Daily review 13/07/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, July 13th, 2022 - 29 comments
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Open mike 13/07/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 13th, 2022 - 123 comments
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Daily review 12/07/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, July 12th, 2022 - 4 comments
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Business claims crisis as country approaches full employment and wages increase
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Date published: 8:29 am, July 12th, 2022 - 124 comments
Anyone else getting tired of the media presenting the fact that New Zealand essentially has full employment is a very bad thing?
Open mike 12/07/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 12th, 2022 - 119 comments
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Daily review 11/07/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, July 11th, 2022 - 9 comments
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Complaint about RNZ use of Bryce Edwards article upheld
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Date published: 1:58 pm, July 11th, 2022 - 33 comments
The Media Council has upheld a complaint against a Bryce Edwards article published on RNZ’s website that incorrectly stated that Labour went into the 2020 election promising to break up the supermarket duopoly and bring down the cost of food and that the policy was essentially dead when the policy only promised to conduct a market study using the Commerce Commission.
Open mike 11/07/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 11th, 2022 - 97 comments
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Open mike 10/07/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 10th, 2022 - 75 comments
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Predator Free Rakiura Stewart Island
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Date published: 11:24 am, July 9th, 2022 - 39 comments
If anyone’s keen on helping in a globally noteworthy epic conservation project, try the whole of Stewart Island.
Open mike 09/07/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 9th, 2022 - 96 comments
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Daily review 08/07/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, July 8th, 2022 - 5 comments
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Luxon goes to London to get campaign ideas
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Date published: 8:20 am, July 8th, 2022 - 19 comments
At the very time that the United Kingdom Conservative Government is imploding National leader Chris Luxon is visiting to get new ideas on how to run a country.
Boris Johnson has agreed to resign
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Date published: 6:03 am, July 8th, 2022 - 41 comments
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Open mike 08/07/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 8th, 2022 - 19 comments
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Daily review 07/07/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, July 7th, 2022 - 37 comments
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How Can Labour Win in 2023?
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Date published: 8:57 am, July 7th, 2022 - 213 comments
Right now Labour is preparing the ground for its run at 2023’s election with new policy. New policy must be wildly popular. What could make Labour popular enough to them back leading a third term in government?
The $11 billion man strikes again
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Date published: 8:41 am, July 7th, 2022 - 22 comments
Remember Steven Joyce who claimed there was a $11.7 billion dollar hole in Labour’s alternative budget? Another example of his negotiation prowess has recently received media attention and the only conclusion that can be drawn is that his ability to analyse crown accounts is matched by his ability to negotiate.
Open mike 07/07/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 7th, 2022 - 24 comments
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Daily review 06/07/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, July 6th, 2022 - 5 comments
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Anarchy in the UK
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Date published: 10:56 am, July 6th, 2022 - 41 comments
In the United Kingdom Boris Johnson’s government has been brought to its knees because of a sex scandal, surprisingly not one involving himself.
Open mike 06/07/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 6th, 2022 - 108 comments
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Daily review 05/07/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, July 5th, 2022 - 13 comments
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Covid – time for red?
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Date published: 9:23 am, July 5th, 2022 - 68 comments
With a second wave of Covid infections starting and with new potentially more serious variants emerging it may be time for the Government to consider a return to the Covid red setting.
Open mike 05/07/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 5th, 2022 - 53 comments
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Daily review 04/07/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, July 4th, 2022 - 7 comments
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The benefits of Ardern’s recent overseas trips
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Date published: 12:34 pm, July 4th, 2022 - 69 comments
Jacinda Ardern has just completed three overseas trips. The cumulative benefits for the country are extraordinary and I have never witnessed anything similar from another New Zealand leader. But local responses from sectors of the media have been muted. Why is this?
Open mike 04/07/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 4th, 2022 - 90 comments
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Open mike 03/07/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 3rd, 2022 - 131 comments
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Ardern significantly improves EU Free Trade deal
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Date published: 11:13 am, July 2nd, 2022 - 26 comments
Before her involvement in the European Union Free Trade Agreement negotiations Jacinda Ardern was accused of “scattering stardust” in a vain attempt to get an agreement over the line. If this is an example of Jacinda scattering stardust then long may she continue to do so.
Open mike 02/07/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 2nd, 2022 - 23 comments
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