Open mike 21/10/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 21st, 2023 - 40 comments

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Daily review 20/10/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 20th, 2023 - 3 comments

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New Zealand’s response to the Palestine crisis

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Date published: 4:22 pm, October 20th, 2023 - 129 comments

Nanaia Mahuta’s carefully crafted responses to the Palestinian crisis underlines that the Israeli response to the Hamas attacks by targeting civilians is disproportionate and completely unjustified.

Open mike 20/10/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 20th, 2023 - 51 comments

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Daily review 19/10/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 19th, 2023 - 15 comments

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Open mike 19/10/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 19th, 2023 - 113 comments

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Daily review 18/10/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 18th, 2023 - 39 comments

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Open mike 18/10/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 18th, 2023 - 66 comments

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Daily review 17/10/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 17th, 2023 - 21 comments

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Politics By The Armful

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Date published: 11:07 am, October 17th, 2023 - 9 comments

I’m going to show you what a large scale effective political act in a second hand store looked like recently.

How the special votes may work out

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Date published: 8:18 am, October 17th, 2023 - 57 comments

Special vote counts may see Labour win back some important electorate seats and see the National/Act majority vanish.

NZ Election result

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Date published: 6:03 am, October 17th, 2023 - 45 comments

In parliamentary politics, there are no final victories. After losing the 2023 election, Labour must now immediately focus on winning in 2026.

Open mike 17/10/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 17th, 2023 - 94 comments

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Daily review 16/10/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 16th, 2023 - 14 comments

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The long wait

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Date published: 9:47 am, October 16th, 2023 - 57 comments

As it stands right now with the indecisive election result, we’re probably into having a caretaker government for some time. The election results after the special votes are targeted to be declared on November 3rd. The last day for the writ is on November 9th.It may then take some time to form a governing number of seats in parliament.

Open mike 16/10/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 16th, 2023 - 69 comments

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Why are the Greens so happy?

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Date published: 12:05 pm, October 15th, 2023 - 75 comments

The trad left/right spectrum people are wondering why the Greens are so happy. Didn’t the left just lose?

That was not as good as was hoped for

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Date published: 9:52 am, October 15th, 2023 - 129 comments

Last night was not a good night for the Labour Party …

Open mike 15/10/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 15th, 2023 - 143 comments

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Election Night 2023 on The Standard

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Date published: 7:00 pm, October 14th, 2023 - 237 comments

A post for election night discussion on the Standard (and links for where to watch).

Open mike 14/10/2023

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Date published: 12:01 am, October 14th, 2023 - 39 comments

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Neck and neck

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Date published: 8:12 pm, October 13th, 2023 - 8 comments

Last post before election day but the big mo is on and the election is getting closer and closer.

Election day rules

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Date published: 7:45 pm, October 13th, 2023 - Comments Off on Election day rules

The rules about election day are pretty clear. You may only keep existing election material up on a website or social media if all the following apply. This time we will start moderating all comments with rules at midnight. OpenMike will be the only open post. Normal service back at 7pm

Daily review 13/10/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 13th, 2023 - 15 comments

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About last night’s debate

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Date published: 8:21 am, October 13th, 2023 - 42 comments

It is very clear now why National did not agree to a further debate between the leaders. Last night’s debate between Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luzon was totally one sided.

Open mike 13/10/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 13th, 2023 - 66 comments

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Daily review 12/10/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 12th, 2023 - 37 comments

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Down to the wire

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Date published: 8:06 am, October 12th, 2023 - 52 comments

Two new polls were released last night and they both confirm a tightening of the race with the right slumping and the left improving.

Open mike 12/10/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 12th, 2023 - 58 comments

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Daily review 11/10/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 11th, 2023 - 53 comments

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Multimillionaire landlords are the real squeezed middle according to National

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Date published: 8:20 am, October 11th, 2023 - 24 comments

Craig Rennie of the CTU has continued his excellent work analysing National’s proposed tax cuts and has come up with a doozie.  Landlords who own multiple properties will get huge tax cuts if National’s policy is put in place.

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