - 35 comments
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Daily review 28/01/2020
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Date published: 5:30 pm, January 28th, 2020 - 63 comments
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19th September: Talk Like a Pirate Day
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Date published: 3:36 pm, January 28th, 2020 - 19 comments
Plus we get to choose our government again.
How low will Bridges go?
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Date published: 11:55 am, January 28th, 2020 - 23 comments
Simon Bridges has wondered out loud if anti semitism stopped the Government from sending a senior representative to a Holocaust memorial in Israel.
Open mike 28/01/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, January 28th, 2020 - 118 comments
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The Fourth Estate struggling in the social media world
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Date published: 11:51 pm, January 27th, 2020 - 30 comments
Originally posted on Nick Kelly’s blog
Ahead of the 2020 General Election in New Zealand, Labour Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that her party is committed to run a factual election and has signed up to a social media tool to help prove it. The 2020 NZ election will be an interesting case study of whether in the social media age there can be honest political debate free of misinformation and manipulation of facts.
Steve Mnuchin, not Greta Thunberg, needs to go back to school
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Date published: 10:52 am, January 27th, 2020 - 11 comments
US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has attacked Greta Thunberg for not understanding the economics of climate change. But he has then been roundly criticised by a number of people, including his wife.
Chinese New Year
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Date published: 9:26 am, January 27th, 2020 - 15 comments
With China’s New Year arriving, and a terrible flu virus struggling to be contained within it at the same time, it’s time to reflect again on China’s future and impact for New Zealand.
Climate change thought experiment
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Date published: 7:10 am, January 27th, 2020 - 120 comments
What if…
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