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Comment:Open Mike 08/05/2018
Date published: 12:44 pm, May 8th, 2018What is the point of bank profit? Is it to make a return to some of its investors so they can afford to sit on their chuffs instead of doing an honest day's work?
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Comment:Open Mike 08/05/2018
Date published: 12:30 pm, May 8th, 2018Kiwi fruit industry experiencing a super bumper year. Top Dog at Apata packing house crying shortage of labour. "... culture of benefit dependency is a major problem in hiring staff... they're just not prepared to take work on offer ..." And you are going ...
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Comment:Police scotches dirty politics rumours about Clarke Gayford
Date published: 12:28 pm, May 2nd, 2018Rumours about John Key and Helen Clark did not require police involvement. Apparently the current crass rumours were based on the lie of police investigation. Surely that is the distinction.
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Comment:Police scotches dirty politics rumours about Clarke Gayford
Date published: 12:19 pm, May 2nd, 2018It would be a time consuming exercise, but it would be interesting to review Young's columns over the years to see how many times she referred to mud-slinging / dirty politics / gutter politics before the publication of the Hager book. As you say, the ...
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Comment:Open Mike 17/04/2018
Date published: 5:55 pm, April 17th, 2018Is the sun setting on the Don Brash attitudes at last? It may be drawing a long bow, and possibly already commented on by others but did anyone else notice the medal ceremonies for the Sevens when the cameras zoomed in on the individuals - they all ...
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Comment:Ardern was right to hold back on Russia
Date published: 6:16 pm, April 7th, 2018It is well to remember that pride often precedes a fall. Why gloat about the government's (probable) correct analysis and stance on this issue. Just chalk it up as a positive and be happy in the knowledge that we appear to have level headedness in the ...
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Comment:Northland politicians want to drop more trucks into Auckland
Date published: 8:33 am, April 5th, 2018Fully agree with the development of rail in the region. Just a shame that we have only one track north from Newmarket and any increase in freight trains on that line will impact on the passenger services being increased. And it's just a single track beyond...
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Comment:Open Mike 26/03/2018
Date published: 10:23 pm, March 26th, 2018In a couple of his recent blogs he has called out the usage of Te Reo by Pakeha radio announcers - yet in his profile/intro on his site it reads quote ... Why You Should Choose Us: Because no one else in New Zealand has the mana, experience ... unquote. He...
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Comment:Open Mike 26/03/2018
Date published: 5:53 pm, March 26th, 2018Just an observation on the Dr Brian Edwards - erstwhile Labour candidate, and political pundit amongst other areas of prominence. Nearly six months now and still no recognition/acceptance that we have a left of centre coalition government, lead by a young ...
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Comment:Open Mike 26/02/2018
Date published: 4:03 pm, February 26th, 2018Here we are nearly five months into a Labour led government and Brian Edwards appears unable to acknowledge such on his http://brianedwardsmedia.co.nz blog site. Wonder if it is that he, like Her Majestie's Opposition, still hasn't quite come to terms with...
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Comment:Open Mike 20/02/2018
Date published: 9:27 am, February 20th, 2018Conversations around the Mike and Kate dinner table usually produce a coordinated National Party line in the following day's Herald ... until today - one fawning over Joyce and the other liking Mitchell.
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Comment:Open Mike 15/02/2018
Date published: 8:12 am, February 15th, 20181080 - just wondering. Yesterday while driving from Colville north to Fletchers Bay on the Coromandel, we noticed a lot of warning signs advising visitors to be aware of 1080 baits in the area. "Carcasses and baits could be fatal for dogs." We saw several ...
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Comment:Open Mike 23/01/2018
Date published: 11:41 am, January 23rd, 2018I see we have a Hosking/Hawkesby Household double act now in the Herald. Mike and Kate can address an issue from two angles (but not opposing). Just imagine the dinner table conversations now. Will there be competition for "likes/dislikes"? How long before...
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Comment:Israel fights back
Date published: 8:06 pm, January 2nd, 2018... the W.I. groups in the British Isles had similar claims Jerusalem BY WILLIAM BLAKE ... Till we have built Jerusalem, In Englands green & pleasant Land. Written long before Balfour's declaration too.
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Comment:Open Mike 25/12/2017
Date published: 3:51 pm, December 25th, 2017I've heard there are actually 27 letters to start with though: Bush's friend - u and double u. Might have come from a similar Christmas cracker...
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Comment:Open Mike 01/12/2017
Date published: 11:21 am, December 1st, 2017So farmers are into land speculation and making money that way and not productive agriculture as we might have been believing all this time. That would appear to be the National Party view through spokesperson on all things, Steven Joyce. Opposition ...
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Comment:Open Mike 11/11/2017
Date published: 6:51 pm, November 11th, 2017Brian Edwards media blog. http://brianedwardsmedia.co.nz Not sure what has upset erstwhile centre left commentator, and one time aspiring Labour MP but it seems he still cannot quite bring himself to pen an acknowledgement, let alone celebration, of a ...
