Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 9:08 am, August 9th, 2023 -
29 comments
Categories: climate change, Economy, energy, Environment
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How come New Zealand got to build an entire electricity generating system that lasted for 70 years without much private capital from one massive dam to geothermal and all those pylons and substations and network systems without Blackrock?
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 10:47 am, July 25th, 2023 -
5 comments
Categories: Conservation, Deep stuff, Economy, Environment, farming, greens
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It does not mean they are not worth trying; it means they will be fights against entrenched power.
Written By:
weka -
Date published: 6:05 am, July 24th, 2023 -
66 comments
Categories: election 2023, greens, james shaw
Tags: Green Party speeches
“No party who wants to work with us after 14th October should ever take our support for granted”
With the urgency of the climate crisis upon us, the Greens are finally willing to use the cross benches card.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 12:14 pm, July 14th, 2023 -
63 comments
Categories: chris hipkins, david seymour, Economy, education, politicans, poverty, tax
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Act has declared its class prejudice by advocating for the cancellation of the free lunch in schools programme even though the benefits are clear and recognised and the programme helps poor kids’ nutrition and education.
Written By:
Mike Smith -
Date published: 10:50 pm, July 9th, 2023 -
52 comments
Categories: chris hipkins, defence, Diplomacy, Disarmament, military, Russia, Ukraine, us politics, war
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The prime minister stated in his speech last week our objective in the war in Ukraine was to aid Ukraine “to defeat Russia.” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing – that’s a declaration of nuclear World War III! Even the US neocons think its time to back off.
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 9:19 am, July 9th, 2023 -
2 comments
Categories: Christopher Luxon, Deep stuff, International, politicans
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Prime Minister Chris Hipkins spoke this week on how the Government is acting to protect and advance the safety and security of New Zealand and New Zealanders while dealing with those countries that have most influence over us.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 9:06 am, July 8th, 2023 -
86 comments
Categories: climate change, crime, Economy, election 2023, Environment, housing, labour, national, political parties, prisons, same old national
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With 98 days to go despite large parts of the electorate being very grumpy the polls are neck and neck and Labour can still win. This is what they have to do.
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 8:02 am, June 16th, 2023 -
48 comments
Categories: Christopher Luxon, covid-19, Economy, health, law and "order", national, politicans
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Ad reports on Christopher Luxon’s meeting in Wanaka.
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 5:05 pm, June 4th, 2023 -
13 comments
Categories: Debt, debt / deficit, economy, housing
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Debt is the most destructive and addictive form of economic behaviour we have in New Zealand. And mortgages are New Zealand’s very high grade heroin and we are being forced to come down off a most spectacular high into a rage-inducing forced withdrawal.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 10:40 am, May 30th, 2023 -
26 comments
Categories: chris bishop, Christopher Luxon, housing, national, nicola willis, same old national
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The focus groups have spoken. National has performed a complete reversal on the bipartisan changes to the Resource Management Act amendments designed to improve housing supply and introduced only 18 months ago.
Written By:
notices and features -
Date published: 8:05 pm, May 27th, 2023 -
49 comments
Categories: Carmel Sepuloni, labour, uncategorized
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Carmel Sepuloni’s speech to the 2023 Labour Party Congress.
Written By:
Guest post -
Date published: 9:57 am, May 26th, 2023 -
68 comments
Categories: feminism, patriarchy
Tags: Susan McDonnell, Think Like A Feminist
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; send him off to fish and you get a matrilineal society.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 8:13 am, May 19th, 2023 -
77 comments
Categories: budget 2023, grant robertson, health, labour, national, nicola willis, Parliament, Politics, same old national
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National has promised to reverse the removal of prescription charges even though it has a strong policy support and is an example of the state taking less of individuals’ private wealth.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 8:34 am, May 1st, 2023 -
33 comments
Categories: Christopher Luxon, making shit up, national, same old national, Shane Reti, spin, you couldn't make this shit up
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National has been caught out misrepresenting official data by claiming that 19,000 nurses had left public health when they knew that the figure includes transfers between health boards and the number of employed nurses actually increased by 4,108.
