We are failing kids from poor families
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Date published: 9:21 am, September 16th, 2018 - 77 comments
Kirsty Johnston has produced an in-depth analysis of the current rate of young people from poor backgrounds entering professional ranks. And the news is not good.
Prime Minister Ardern’s Coalition Reset Speech
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Date published: 8:27 am, September 16th, 2018 - 132 comments
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is due to give a big speech today. I’m hoping for something that gives some kind of plan, common purpose, and sense of direction.
Open Mike 16/09/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 16th, 2018 - 145 comments
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They got bailed out and we got sold out
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Date published: 12:05 pm, September 15th, 2018 - 56 comments
Ros Wynne Jones in the Daily Mirror excoriates the excesses of the Banking system and wonders why the rest of us tolerate bankers’ behaviour.
Open Mike 15/09/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 15th, 2018 - 255 comments
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Daily Review 14/09/2018
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Date published: 5:33 pm, September 14th, 2018 - 42 comments
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Paranoia, Bullshit and Ordinary Lives.
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Date published: 11:40 am, September 14th, 2018 - 125 comments
It seems that for some, trashing out the lives of ordinary people is fine, because “Russia bad”. It’s not fine…
North Carolina and Hurricane Florence
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Date published: 10:40 am, September 14th, 2018 - 42 comments
North Carolina Republicans’ refusal to accept that climate change exists means that Hurricane Florence’s effects are going to be greater than they should be.
Open Mike 14/09/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 14th, 2018 - 153 comments
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Coalition Problems? Tell ’em they’re Dreaming!
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Date published: 6:44 pm, September 13th, 2018 - 82 comments
Oh dear. The Winston Peters led governing coalition has completely collapsed and thank God Simon Bridges is there to pick up the pieces. I warned you this would happen! And look! Over there … the sky is falling. Falling, I tells ya!
Daily Review 13/09/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 13th, 2018 - 57 comments
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What does it take for bosses not to get their bonus?
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Date published: 11:26 am, September 13th, 2018 - 17 comments
Why is it that all risk lies with the shareholders? Why does poor performance by a company not result in CEO and top management bonuses being clawed back?
Fonterra’s loss
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Date published: 9:35 am, September 13th, 2018 - 67 comments
Fonterra has just reported an after tax loss of $196 million for the 2018 year. It’s never had an annual loss in its history.
Brownlee accused of bullying lawyer
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Date published: 7:44 am, September 13th, 2018 - 128 comments
Gerry Brownlee has been accused of ringing a young lawyer involved in a potential class action concerning steal used in the Christchurch rebuild and making her feel intimidated and harassed. Update: National has admitted “[s]o he just kind of unleashed, you know how Gerry is”.
Open Mike 13/09/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 13th, 2018 - 53 comments
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“That day” in September.
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Date published: 6:14 pm, September 12th, 2018 - 6 comments
Towers bore me.
Daily Review 12/09/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 12th, 2018 - 97 comments
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Ray Avery, Netsafe and the right to public discourse
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Date published: 4:52 pm, September 12th, 2018 - 5 comments
Ray Avery has complained to Netsafe that Newsroom has been engaged in perhaps a too vigorous investigation of claims concerning medical equipment that he had produced.
Business NZ runs bogus poll
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Date published: 8:18 am, September 12th, 2018 - 65 comments
Business NZ has admitted that a poll that it ran was fundamentally flawed but has threatened to go to the ILO about Labour’s rather modest proposed changes to Industrial Relations law. And Radio New Zealand has reported on an industrial dispute involving Sistema plastics where union workers are working 60 hour working weeks without overtime pay on not much more than the minimum wage.
Open Mike 12/09/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 12th, 2018 - 234 comments
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Daily Review 11/09/2018
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Date published: 7:16 pm, September 11th, 2018 - 10 comments
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The Global Financial Crisis 10 Years On
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Date published: 11:19 am, September 11th, 2018 - 32 comments
Ten years ago this week massive financial businesses in the United States started collapsing. How has the world recovered from this?
Ghahraman speaks out about online trolls
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Date published: 8:21 am, September 11th, 2018 - 134 comments
Green MP Golriz Ghahraman has talked to the New Zealand Herald about the online treatment she has received and described the nature of the attacks and the absurdity of the allegations made against her.
Open Mike 11/09/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 11th, 2018 - 259 comments
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Daily Review 10/09/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 10th, 2018 - 34 comments
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Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
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Date published: 11:00 am, September 10th, 2018 - 61 comments
It is Maori Language week. And National has come out with the unusual situation of requiring primary and intermediate schools to teach a compulsory second language. But the language may not necessarily be te Reo Māori. And Simon Bridges opposes it being taught compulsorily.
Tilting at Windmills
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Date published: 10:38 am, September 10th, 2018 - 42 comments
The Donald found a real one!
Open Mike 10/09/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 10th, 2018 - 265 comments
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Ardern and Pelosi.
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Date published: 11:36 am, September 9th, 2018 - 65 comments
There is something very wrong with “our” media when it takes a stand-up comedian to alert people to important stuff. But anyway…
Guest post – Breast is best
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Date published: 8:43 am, September 9th, 2018 - 26 comments
It is high time we wean ourselves off the indiscriminate use of fossil fuels. We need to grow up.
Open Mike 09/09/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 9th, 2018 - 109 comments
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