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  1. Dairy Workers back Andrew Little

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 10:00 am, October 29th, 2014 -  35 comments
    Categories: Andrew Little, labour, Unions
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    The Dairy Workers Union has officially endorsed Andrew Little’s bid for the Labour leadership.

  2. ImperatorFish: There appears to be an off button

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 9:16 am, October 29th, 2014 -  16 comments
    Categories: accountability, john key
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    Scott wonders how we can get around the wonder of whether John Key is currently Prime Minister

  3. Bat Bean Beam: Dirty journalism

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 7:07 am, October 29th, 2014 -  32 comments
    Categories: accountability, blogs, journalism
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    Giovanni Tiso on Bat Bean Beam is pulling at the threads of the connections between National’s dirty politics and journalism.

  4. Slater sued

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 8:49 pm, October 28th, 2014 -  53 comments
    Categories: law
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    Radio NZ has a post up “Tribunal hears blogger privacy case”. A prosecution of Cameron Slater under the Privacy Act for breaching Matthew Blomfields privacy. I suspect that over the next 3-4 days Slater will ponce around acting out courtroom fantasies that have little to do with the law. And will probably get hammered. Good. (Updated)

  5. Cullen endorses Robertson

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 6:50 am, October 23rd, 2014 -  137 comments
    Categories: grant robertson, labour, leadership
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    Grant Robertson picked up a heavyweight endorsement yesterday.

  6. Let them go to war

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 12:06 am, October 19th, 2014 -  35 comments
    Categories: David Farrar, iraq, john key, Media, Syria, war
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    Back when I was a teenager, a mate of mine decided that he was going to give up on school and would get in some combat. So he worked his way into the Rhodesian Light Infantry. A few years later I heard that he’d been killed in action. Other young men going overseas with similar excitement issues have came back a lot less interested in excitement. Sounds safer to me than letting them have a car.

  7. Right and Righter

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:05 am, October 17th, 2014 -  34 comments
    Categories: Media, national, radio
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    Hosking, Henry, National and SkyCity – it’s all so cozy…

  8. Kim Jong Key Is Missing

    Written By:  Bryan Gould -  Date published: 11:45 am, October 16th, 2014 -  45 comments
    Categories: john key
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    The Latest News Bulletin from CNN   “Concern is mounting in New Zealand over the whereabouts of the country’s leader, Kim Jong Key. The Great Leader has not been seen on television or heard on radio for over two hours. Observers say that his disappearance for such a long period is unprecedented. Speculation is rife […]

  9. David Parker – my choice for Leader

    Written By:  Mike Smith -  Date published: 7:12 am, October 15th, 2014 -  199 comments
    Categories: david parker, labour, uncategorized
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    Heavyweight Cabinet experience, strong egalitarian values, a cool debater, with a passion for manufacturing and a high-value economy, a good deal of steel and with an open mind and a twinkle in his eye – these are the reasons why I support David Parker for Labour Party Leader.

  10. Unaffordable housing & the culture of greed

    Written By:  karol -  Date published: 11:17 am, October 4th, 2014 -  47 comments
    Categories: auckland supercity, capitalism, child welfare, cost of living, crime, democratic participation, equality, health, housing, same old national, wages
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    Rental housing remains unaffordable for many.  The problem is the greed of investors & speculators,  supported by a culture in which housing investment is seen as a way to individual prosperity.

  11. David Farrar gets it wrong on abortion law in NZ

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 2:00 pm, October 3rd, 2014 -  43 comments
    Categories: abortion, David Farrar
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    David Farrar is wrong. We don’t have abortion on request in New Zealand. Not literally, and not “effectively.”

  12. Cosgrove, the whining MP

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 8:56 am, October 2nd, 2014 -  123 comments
    Categories: blogs, Politics
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    Clayton Cosgrove has been acting like a real old fossil this morning about Karen Price’s tweeting. It sounds like his wife must live in purdah. But many modern men live with women who actually have their own mind and use it. Apparently he also thinks bloggers are all like the sockpuppet Cameron Slater as well.. Whining fool. I have news for him. We’re independent too…

  13. Our children in Wellington

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 9:06 am, September 23rd, 2014 -  282 comments
    Categories: david cunliffe, david shearer, labour, Politics
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    I’m pretty sure that David Cunliffe would win a members and affiliates vote. So suck it up MPs, stop playing your silly caucus games and do some frigging work this term rather than the self-indulgent posturing you wasted time with last term. We have to start building campaigning machinery as soon as possible. You are getting in the way.

  14. Seat Watch – Epsom

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 7:05 pm, September 20th, 2014 -  11 comments
    Categories: act, election 2014, national
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    Who will win Epsom? Will enough people rebel at John Key’s instruction to vote for the ACT candidate or will ACT’s extreme policies and Jaime Whyte’s weirdness mean that the people of Epsom will rebel and vote for Paul Goldsmith? Updated: Early, but the Act guy ahead.

  15. Leader’s debate IV

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:34 pm, September 17th, 2014 -  155 comments
    Categories: david cunliffe, election 2014, john key, labour, national
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    The fourth and final leaders debate has now finished.  John Key will be pleased at his decision to limit it to 30 minutes.

  16. The latest polls

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 6:24 pm, September 17th, 2014 -  92 comments
    Categories: election 2014
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    Two polls out today both suggesting that National are comfortably ahead although the Reid Research has National declining further and polling under 45%.  The equivalent polls last time predicted that National would win an outright victory.  This is going to be a very tight election.

