Open mike 29/04/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 29th, 2024 - 30 comments
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Open mike 28/04/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 28th, 2024 - 73 comments
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This is fine
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Date published: 8:50 am, April 27th, 2024 - 8 comments
There is absolutely nothing to worry about if the Fast-track Approvals Bill gets passed into law and Shane Jones gets extraordinary powers to decide on consent applications which normally would be subject to enormous rigour and oversight.
NZ White Rural Rage
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Date published: 7:58 am, April 27th, 2024 - 14 comments
What is really going on in the minds of
Open mike 27/04/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 27th, 2024 - 77 comments
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Daily review 26/04/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, April 26th, 2024 - 1 comment
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Open mike 26/04/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 26th, 2024 - 68 comments
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New Zealand Needs a Security Alliance Fast
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Date published: 12:09 pm, April 25th, 2024 - 21 comments
Who will defend us when the military chaos now expanding in the world finally hits hard in our region, because that is what is really happening.
Open mike 25/04/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 25th, 2024 - 11 comments
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Daily review 24/04/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, April 24th, 2024 - 4 comments
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Goneburger
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Date published: 1:04 pm, April 24th, 2024 - 55 comments
As predicted 10 days ago the first Ministerial goneburger has occurred and it is Melissa Lee.
What does this Government have against the environment
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Date published: 11:05 am, April 24th, 2024 - 5 comments
It is almost as if the environment was really cruel to senior members of the Government when they were kids. But whatever the reason this Government appears to be intent on wrecking the local environment with a degree of vengeance and stupidity not seen before.
It’s not a culture war, it’s a class war, and the left should be naming it as such
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Date published: 10:23 am, April 24th, 2024 - 34 comments
The culture wars exist, and they are a tool weaponised in the class war.
Open mike 24/04/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 24th, 2024 - 34 comments
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Daily review 23/04/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, April 23rd, 2024 - 16 comments
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Open mike 23/04/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 23rd, 2024 - 7 comments
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Daily review 22/04/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, April 22nd, 2024 - 1 comment
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Open mike 22/04/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 22nd, 2024 - 50 comments
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Joining US military alliance not in our national interest
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Date published: 1:56 am, April 22nd, 2024 - 23 comments
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark – the safest pair of hands this country has had in living memory – gave a masterclass on the importance of maintaining an independent foreign policy when she spoke at an AUKUS symposium held in Parliament’s old Legislative Chambers on April 18.
The list
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Date published: 10:14 am, April 21st, 2024 - 11 comments
Making a major infrastructure deal happen takes years of planning, exceptionally qualified people on all sides, and in New Zealand it takes about ten years of your life. Until now.
The Liz Truss of the South Seas
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Date published: 9:43 am, April 21st, 2024 - 35 comments
Liz Truss’s short reign as UK Prime Minister foundered after her budget requiring borrowing to fund tax cuts was released. The budget tanked the UK economy and caused Truss’s resignation. This week amongst announcements of massive cuts it has emerged that the Government is also planning borrowing for tax cuts.
Open mike 21/04/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 21st, 2024 - 27 comments
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Open mike 20/04/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 20th, 2024 - 95 comments
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Daily review 19/04/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, April 19th, 2024 - 4 comments
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How to slow down the Fast Track Bill
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Date published: 8:09 am, April 19th, 2024 - 19 comments
UPDATE: government forced to release the list of companies it wrote to about the Fast-Track application process.
Yesterday was the last day for submissions on the nature and society destroying Fast Track bill.
Open mike 19/04/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 19th, 2024 - 19 comments
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Daily review 18/04/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, April 18th, 2024 - 5 comments
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Open mike 18/04/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 18th, 2024 - 51 comments
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Daily review 17/04/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, April 17th, 2024 - 20 comments
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Towards Banana Republic Status
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Date published: 10:25 am, April 17th, 2024 - 27 comments
There is a bill before Parliament right now that has the potential of blowing a rather big hole in our reputation as an open and transparent democracy.
At least Chris Bishop sleeps in a well made bed
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Date published: 8:26 am, April 17th, 2024 - 85 comments
Having a decent home is a human right
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