Open mike 26/08/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 26th, 2023 - 37 comments
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Daily review 25/08/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 25th, 2023 - 17 comments
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Eugenie Sage’s farewell
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Date published: 11:14 am, August 25th, 2023 - 7 comments
As always, if you want to understand green politics, listen to what the Green MPs say themselves. This speech is no exception.
Open mike 25/08/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 25th, 2023 - 31 comments
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Daily review 24/08/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 24th, 2023 - 36 comments
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Open mike 24/08/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 24th, 2023 - 70 comments
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Daily review 23/08/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 23rd, 2023 - 13 comments
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Fifteen Green MPs, or more
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Date published: 10:02 am, August 23rd, 2023 - 38 comments
The political courage of the Green Party is paying off.
Open mike 23/08/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 23rd, 2023 - 48 comments
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Daily review 22/08/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 22nd, 2023 - 22 comments
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Education policy and the compulsory teaching of subjects
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Date published: 10:55 am, August 22nd, 2023 - 26 comments
The brains trust of Labour’s leadership have recently released a policy providing for the compulsory teaching of financial literacy in schools. Tacking to the centre and seeking votes from the pro business part of the electorate is an interesting approach to campaigning. Time will tell if it is the correct approach.
This press release was brought to you on behalf of National’s sponsors
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Date published: 8:25 am, August 22nd, 2023 - 25 comments
It has been revealed that National issued a press release in support of litigation taken against the Government by a company without disclosing that the manager of the company had previously made significant donations to National.
Open mike 22/08/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 22nd, 2023 - 49 comments
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Daily review 21/08/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 21st, 2023 - 8 comments
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Open mike 21/08/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 21st, 2023 - 68 comments
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Later Stuart
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Date published: 11:29 am, August 20th, 2023 - 12 comments
Stuart Nash has given a valedictory speech which could have been delivered by a retiring National MP.
Critics of ‘degrowth’ economics say it’s unworkable – but from an ecologist’s perspective, it’s inevitable
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Date published: 8:00 am, August 20th, 2023 - 22 comments
Dr Mike Joy on the ecological imperative of degrowth
Open mike 20/08/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 20th, 2023 - 70 comments
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Open mike 19/08/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 19th, 2023 - 58 comments
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Daily review 18/08/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 18th, 2023 - 6 comments
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David Seymour should be ashamed
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Date published: 8:48 am, August 18th, 2023 - 103 comments
David Seymour yesterday hit a new low in race baiting when he said that “in my fantasy we’d send a guy called Guy Fawkes in [to the ministry of Pacific Peoples] and it’d be all over”.
The other cost of living crisis
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Date published: 6:05 am, August 18th, 2023 - 7 comments
Our descendants will curse us
Open mike 18/08/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 18th, 2023 - 41 comments
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Daily review 17/08/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 17th, 2023 - 18 comments
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Why New Zealand First Will Get Back In
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Date published: 10:32 am, August 17th, 2023 - 70 comments
Winston’s term with Ardern shows what high-delivery, low-foolishness government looked like. That’s why he’s rising again.
Open mike 17/08/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 17th, 2023 - 27 comments
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Daily review 16/08/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 16th, 2023 - 10 comments
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What is at stake this election – housing
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Date published: 8:59 am, August 16th, 2023 - 87 comments
Since 2017 this Government has constructed 12,000 new Kainga Ora houses, overseen record numbers of new housing consents, moved to resolving the housing crisis and stabilised and reduced house prices. All this is at stake if there is a change of Government.
Open mike 16/08/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 16th, 2023 - 93 comments
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Daily review 15/08/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 15th, 2023 - 24 comments
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NZ First gets some hefty donations from National donors
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Date published: 9:38 am, August 15th, 2023 - 30 comments
Some donors normally associated with the National Party have recently made significant donations to the NZ First Party.
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