Written By:
Mike Smith -
Date published: 10:16 pm, April 24th, 2023 -
63 comments
Categories: Anzac Day, australian politics, China, defence, democratic participation, iraq, tech industry, uk politics, us politics, war
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Andrew Little says our government is willing to “explore” participating in AUKUS Pillar 2, but “foreign or local voices would not be a factor.” Our leaders will decide he says. I say “taihoa.”
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 8:32 am, April 14th, 2023 -
72 comments
Categories: Environment, labour, local government, national, political parties, same old national, water
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Three Waters mark two has been announced. And Kieran McAnulty has given a text book example of clarity in political speak when making the announcement.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 8:25 am, February 28th, 2023 -
97 comments
Categories: act, chris hipkins, david seymour, human rights, national, spin, Unions
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Rob Campbell is under some pressure from National and Act for calling out publicly the right’s dog whistle attacks on co governance. But so far self appointed protector of the right to freedom of speech, the Free Speech Union, has been very quiet. Why is this?
Written By:
notices and features -
Date published: 6:05 am, February 28th, 2023 -
45 comments
Categories: climate change
Tags: CANA, Cindy Baxter, climate adaptation, climate mitigation, coal action network, Cyclone Gabrielle, Piha
What if unmitigated climate change is more than we can adapt to?
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 2:33 pm, February 25th, 2023 -
Comments Off on What To Do About Climate Change
Categories: activism, climate change, Environment, science
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West Auckland’s activism, through such examples as the Arc in the Park sanctuary to the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area through to the protection of the environment provided by the South Titirangi Neighbourhood Network, provides examples of the sort of activism that may be needed if Aotearoa New Zealand is to deal properly with climate change mitigation.
Written By:
nickkelly -
Date published: 9:19 am, February 16th, 2023 -
56 comments
Categories: Brexit, democratic participation, jacinda ardern, Nicola Sturgeon, Politics, referendum, uk politics
Tags: Boris Johnson, nick kelly, nicola sturgeon, scottish independence, scottish national party, SNP
While Sturgeon’s strong leadership and vision have helped build support for Scottish Independence, the Conservative and Unionist Party’s arrogance and self-serving incompetence in government have greatly aided her in this.
Written By:
notices and features -
Date published: 1:23 pm, February 5th, 2023 -
34 comments
Categories: feminism, gender, gender critical feminism, identity
Tags: gender identity ideology, the radical notion
A selection of essays on the importance of feminism in gender critical debate has been published by UK-based, feminist collective The Radical Notion.
Written By:
notices and features -
Date published: 9:22 pm, January 27th, 2023 -
129 comments
Categories: climate change, disaster
Tags: auckland, flooding
Heavy rain has caused severe flooding in Auckland, leading to evacuations, power outages, and high risk warnings of sewerage on beaches.
People are being urged to stay home if safe, and stay off the roads. Please also check on neighbours and people who may be struggling especially disabled people, elderly, those on their own, and those with young children and pets.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 8:54 am, January 27th, 2023 -
26 comments
Categories: Christopher Luxon, minimum wage, national, nicola willis, same old national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, wages, workers' rights
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National Deputy Leader Nicola Willis said yesterday that it was a great shame that the minimum wage had increased by so much because it means the Government can’t do it now to help low-income Kiwis make ends meet without stoking inflation.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 2:38 pm, January 26th, 2023 -
25 comments
Categories: Christopher Luxon, Maori Issues, Maori seats, MMP, national, politicans, same old national, uncategorized
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Chris Luxon has provided another example of his ineptness by suggesting in an MMP environment that a vote in a Maori Seat is worth more than a vote in an European seat.
Written By:
notices and features -
Date published: 5:29 pm, January 23rd, 2023 -
104 comments
Categories: cost of living, Economy, Unions, workers' rights
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Given the real causes of high inflation, the idea that the answer to inflation is to cut wages, cut employment, and cut public services is ridiculous. It’s more than ridiculous. It’s immoral.
Written By:
notices and features -
Date published: 1:08 pm, January 19th, 2023 -
260 comments
Categories: jacinda ardern, labour
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Jacinda Ardern has just announced she is standing down as Prime Minister from February 7 and will not seek re-election. Further details will follow.
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