About Carrots and Sticks
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Date published: 2:41 pm, April 4th, 2020 - 119 comments
How can we improve motivation to stamp out this virus in New Zealand?
David Clark
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Date published: 12:16 pm, April 4th, 2020 - 152 comments
He should have been immediately fired.
Open mike 04/04/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, April 4th, 2020 - 100 comments
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Bauer closures not unexpected. They were invisible
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Date published: 10:15 am, April 3rd, 2020 - 31 comments
As is typical these days, I heard about the Bauer magazine closures by a link in social media. My initial reaction was shock, but then I considered when the last time that I read them. No-one links to these publications. They were as invisible on the net as the NBR. Or as NZ Herald is starting to be. Realistically no real loss to the general debate.
It’s the end of main stream media as we know it …
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Date published: 8:57 am, April 3rd, 2020 - 63 comments
The Covid-19 lock down has and will tip media companies already struggling to survive into closure.
Open mike 03/04/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, April 3rd, 2020 - 261 comments
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Quick Snippets
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Date published: 6:04 am, April 3rd, 2020 - 7 comments
The joys of bread rising far to fast through a warm autumn night is…this post.
The kind of imagination we’re going to need
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Date published: 9:43 am, April 2nd, 2020 - 29 comments
More was achieved by and for Americas throughout the Franklin D. Roosevelt era than ever before or since in American history. This may provide us with a model for how we get things back on track.
No Right Turn: A new Ministry of Works
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Date published: 7:05 am, April 2nd, 2020 - 22 comments
Idiot/Savant writes: “While the economy is on pause under lockdown, the government is beginning to plan how to cope with the post-lockdown, post-tourism, post-export education world we will eventually find ourselves in”
Open mike 02/04/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, April 2nd, 2020 - 253 comments
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Cabin Fever.
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Date published: 12:32 pm, April 1st, 2020 - 38 comments
The Government did exactly the right thing, telling everyone they can take outdoor exercise locally within the necessary physical distancing rules.
Trusting people to be sensible about the possibilities of virus spread. To trust that most people will , given the information and criteria, will make the right decisions for themselves and others.
Not a good day for an April Fool’s joke
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Date published: 9:38 am, April 1st, 2020 - 24 comments
David Farrar has shown that many of his commenters and followers do not understand satire.
Open mike 01/04/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, April 1st, 2020 - 226 comments
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What about Climate Change then?
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Date published: 9:49 am, March 31st, 2020 - 26 comments
Shouldn’t this global shock from this COVID-19 virus make us all wake up to the power of collective global action on climate change?
Holding the Government to Account or Concern Trolling?
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Date published: 8:00 am, March 31st, 2020 - 35 comments
When Opposition Spokespersons behave like concern trolls, we have a problem.
Open mike 31/03/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, March 31st, 2020 - 238 comments
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Caption contest
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Date published: 12:31 pm, March 30th, 2020 - 22 comments
In the interests of Covid-19 bi partisanship keep it especially seemly.
CTU launches online tool for reporting bad employers
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Date published: 9:24 am, March 30th, 2020 - 27 comments
The Council of Trade Unions has launched an online tool allowing employees to log complaints against ill treatment by employers during the Covid-19 lockdown.
New Zealand Tourism after 2020
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Date published: 7:30 am, March 30th, 2020 - 48 comments
Post Covid-2019 what is going to happen to New Zealand’s tourism market?
Open mike 30/03/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, March 30th, 2020 - 129 comments
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Please don’t have to bring out your dead.
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Date published: 12:27 pm, March 29th, 2020 - 45 comments
Anyone who has read even briefly into written human history is going to be aware that it is as much defined by our epidemics and pandemics as by any of our technical and societal achievements. This post is essentially a quick range over the history of pandemics and epidemics with links and some focus on COVID-19.
How this may play out
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Date published: 11:01 am, March 29th, 2020 - 212 comments
Developments on Covid-19 are happening at pace as we enter the make or break stage concerning the virus’s spread.
Open mike 29/03/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, March 29th, 2020 - 181 comments
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One Virus to Rule Them All
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Date published: 2:33 pm, March 28th, 2020 - 37 comments
Trying to make sense of what’s happening is mindboggling.
Open mike 28/03/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, March 28th, 2020 - 130 comments
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All of govt: 27th March
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Date published: 1:59 pm, March 27th, 2020 - 16 comments
The daily briefing: All of Government COVID-19 National Response 27 March.
The Big Chill
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Date published: 7:05 am, March 27th, 2020 - 56 comments
A post for the duration: what’s inspiring us or helping us get through? Music, film, books, games, or just sharing what’s keeping us occupied as we hunker down.
No politics, no aggro, no politics.
Open mike 27/03/2020
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Date published: 7:00 am, March 27th, 2020 - 166 comments
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We are all socialists now
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Date published: 1:38 pm, March 26th, 2020 - 131 comments
It seems that the pure free market approach is ill equipped to provide the world with the leadership and guidance it requires.
Christchurch Terrorist Pleads Guilty to All Charges
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Date published: 1:02 pm, March 26th, 2020 - 25 comments
In a shock move, the Christchurch terrorist has changed his plea. Why?
That eerie silence
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Date published: 8:29 am, March 26th, 2020 - 69 comments
Waking up this morning was a bit of an eerie feeling. The alarm went off as usual at 0700 (and the 0880 one just clicked over). Very little traffic noise. The quiet sound of the workstation and server fans was louder than the the remaining white noise from the traffic.
This post is here for you to share your first day under lock-down.
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