Open mike 16/02/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 16th, 2023 - 36 comments
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Daily review 15/02/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 15th, 2023 - 40 comments
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Climate Minister James Shaw: If we do not act, it will get worse
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Date published: 6:05 am, February 15th, 2023 - 155 comments
“There will be a certain crowd who say … let’s give up on stopping climate change and its focus entirely on responding to the effects of climate change and I cannot state enough what a catastrophic mistake that would be, because every tenth of a degree of warming increases the frequency and the severity of these events.”
Open mike 15/02/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 15th, 2023 - 27 comments
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Daily review 14/02/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 14th, 2023 - 7 comments
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Open mike 14/02/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 14th, 2023 - 199 comments
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Daily review 13/02/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 13th, 2023 - 1 comment
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Is it too early to talk about climate change?
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Date published: 8:58 am, February 13th, 2023 - 50 comments
Two unprecedented summertime storms in Auckland suggest that the threats posed by climate change are not in our future but are here now.
Open mike 13/02/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 13th, 2023 - 60 comments
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Luxon’s little experiment
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Date published: 11:32 am, February 12th, 2023 - 30 comments
It is really difficult trying to appear to be Prime Minister material and inclusive and to appeal to racists at the same time. Christopher Luxon this week has shown how difficult it is.
Open mike 12/02/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 12th, 2023 - 41 comments
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Open mike 11/02/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 11th, 2023 - 176 comments
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Daily review 10/02/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 10th, 2023 - 14 comments
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Green Party announces [former Standard contributor] as candidate for Ōhāriu
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Date published: 2:02 pm, February 10th, 2023 - 15 comments
“This election is a pivotal one. We have a choice between maintaining the status quo or building a bright green future for everyone in our community; between divisiveness or solidarity; between quibbling over the definition of “crisis” or taking real action to address the cost of living, housing, climate change and environmental exploitation.”
Open mike 10/02/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 10th, 2023 - 164 comments
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Daily review 09/02/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 9th, 2023 - 29 comments
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The great reset
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Date published: 7:45 am, February 9th, 2023 - 109 comments
Chris Hipkins has announced the great policy reset and there are no surprises.
Open mike 09/02/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 9th, 2023 - 60 comments
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Daily review 08/02/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 8th, 2023 - 24 comments
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Open mike 08/02/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 8th, 2023 - 28 comments
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Daily review 07/02/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 7th, 2023 - 12 comments
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Open mike 07/02/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 7th, 2023 - 55 comments
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Waitangi Day reading
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Date published: 5:47 pm, February 6th, 2023 - 14 comments
“It’s a road we are travelling together” – Sharon Murdoch
Open mike 06/02/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 6th, 2023 - 12 comments
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Gender Critical Disputes
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Date published: 1:23 pm, February 5th, 2023 - 34 comments
A selection of essays on the importance of feminism in gender critical debate has been published by UK-based, feminist collective The Radical Notion.
Open mike 05/02/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 5th, 2023 - 33 comments
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Open mike 04/02/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 4th, 2023 - 47 comments
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Daily review 03/02/2023
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 3rd, 2023 - 43 comments
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A week in the life of Mayor Wayne Brown
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Date published: 12:09 pm, February 3rd, 2023 - 34 comments
The Mayor of Supercity this week has given a textbook example of how not to communicate in a crisis.
Protecting poor people: the call for a rent freeze in Auckland
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Date published: 10:47 am, February 3rd, 2023 - 187 comments
As property investors indicate an intention to raise rents, Renters United and 20+ community groups call for a rent freeze in Auckland.
Open mike 03/02/2023
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 3rd, 2023 - 40 comments
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