Open mike 01/04/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 1st, 2022 - 55 comments
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Kia kaha Louisa Wall
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Date published: 8:25 pm, March 31st, 2022 - 10 comments
Earlier this week Louisa Wall announced that she is retiring as a Member of Parliament. History will confirm that she was one of our best Parliamentarians.
Daily review 31/03/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 31st, 2022 - 6 comments
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Open mike 31/03/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 31st, 2022 - 159 comments
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Daily review 30/03/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 30th, 2022 - 40 comments
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Open mike 30/03/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 30th, 2022 - 117 comments
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The Natives are Getting Uppity
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Date published: 8:24 pm, March 29th, 2022 - 33 comments
Jacinda Ardern is “gravely concerned.” Peeni Henare was ‘”caught off-guard.”. Barnaby Joyce feels “intimidated.” Solomon Islands PM Sogavare found it “insulting to be branded as unfit to manage our sovereign affairs.” I think he is right.
Daily review 29/03/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 29th, 2022 - 5 comments
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Climate Action Mondays Tuesday
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Date published: 2:45 pm, March 29th, 2022 - 10 comments
It’s time to act as if our lives depend on it.
Who will be National’s Tauranga candidate
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Date published: 8:18 am, March 29th, 2022 - 66 comments
National is opening up nominations for the Tauranga by election today. The Standard reviews some potential candidates for the seat.
Should We Just Settle?
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Date published: 7:00 am, March 29th, 2022 - 60 comments
New Zealand does not have to settle for being small, quiet, and weak.
Open mike 29/03/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 29th, 2022 - 57 comments
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Daily review 28/03/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 28th, 2022 - 42 comments
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Covid and political capital
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Date published: 8:28 am, March 28th, 2022 - 141 comments
Jacinda Ardern has burned significant political capital on dealing with Covid. But it is something that a responsible Political leader, of which there are few, would do.
Open mike 28/03/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 28th, 2022 - 71 comments
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Open mike 27/03/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 27th, 2022 - 191 comments
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Act’s generous donors and its anti Treaty campaign
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Date published: 9:18 am, March 26th, 2022 - 65 comments
This has not had the media attention that it deserves but Act has raised, to use the technical term, a shit load of money recently. And it is using this money to engage in some good old fashioned racist dog whistling.
Open mike 26/03/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 26th, 2022 - 112 comments
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Five Eyes Joins Morning Report
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Date published: 7:21 pm, March 25th, 2022 - 65 comments
Morning Report today interviewed ex MI6 chemical weapons false flag specialist Hamish de Bretton-Gordon saying because Russia has lost in Ukraine it will likely resort using to chemical weapons. FiveEyes hawks want NATO to intervene, so we get World War 3, Hurrah!
Can This Government Be Saved?
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Date published: 5:43 pm, March 25th, 2022 - 118 comments
Can Labour win a third term? Here are some pathways up, and some pathways down.
Daily review 25/03/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 25th, 2022 - 16 comments
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Open mike 25/03/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 25th, 2022 - 247 comments
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Daily review 24/03/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 24th, 2022 - 22 comments
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The Peace Settlement Must Start
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Date published: 7:50 am, March 24th, 2022 - 172 comments
Pressure for a Ukraine war settlement starting with a ceasefire will continue to mount. If this does drag out, there’s more chance of the conflict widening. Belarus could attack. NATO-allied supply convoys could be attacked. I’m trying not to go further. As with all major wars since Vietnam, the media frenzy puts the highest cost […]
Open mike 24/03/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 24th, 2022 - 114 comments
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Daily review 23/03/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 23rd, 2022 - 32 comments
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Government announces significant changes to traffic light settings and mandates
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Date published: 11:52 am, March 23rd, 2022 - 218 comments
The Government has announced changes to Covid policies relating to traffic light settings and mandates.
Open mike 23/03/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 23rd, 2022 - 93 comments
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Daily review 22/03/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 22nd, 2022 - 40 comments
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Luxon thinks helping poor people is Bottom Feeding
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Date published: 11:38 am, March 22nd, 2022 - 81 comments
Chris Luxon has admitted in National media that provision of assistance to the poor is “bottom feeding”.
Crisis, What Crisis?
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Date published: 8:00 am, March 22nd, 2022 - 88 comments
There is only so much New Zealand and its government can do to soften the blows of the instability that are besetting the world. And the problem is without dramatic change New Zealand will remain one of the most car-addicted, petrol reliant societies on earth for several decades to come.
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