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1. 

   National’s water problem

   Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:03 am, March 21st, 2017 -  48 comments
   Categories: bill english, Conservation, Economy, Environment, farming, Maori Issues, national, Politics, same old national, treaty settlements, water
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   The Government’s timid backdown on water charging is placing it in a very uncomfortable position.

2. 

   The social damage wrought by homes as commoditites

   Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:04 am, March 4th, 2017 -  82 comments
   Categories: capitalism, class war, housing, International
   Tags: housing, housing crisis, report, united nations

   A recent UN report highlights the waste of treating homes as commodities. It should sound awfully familiar in the NZ context.

3. 

   Housing? A National mess

   Written By:  Ben Clark -  Date published: 12:06 pm, December 15th, 2016 -  97 comments
   Categories: housing, national, tenants' rights
   Tags: state housing

   3 stories from Checkpoint yesterday that add up to a picture of National’s response to housing: waste on unacceptable temporary housing; empty state houses where they’re needed most; and vilify anyone who dares complain.

4. 

   Pike River anniversary: what have we become?

   Written By:  Guest post -  Date published: 10:08 am, November 19th, 2016 -  17 comments
   Categories: disaster, health and safety
   Tags: #standwithpike, pike river

   Six years ago this morning, 31 men went to work in a coal mine. 29 of them still lay there.

5. 

   There goes the surplus

   Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:00 am, October 18th, 2016 -  58 comments
   Categories: ACC, Economy, Financial markets, national, national/act government, Politics, same old national
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   The media last week reported extensively an operating surplus of $1.8 billion dollars. But they missed the not so good news that the value of ACC’s assets took a $5.1 billion hit, the Super Fund lost $2 billion, the Crown’s liability under the ETS increased by $1.5 billion and net Crown debt increased by $1.3 billion.

6. 

   Racist Nats Attack Chinese Grannies Shock!

   Written By:  te reo putake -  Date published: 9:00 am, October 12th, 2016 -  67 comments
   Categories: China, class war, David Farrar, discrimination, flip-flop, Politics, racism, same old national, Satire
   Tags: chinese community, im/migration, michael woodhouse, national, racism

   National have slammed the door shut on the parents of already settled migrants who wish to move to NZ to complete the family unit. Minister Michael Woodhouse accuses elderly Asians of bludging off the NZ taxpayer. You won’t believe the howls of outrage from the right!

7. 

   The best you can hope for, after the Local Government elections

   Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 8:07 am, October 11th, 2016 -  55 comments
   Categories: accountability, activism, auckland supercity, Economy, local body elections, local government, Politics
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   Now that the local government elections have been completed what is the best that local communities can expect of their elected representatives?

8. 

   The homeless crisis is getting worse

   Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:46 am, September 12th, 2016 -  139 comments
   Categories: Andrew Little, john key, labour, national, paula bennett, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
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   Figures provided by the Government to Labour suggest that providing accommodation for families with chronic housing needs is taking much longer than it did six months ago.  But Paula Bennett has replied by suggesting that the figures do not reflect reality.

9. 

   Government seeking to remove property buy back rights under urgency

   Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 4:38 pm, September 6th, 2016 -  13 comments
   Categories: housing, national, same old national
   Tags: homeless crisis, nick smith, phil twyford

   Nick Smith has introduced a bill into Parliament which he wants to be passed under urgency without select committee oversight.  The bill takes away the right of any prior owner of land taken under the Public Works Act to have housing land offered back to them.  To do this under urgency is banana republic stuff.

10. 

    John Key’s Lies Since the 2014 Election (UPDATED)

    Written By:  BLiP -  Date published: 8:03 am, August 9th, 2016 -  19 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, accountability, Dirty Politics, john key, national, slippery
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    There is one item on the list concerning whether John Key knew about the brewing trade squabble with China regarding the dumping of cheap steel on the local market.

11. 

    O’Sullivan and Watkins – warnings to the Nats

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 7:08 am, July 18th, 2016 -  196 comments
    Categories: john key, national, useless
    Tags: brighter future, fran o'sullivan, housing, housing crisis, third termitis, tracy watkins

    Even National’s fans are worried for them these days. The “third termitis” meme is becoming well established.

12. 

    We truly are being run by a bunch of clowns

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:55 am, July 13th, 2016 -  29 comments
    Categories: accountability, national, national/act government, paula bennett, Politics, same old national
    Tags: homeless crisis, homelessness, nick smith

    National is flailing around attempting to divert attention from its failure to do anything meaningful about the homeless crisis.

13. 

    Andrew Little’s speech: Backing the Kiwi dream of home ownership

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 2:47 pm, July 10th, 2016 -  176 comments
    Categories: Andrew Little, housing, labour, Politics
    Tags: homeless crisis

    Text from Andrew Little’s speech today given in New Lynn to announce Labour’s latest housing policy.

14. 

    National is missing Cameron Slater

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 9:05 am, June 15th, 2016 -  33 comments
    Categories: housing, Media, national, paula bennett, same old national, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
    Tags: cameron slater, dirty politics, homeless crisis

    The ham fisted attack on Hurimoana Dennis by Paula Bennett’s office must make National yearn for the heady days when Cameron Slater was in charge of their smears.

15. 

    There is no housing crisis in New Zealand *

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:55 am, June 10th, 2016 -  52 comments
    Categories: Andrew Little, housing, Media, national, newspapers, paula bennett, same old national, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
    Tags: crosby textor, homelessness, housing crisis, nick smith

    * according to Nick Smith and Paula Bennett.

16. 