  17. The enablers

    Written By:  karol -  Date published: 12:30 pm, September 15th, 2014 -  14 comments
    Categories: accountability, brand key, democracy under attack, election 2014, internet, Spying, telecommunications, us politics
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    Under pressure from Glenn Greenwald’s revelations, John Key, using various smoke screens, is starting to reveal his complicity in working with the GCSB & its 5 Eyes partners, to extend the scope of their spying. Could the Southern Cross Cable Network not have known their systems had been tapped? Update: Statement by Southern Cross Cables

  18. John Key planned our mass surveillance

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:07 am, September 15th, 2014 -  65 comments
    Categories: Deep stuff, democracy under attack, john key, national, same old national
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    John Key and National let the GCSB spend 12 months on plans to conduct our mass surveillance.  Without telling us.  And he intends to release the details now only for political considerations. Without Glenn Greenwald’s presence we probably would never have learned about this.

  19. Nat two track strategy – March to Sept

    Written By:  karol -  Date published: 9:58 am, September 13th, 2014 -  26 comments
    Categories: accountability, blogs, class war, democracy under attack, dpf, election 2014, internet, Media, news, same old national, spin, telecommunications, tv
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    Nicky Hager has exposed the two track strategy of the Whale Oil, Kiwiblog, Nat smear machine.  Why is it allowed to continue?

  20. Authenticity

    Written By:  Bunji -  Date published: 7:39 am, September 13th, 2014 -  34 comments
    Categories: david cunliffe, john key, Media
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    Is Cunliffe inauthentic? Does Key get to have his own facts? And when will we get proper (ie not game) analysis from our pundits? (spoiler warning: praise for Josie Pagani)

  21. Popcorn time: how craven is Slater?

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 9:36 pm, September 12th, 2014 -  34 comments
    Categories: law, suppression orders
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    A nice decision by Justice Asher. We are now sort of journalists. But it left Cameron Slater naked in front of the clipping shears of Matthew Blomfield’s defamation case.

  22. NRT: Sensationalising the status quo

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 1:41 pm, September 4th, 2014 -  55 comments
    Categories: election 2014, Media, national, Politics, same old national, tv, you couldn't make this shit up
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    Pity the political reporter. Committed to horse-race style reporting and desperate for an ‘angle’. Patrick Gower on 3 News last night was desperately talking up how “complicated’ National’s… current arrangements are?? Use your brain Paddy…

  23. Whaledump twitter account suspended

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 9:56 am, September 4th, 2014 -  163 comments
    Categories: accountability, national, twitter
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    Whaledump’s account on Twitter has been suspended.

    Someone is trying to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted.

    Update: @Whaledump2 is providing more dumps and No Right Turn & lprent comment on it.

  24. NRT: The caretaker convention and elections

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 4:17 pm, September 2nd, 2014 -  5 comments
    Categories: accountability, john key, Politics
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    There was an interesting discussion between Dean Knight and Graeme Edgeler about the caretaker convention and elections. Dean highlighted the fact that Key had a perfect right to call for whatever sort of inquiry prior to an election. Edgeler disputed this, on the basis that the Prime Minister could not be said to enjoy the confidence of the House, because there wasn’t one.

  25. NRT: More OIA skullduggery from National

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 2:50 pm, September 1st, 2014 -  8 comments
    Categories: accountability, Judith Collins, Politics
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    Another day, and more evidence the National government is manipulating the OIA process. Judith Collins’ office processed an Official Information Act request in just two days. The problem here isn’t that someone got their response within two days – its that other people didn’t…

  26. Labour’s broadcasting policy: public service TV-RNZ

    Written By:  karol -  Date published: 10:03 pm, August 31st, 2014 -  40 comments
    Categories: democratic participation, election 2014, greens, internet, internet mana party, labour, news, radio, same old national, tv
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    Labour’s broadcasting policy includes setting up a new public service TV channel, to be located with RNZ, incorporating RNZ values.  The Greens are open to the idea. NZ First has a similar policy.  Laila Harre makes some good points about public broadcasting and industrial relations. [Update: RNZ report; video clip added]

  27. Well that deteriorated quickly

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 9:00 am, August 31st, 2014 -  170 comments
    Categories: john key, Judith Collins, national, newspapers, same old national, you couldn't make this shit up
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    The Sunday Star Times has reported on the Hotchin – Slater attack on SFO boss Adam Feeley.  The email which caused John Key to effectively sack Judith Collins as a Minister was provided by Cathy Odgers.  The intent was to put off a SFO/FMA investigation into Hotchin.  This is third world stuff.

  28. NRT: Kiwis care about inequality

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 3:46 pm, August 29th, 2014 -  8 comments
    Categories: Economy, election 2014, greens, labour, national, polls, Social issues
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    Roy Morgan has a poll out today looking at the issues affecting New Zealanders and therefore this election. Social inequality is rising as an issue as the world economy has stopped getting worse.

  29. I think that most New Zealanders…

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 12:35 pm, August 28th, 2014 -  17 comments
    Categories: accountability, election 2014, john key, national, polls
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    Our PM is fond of telling us all what we think. In the wake of Dirty Politics he is working it overtime, telling us all that we believe his spin. Interesting then to get some actual data on what (extrapolating from a sample) most New Zealanders really do think. Many thanks to the Horizon polling people for putting this up on line.

  30. Bizarre attack on Cunliffe

    Written By:  Bunji -  Date published: 4:52 pm, August 27th, 2014 -  48 comments
    Categories: david cunliffe, housing
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    Andrea Vance has a weird attack piece on Cunliffe where she accuses him of not being hungry, not being able to offer instant affordable houses to everybody, not standing in the right place, and even sleeping.

  31. Supporting all the colours of the rainbow

    Written By:  Stephanie Rodgers -  Date published: 1:00 pm, August 27th, 2014 -  69 comments
    Categories: election 2014, human rights, identity, labour
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    Labour’s Rainbow Policy got some attention for its promise to offer a third gender option on passports and drivers’ licences. Why is this a big deal?

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