National’s Boot Camps announcement is deeply cynical policy recycling
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Date published: 10:27 am, November 21st, 2022 - 28 comments
There should be a law against the cynical recycling of dog whistle policies that everyone knows will not work. Last week’s announcement by National of a boot camp policy is as good an example as you can imagine.
Open mike 21/11/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 21st, 2022 - 106 comments
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Can We Prepare for 2023?
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Date published: 7:48 am, November 20th, 2022 - 69 comments
2023 is going to hit New Zealanders hard. Since the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes New Zealand has been beset by a new major crisis about once every two years. 2022 was our year off and get ready we are in for a strange and hard recession.
Open mike 20/11/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 20th, 2022 - 127 comments
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Open mike 19/11/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 19th, 2022 - 161 comments
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Daily review 18/11/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 18th, 2022 - 10 comments
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Open mike 18/11/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 18th, 2022 - 62 comments
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Daily review 17/11/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 17th, 2022 - 22 comments
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James Shaw, Climate Minister: before us lies a simple choice
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Date published: 11:35 am, November 17th, 2022 - 13 comments
New Zealand National Statement at COP27, and the call for all of us to act.
Are Luxon’s days numbered?
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Date published: 8:09 am, November 17th, 2022 - 66 comments
Yesterday was a bad day for Chris Luxon. It is increasingly clear that he is not up to the job of being leader of the opposition and National’s senior management must be worried.
Open mike 17/11/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 17th, 2022 - 44 comments
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Daily review 16/11/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 16th, 2022 - 19 comments
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What happened to National’s policy machine?
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Date published: 8:34 am, November 16th, 2022 - 70 comments
Remember when a few leaders ago then National Leader Simon Bridges promised that National would be a 56 MP policy machine? Judging by its response to the Government’s release of two bills at the centre of RMA reform the machine has major problems.
Open mike 16/11/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 16th, 2022 - 122 comments
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Daily review 15/11/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 15th, 2022 - 30 comments
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The power companies are rorting us
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Date published: 8:30 am, November 15th, 2022 - 25 comments
FIRST Union, NZCTU, and 350 Aotearoa have just released a joint report suggesting that the privatisation of our power companies by National were not only disastrous for the country’s finances but also disastrous for the planet.
Open mike 15/11/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 15th, 2022 - 46 comments
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Daily review 14/11/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 14th, 2022 - 205 comments
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Open mike 14/11/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 14th, 2022 - 85 comments
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Equality for the Black Ferns
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Date published: 10:39 am, November 13th, 2022 - 42 comments
After the epic Women’s World Cup result from last night’s final the question has to be asked, why aren’t the Black Ferns and the All Blacks paid the same amount?
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Pause With Map In Hand and Scratch Their Heads
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Date published: 7:00 am, November 13th, 2022 - 19 comments
If 2020 was the worst year in my lifetime how does 2022 compare?
Open mike 13/11/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 13th, 2022 - 80 comments
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Twitter as slow motion trainwreck
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Date published: 11:11 am, November 12th, 2022 - 42 comments
It is really quite something to be watching in real time, the implosion of twitter at the hands of Elon Musk.
Open mike 12/11/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 12th, 2022 - 86 comments
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Daily review 11/11/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 11th, 2022 - 22 comments
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The Year Skiing Died
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Date published: 4:47 pm, November 11th, 2022 - 13 comments
Climate change has ensured that this is the winter that broke skiing.
Open mike 11/11/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 11th, 2022 - 99 comments
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Daily review 10/11/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 10th, 2022 - 7 comments
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Red ripple in US
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Date published: 8:22 am, November 10th, 2022 - 29 comments
Except in Florida, where Ron DeSantis led a convincing set of Republican gains, the Republican party in the US have had a disappointing mid-term election. The Democrats expecting to face a mid-term vote against incumbents, will be pleasantly surprised. There are still a lot of votes to count. This being the US, lawyers will be trying to set court dates.
Why Is Labour Such a Hard Sell Now?
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Date published: 7:40 am, November 10th, 2022 - 140 comments
So why is Labour and Ardern struggling when the economy is so strong?
Open mike 10/11/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 10th, 2022 - 13 comments
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