Laura Norda strikes again
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Date published: 9:14 am, February 8th, 2024 - 78 comments
National has announced the cancellation of funding for Cultural Reports because of the cost and the abandonment of Labour’s plan to decrease the muster despite the cost.
Open mike 08/02/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 8th, 2024 - 16 comments
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Daily review 07/02/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 7th, 2024 - 1 comment
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Toitu te Tiriti
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Date published: 12:20 pm, February 7th, 2024 - 68 comments
Recent events have shown overwhelming support for the treaty among Iwi, the willingness for David Seymour to create chaos for political advantage, and that Christopher Luxton is not in control of the Government.
Open mike 07/02/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 7th, 2024 - 51 comments
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Daily review 06/02/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 6th, 2024 - 4 comments
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Ratana and The Treaty of Waitangi
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Date published: 5:25 pm, February 6th, 2024 - 10 comments
“My understanding is a guy came out as a prophet of his own religious movement in the 1870s. And politicians feel a strange obligation to be there every year. I’ve never felt that.” David Seymour is shallow as a birdbath.
Open mike 06/02/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 6th, 2024 - 18 comments
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Daily review 05/02/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 5th, 2024 - 3 comments
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A modest proposal on Waitangi day
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Date published: 1:58 pm, February 5th, 2024 - 32 comments
While the Treaty of Waitangi continues to be battered back and forth, the clear reality is that Maori, after signing the infuriating Treaty, were systematically dispossessed of their land. Any reading of the history of colonial treaties shows that treaties were the primary method of dispossession and were designed to be broken. And invariably they were.
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
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Date published: 6:54 am, February 5th, 2024 - 12 comments
Originally published on Nick Kelly’s blog Many question the value of the performing arts and drama. At the start of 2024, the ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office did what journalists, politicians and broader civil society have failed to do over the last 25 years. It raised public awareness of the injustice faced […]
Open mike 05/02/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 5th, 2024 - 50 comments
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The “New Zealand model” for prostitution liberalisation doesn’t work
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Date published: 6:09 am, February 4th, 2024 - 57 comments
The Women’s Rights Party New Zealand and the Women’s Declaration International – New Zealand recently made a joint submission to Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls
Open mike 04/02/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 4th, 2024 - 87 comments
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Coffee and Cigarettes
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Date published: 2:20 pm, February 3rd, 2024 - 12 comments
Coffee and Cigarettes is an in-depth study of the human condition by Jim Jarmusch.
Open mike 03/02/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 3rd, 2024 - 95 comments
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Daily review 02/02/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 2nd, 2024 - 2 comments
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Which party are “we” bringing food to, Judith?
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Date published: 3:10 pm, February 2nd, 2024 - 27 comments
War with China? Or cocktails with the Colonels? I haven’t got the invitations, but I’m a no for both.
The Apparatus behind the Curtain
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Date published: 1:54 pm, February 2nd, 2024 - 6 comments
The release from the Public Health Communication Centre Aotearoa around tobacco industry interference was a glimpse behind the curtain into a troubling reality.
It has been a long week for Casey Costello
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Date published: 10:45 am, February 2nd, 2024 - 46 comments
Recent disclosure of the actions of associate Minister of Health Casey Costello raises the extraordinary possibility that British American Tobacco may be having an undue influence on the setting of the Government’s smoking policies.
Open mike 02/02/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 2nd, 2024 - 63 comments
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Daily review 01/02/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 1st, 2024 - 45 comments
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ACT’s performative FedFoke virtual signalling
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Date published: 4:00 pm, February 1st, 2024 - 11 comments
Take your dirty boots off at the door ya numpties.
Christopher Luxon is no John Key
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Date published: 10:13 am, February 1st, 2024 - 48 comments
Yesterday in Parliament Christopher Luxon showed that he is struggling on the job.
Open mike 01/02/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 1st, 2024 - 82 comments
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Daily review 31/01/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, January 31st, 2024 - 13 comments
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Open mike 31/01/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 31st, 2024 - 85 comments
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Daily review 30/01/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, January 30th, 2024 - 4 comments
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Does the Western World really want to starve Palestine?
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Date published: 3:43 pm, January 30th, 2024 - 17 comments
Western Nations including New Zealand have suspended urgently needed aid for Palestine after revelations that a tiny minority of UNRHA workers may have been involved in Hamas raids and despite the UNHRA taking immediate action to address issues arising.
Shaw stands down as Greens co-leader
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Date published: 11:20 am, January 30th, 2024 - 77 comments
James Shaw has announced that he is standing down as co-leader of the Green Party and a leadership process will be triggered. He will stay on in Parliament in the meantime.
Open mike 30/01/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 30th, 2024 - 53 comments
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