Open mike 19/10/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 19th, 2022 - 116 comments
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Daily review 18/10/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 18th, 2022 - 45 comments
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The Auckland Mayor’s powers
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Date published: 9:29 am, October 18th, 2022 - 72 comments
Wayne Brown has by Mayoral decree ordered Watercare to stop working on the Three Waters reform. But he should take legal advice because his decree has absolutely no legal force.
Open mike 18/10/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 18th, 2022 - 107 comments
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Daily review 17/10/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 17th, 2022 - 20 comments
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How Brexit Shanked Britain
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Date published: 8:05 am, October 17th, 2022 - 23 comments
The political and economic disasters now unfolding in Britain are the responsibility of the Conservative Party from their 2016 Brexit vote through to now.
Open mike 17/10/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 17th, 2022 - 132 comments
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What conflict of interest
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Date published: 9:58 am, October 16th, 2022 - 19 comments
National’s attacks on Nanaia Mahuta for conflicts of interest have suffered a major blow after National MP Barbara Kuriger was forced to resign her portfolios for using official letterhead to harass MPI officials.
Sunflower | Oil
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Date published: 6:05 am, October 16th, 2022 - 81 comments
Van Gogh and Picasso as climate action targets. Destroying beauty is an act of self harm. On one level it’s wrong, but when we are desperate, it’s also an act of power.
Open mike 16/10/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 16th, 2022 - 23 comments
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Minister Robertson, UK Pensions, and Risk
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Date published: 9:44 am, October 15th, 2022 - 19 comments
The political question is whether Kiwis currently losing money on paper can remember this: all investment involves risk and it’s entirely fair for our government to only manage so much of that risk and for the rest to fall on us the investor. Will irrational anxiety beat rational risk in our upcoming politics?
Even more anarchy in the UK
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Date published: 9:19 am, October 15th, 2022 - 20 comments
I never thought that I would write a post suggesting that Boris Johnson’s reign as UK Prime Minister was not so bad. But that is the state that we have reached as Liz Truss sacks Kwasi Kwarteng for implementing her policies. And polling suggests that if an election was held tomorrow the Tories could win as few as four seats.
Open mike 15/10/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 15th, 2022 - 111 comments
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Daily review 14/10/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 14th, 2022 - 19 comments
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Open mike 14/10/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 14th, 2022 - 175 comments
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Daily review 13/10/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 13th, 2022 - 31 comments
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Too Old For Politics
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Date published: 12:00 pm, October 13th, 2022 - 37 comments
Can you be too old to represent your people? New Zealand’s oldest person to first get elected was William Cargill at 71. Australia’ s John Howard was 68 when he retired, and Robert Menzies was 72 when he retired as Prime Minister. The previous US president is now 76 and will likely run again in […]
Climate change: I think that we are f&*ked
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Date published: 11:02 am, October 13th, 2022 - 88 comments
This week the Government announced plans to bring in a scheme for pricing farming emissions in 2025. National’s response suggests the prospects of political consensus are non existent.
Open mike 13/10/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 13th, 2022 - 34 comments
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Open mike 12/10/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 12th, 2022 - 68 comments
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Daily review 11/10/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 11th, 2022 - 28 comments
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We needed Wayne Brown
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Date published: 2:01 pm, October 11th, 2022 - 81 comments
The left and the Ardern government need to start appreciating the new Auckland mayor.
RNZ, Three Waters and partisan commentary
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Date published: 11:43 am, October 11th, 2022 - 55 comments
Yesterday on Radio New Zealand’s Political Commentator’s show Bridget Morten said that three waters is a toxic thing for the Government but then declared that her law firm represents a group currently taking the Government to Court over three waters. Should such clearly partisan views be given expression by RNZ?
Open mike 11/10/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 11th, 2022 - 123 comments
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Daily review 10/10/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 10th, 2022 - 3 comments
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The people have spoken
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Date published: 8:21 am, October 10th, 2022 - 147 comments
The people have spoken and with appallingly low turnout levels grumpy campaigns have succeeded and Auckland and other areas have moved to the right.
Open mike 10/10/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 10th, 2022 - 75 comments
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Open mike 09/10/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 9th, 2022 - 51 comments
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Local Government election results
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Date published: 1:52 pm, October 8th, 2022 - 256 comments
Live updates and discussion post
Open mike 08/10/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 8th, 2022 - 77 comments
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Daily review 07/10/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 7th, 2022 - 31 comments
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