Putting Politics over People
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Date published: 2:00 pm, June 1st, 2024 - 24 comments
National’s breaking of its election promise to fund 13 cancer treatments is cruel beyond words.
The QE2 covenant, the Mining Company and the donation to NZ First
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Date published: 8:53 am, June 1st, 2024 - 18 comments
Radio New Zealand has broken the jaw dropping and astounding story that shows why the Fast Track Projects Bill is potentially so corrupting to the body politic and why there has to be electoral law reform to stop corporations from buying influence.
Open mike 01/06/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, June 1st, 2024 - 17 comments
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Daily review 31/05/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 31st, 2024 - 2 comments
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Open mike 31/05/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 31st, 2024 - 88 comments
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Daily review 30/05/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 30th, 2024 - 13 comments
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Budget Smudgeit
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Date published: 2:43 pm, May 30th, 2024 - 80 comments
Early comments on the budget. Basically tax cuts are being paid by more borrowing. There is no way this can be described as being fiscally neutral.
The Budget Day Protests
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Date published: 8:33 am, May 30th, 2024 - 18 comments
Protests by Māori and Tangata Tiriti against government policy are underway on the day of the National government’s first budget. Carkoi and Hikoi are taking place in many locations across the country.
Open mike 30/05/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 30th, 2024 - 35 comments
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Daily review 29/05/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 29th, 2024 - 3 comments
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Open mike 29/05/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 29th, 2024 - 37 comments
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Is our investment in defence value for money?
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Date published: 4:31 am, May 29th, 2024 - 30 comments
Defence cost us more than $6.7 billion in 2023/24. Why does our small, remote country have such a costly defence force? Is it fit for purpose – and in 2024, what is that purpose?
Daily review 28/05/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 28th, 2024 - 20 comments
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What does the Government have against Māori wards?
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Date published: 1:27 pm, May 28th, 2024 - 49 comments
The Government is moving with urgency to reverse Labour’s repeal of referenda for Māori wards on local councils.
Open mike 28/05/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 28th, 2024 - 77 comments
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Daily review 27/05/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 27th, 2024 - 6 comments
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Open mike 27/05/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 27th, 2024 - 14 comments
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What is that word that starts with “C” and ends with “orruption”?
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Date published: 11:11 am, May 26th, 2024 - 46 comments
The past fortnight has seen a number of breaking stories each of which raises concerns about the motivations and goals of this Government. It makes you wonder whether the pursuit of self interest is an embedded feature as opposed to a bug.
Open mike 26/05/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 26th, 2024 - 32 comments
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Is Shane Jones Right About Mining?
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Date published: 10:58 am, May 25th, 2024 - 36 comments
Maybe Shane Jones is at least partially right about mining.
The Luxon Government’s War on Nature
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Date published: 6:10 am, May 25th, 2024 - 10 comments
“But the truth is that real gains only ever come out of a mobilised civil society and achieving a mobilised civil society is exactly what we have to do.”
– Russel Norman
Open mike 25/05/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 25th, 2024 - 62 comments
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Daily review 24/05/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 24th, 2024 - 1 comment
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Open mike 24/05/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 24th, 2024 - 57 comments
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Daily review 23/05/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 23rd, 2024 - 9 comments
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“It’s the end of the Tories…”
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Date published: 12:13 pm, May 23rd, 2024 - 27 comments
“and they know it”
Open mike 23/05/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 23rd, 2024 - 93 comments
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Daily review 22/05/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 22nd, 2024 - 4 comments
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Making up for lost time
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Date published: 8:34 am, May 22nd, 2024 - 39 comments
Guest post by Nigel Haworth where he discusses Labour membership’s desire for taxation reform and why it is important that Labour decides on its position as soon as possible.
Open mike 22/05/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, May 22nd, 2024 - 66 comments
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Daily review 21/05/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 21st, 2024 - 16 comments
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