Open mike 01/04/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, April 1st, 2023 - 181 comments

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Daily review 31/03/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 31st, 2023 - 53 comments

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Trump indicted

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Date published: 10:54 am, March 31st, 2023 - 33 comments

Breaking news that Donald J Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury.  More details to follow …

Open mike 31/03/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 31st, 2023 - 112 comments

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Daily review 30/03/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 30th, 2023 - 90 comments

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Open mike 30/03/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 30th, 2023 - 125 comments

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Daily review 29/03/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 29th, 2023 - 125 comments

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Nash is goneburger

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Date published: 8:11 am, March 29th, 2023 - 42 comments

Stuart Nash has been summarily sacked from Cabinet after an email to donors emerged indicating he had told them about sensitive Cabinet discussions on issues concerning them.

Open mike 29/03/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 29th, 2023 - 312 comments

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Daily review 28/03/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 28th, 2023 - 37 comments

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Open mike 28/03/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 28th, 2023 - 256 comments

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Daily review 27/03/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 27th, 2023 - 126 comments

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The real reason New Zealand’s literacy standards are tanking *

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Date published: 7:00 am, March 27th, 2023 - 42 comments

* the answer is National Standards, the effects of which are still being felt.

Open mike 27/03/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 27th, 2023 - 94 comments

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Wayne’s budget has nothing to do with saving money

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Date published: 11:08 am, March 26th, 2023 - 53 comments

We have heard numerous claims from Auckland mayor Wayne Brown and his supporters that the proposed budget is about saving money and getting rid of a nearly $300 million hole. This is a huge disservice to Aucklanders and hugely misleading.

Open mike 26/03/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 26th, 2023 - 43 comments

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Letting women speak in Aotearoa New Zealand

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Date published: 9:49 am, March 25th, 2023 - 333 comments

A progressive online space for discussion about the Let Women Speak events this weekend.

Open mike 25/03/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 25th, 2023 - 60 comments

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Debating with nazis

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Date published: 8:34 pm, March 24th, 2023 - 278 comments

So Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull aka Posie Parker is coming to Aotearoa New Zealand and intends to spread her message. Wikipedia describes her as someone who “has used posters, billboards, stickers, and social media to promote anti-trans messages, and she has organized events in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia that have been protested by […]

Daily review 24/03/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 24th, 2023 - 18 comments

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Open mike 24/03/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 24th, 2023 - 142 comments

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Daily review 23/03/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 23rd, 2023 - 19 comments

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Open mike 23/03/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 23rd, 2023 - 77 comments

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Daily review 22/03/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 22nd, 2023 - 15 comments

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She who channels her inner Monroe

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Date published: 1:34 pm, March 22nd, 2023 - 138 comments

A Guest Post on the vexed questions posed by Kellie Jay Keen Minshall, her apparent preparedness to ally with religious fundies and right wing extremists, and the predictable calls from sections of the left for her to be banned from entering/speaking in Australia and NZ.

Climate change – the final final warning

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Date published: 11:05 am, March 22nd, 2023 - 78 comments

The latest report from the International Panel on Climate Change has synthesised reports on the climate crisis from hundreds of scientists over the past eight years and has boiled it down to one message: act now, or it will be too late.

Open mike 22/03/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 22nd, 2023 - 64 comments

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Daily review 21/03/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 21st, 2023 - 22 comments

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Women’s Liberation Aotearoa Statement on Let Women Speak events, March 2023

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Date published: 1:59 pm, March 21st, 2023 - 73 comments

We strenuously oppose far right activists using the events to publicise their reprehensible views as we have seen happen in the UK, the USA and most recently in Melbourne.

Open mike 21/03/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 21st, 2023 - 17 comments

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Daily review 20/03/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 20th, 2023 - 52 comments

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