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Comment:She's back ...
Date published: 10:29 am, November 3rd, 2017... actually Tolley got that moniker when she was the Minister for Education and Hogwarts. She introduced the Standards from memory, much the same way as Umbridge implemented change at Hogwarts. Interesting that Education is not considered a priority by ...
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Comment:Open Mike 23/10/2017
Date published: 7:27 pm, October 23rd, 2017I used to visit his blog site fairly regularly. Brian used to be the foil to Boag on RNZ's "The Panel," but recently has appeared to be confused as to where he stood on the political spectrum. http://brianedwardsmedia.co.nz. He hasn't, to date, posted a ...
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Comment:Open Mike 13/09/2017
Date published: 11:02 am, September 13th, 2017By my reckoning New Zealand's most militant "union" by a good margin would be Federated Farmers. Any chance of them having their wings clipped ...
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Comment:Open Mike 07/06/2017
Date published: 11:57 am, June 7th, 2017Apparently the Russian involvement in the U.S. election is a little more sinister. Their foray into A.I. was to create a prototype humanoid. There are some who fear it got away and finished up winning the Whitehouse.
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Comment:Open Mike 06/06/2017
Date published: 11:00 am, June 6th, 2017Amongst those receiving public acclaim I see a category ... a Queen's honour (knighthood) for services to my community. Apparently opening a "healthy" American Burger chain in my community is a virtue.
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Comment:Bye John!
Date published: 5:19 pm, March 15th, 2017... will the light get into any blind trusts. Just wondering.
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Comment:Open Mike 24/02/2017
Date published: 10:19 am, February 24th, 2017Technology replacing jobs. If a company introduces technology to increase "efficiency" and it replaces employees as a result then that technology needs to be taxed at the rate of the lost PAYE. It's time industry started paying for the pool of great ...
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Comment:Open Mike 20/09/2016
Date published: 12:29 pm, September 20th, 2016Kermadecs and the Foreshore. Is this just another instance of Key not having any knowledge of history. His tendency of governing in the now reflects his poor judgement. His allowing Smith to be anywhere near the Kermadecs issue in the first place would ...
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Comment:The Chilcot report
Date published: 5:11 pm, July 7th, 2016... no point in wondering if Jokey Hen has "Got the guts" to apologise to parliament and the country for his stance on Iraq.
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Comment:Open mike 24/06/2016
Date published: 4:34 pm, June 24th, 2016I wonder what instructions those trustees who are managing blind trusts/investments in foreign exchanges are receiving from those who have major interests in those blind trusts ...
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Comment:Homeless coverage goes international
Date published: 6:33 pm, May 17th, 2016Have heard it said that there are property owners in Auckland who have purchased and "banked" lots of houses which are now unoccupied - presumably speculators. Well perhaps it's time WINZ or Housing Corp started identifying these properties and advising ...
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Comment:Open mike 04/05/2016
Date published: 8:22 pm, May 4th, 2016Key and McClay cannot get their ducks in a line over the newly revealed "trusted-ethical-personal--lawyer-of-many-years" shyster Whitney, and who said what at where and when and how it was said. Perhaps it might be helpful to know how Whitney of the "sham ...
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Comment:REALITY TV UPDATE: Mark Weldon Wins NZ's Biggest Loser.
Date published: 8:07 pm, May 4th, 2016... should we care. mmmm, What about the taxpayer bailout to this organisation? And what about Joyce's connections? The chapter of events surrounding Mediaworks needs a thorough investigation. But where are the independent journalists to do it? Yeah that's...
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Comment:National standards - a failed crusade
Date published: 12:21 pm, May 3rd, 2016ianmac, Ithought I would risk reading Hosking to see if he had any insight - Nah, just another union / teacher bash masquerading as opinion. Teachers have found NS restricting rather than assisting teaching. Partly because of the time taken in reporting on...
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- Book of the Week: Ashleigh Young on an extinction event
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- Green shoots prunedComment: Concerns about the state of the economy are creeping up to the top of firms’ list of challenges. That’s evident in both surveys and the tone of our recent client discussions. Skimming the past few weeks of eco-news, it’s not hard to see why. – Retail card spending fell ...1 week ago
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- China challenges must be managed if opportunities are to be sustainedOpinion: A continuation of the previous Labour government’s ‘China-plus’ diversification strategy The post China challenges must be managed if opportunities are to be sustained appeared first on Newsroom. ...1 week ago
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- Plucky Foodstuffs crushed by the iron fist of big bicycleThe beloved local grocers lost a legal challenge to stop a new cycleway outside their store. Joel MacManus reports. In the annals of New Zealand legal history, there are a few brave people who have dared to stand up to the powers that be, no matter how bleak the odds ...2 weeks ago
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