    National’s lies, damn lies and statistics on housing

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 10:05 am, June 9th, 2016 -  43 comments
    Categories: housing, human rights, john key, national, paula bennett, useless
    Tags: housing, housing crisis, lies, nick smith

    The housing crisis is not going away, and National needs to offer something better than lies, damn lies, and statistics.

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    Apparently the housing crisis surge is a figment of our imagination

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 11:32 am, May 24th, 2016 -  51 comments
    Categories: making shit up, national, same old national, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
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    Nick Smith thinks that the recently developing housing crisis is a figment of our imagination.

18. 

    Andrew Little’s pre-budget speech

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 2:45 pm, May 22nd, 2016 -  170 comments
    Categories: Andrew Little, budget 2016
    Tags: speech

    “If there is one thing I am clear on it is this: the next Labour government will not tolerate poverty in New Zealand in the 21st century.”

19. 

    Land tax – what’s the down side?

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:22 am, May 12th, 2016 -  75 comments
    Categories: class war, housing, tax
    Tags: housing, housing crisis, land tax, nick smith, rich mates

    The Nats are using spurious data to justify dropping a proposal for a land tax on foreign buyers of housing. Why?

20. 

    Who needs water anyway

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 8:09 am, April 30th, 2016 -  46 comments
    Categories: Conservation, farming, national, science, sustainability, water
    Tags: idiots, pollution, water

    Or waterways are starting to stink as much as our murky tax havens.

21. 

    National gets a smacking on the housing crisis

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:21 am, April 20th, 2016 -  59 comments
    Categories: class war, housing, national
    Tags: auckland, cup of cold sick, housing, housing crisis, nick smith, simon bridges

    Fair to say that Simon Bridges’ claim that there is no housing crisis has – not gone down well. National – you have a problem.

22. 

    Housing crisis

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:34 am, April 19th, 2016 -  57 comments
    Categories: housing, national
    Tags: auckland, bubble, economic genius, housing, housing bubble, short-term thinking

    Housing is very much in the news again. Short term profit and bugger the consequences!

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    Twyford on solutions to the housing crisis in Auckland

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 7:11 am, April 15th, 2016 -  41 comments
    Categories: housing, labour, phil twyford
    Tags: auckland, housing, KiwiBuild, phil twyford, solutions, speech

    As Nick Smith flounders about uselessly, here are extracts from Phil Twyford’s speech on solutions to the housing crisis in Auckland.

24. 

    Here we go again – from leaky homes to porous pipes

    Written By:  Simon Louisson -  Date published: 12:32 pm, March 21st, 2016 -  24 comments
    Categories: housing, national, same old national
    Tags: nick smith

    As if leaky buildings was not enough, New Zealand’s lax standards and lack of inspection may be contributing to new problems in the Building Industry.

25. 

    Local democracy just got screwed

    Written By:  Guest post -  Date published: 7:01 am, March 15th, 2016 -  31 comments
    Categories: activism, democracy under attack, law, local government
    Tags: christchurch, Christchurch City Council, nick smith, rma, trees

    If the RMA Amendment Bill goes through, then community groups all over the country are going to become intimately acquainted with just how badly they have been shafted by Mr Smith and his accomplices.

26. 

    Fight to save Christchurch’s trees

    Written By:  Guest post -  Date published: 7:01 am, February 9th, 2016 -  50 comments
    Categories: activism, christchurch earthquake, Conservation, Gerry Brownlee
    Tags: christchurch, Christchurch City Council, christchurch council, Conservation, gerry brownlee, nick smith, trees

    Christchurch has already lost so much. Now its “notable trees” are threatened. A small group is fighting to save them. Please help spread the word, or make a donation.

27. 

    The great big list of John Key’s big fat lies (UPDATED)

    Written By:  BLiP -  Date published: 7:00 am, January 27th, 2016 -  79 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, accountability, activism, alcohol, assets, auckland supercity, benefits, brethren, business, child welfare, christchurch earthquake, climate change, Conservation, crosby textor, cycleway, Dirty Politics, disaster, economy, Economy, education, employment, energy, Environment, equality, exports, farming, farming, Financial markets, flip-flop, food, global warming, Globalisation, greens, health, health and safety, human rights, infrastructure, International, john key, Keynes, kiwisaver, labour, loan sharks, manufacturing, Maori Issues, minimum wage, Mining, Minister for International Embarrassment, Minister for Overseas Holidays, Minister for Photo-ops, monetary policy, national, national/act government, overseas investment, Parliament, political parties, Politics, poverty, Privatisation, privatisation, Public Private Partnerships, public services, racism, schools, science, scoundrels, slippery, Social issues, socialism, spin, Spying, superannuation, sustainability, tax, telecommunications, tourism, trade, transport, treasury, treaty settlements, unemployment, Unions, wages, workers' rights, you couldn't make this shit up
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    How many more lies will John Key tell today in his so-called State of the Nation address? Virtual chocolate fish to whomever guesses the closest number.

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    Treachery and silly season political snippets

    Written By:  BLiP -  Date published: 7:41 am, December 23rd, 2015 -  61 comments
    Categories: accountability, afghanistan, Andrew Little, death with dignity, Ethics, housing, iraq, john key, journalism, labour, Media, Minister for International Embarrassment, Minister for Overseas Holidays, national, parliamentary spending, Politics, public services, same old national, spin, Syria, war
    Tags: chief archivist, department of internal affairs, euthanasia, iain rennie, job seeker allowance, nick smith, parmjeet parmar, phil goff, silly season, simon o'connor, state services commission, WINZ

    There’s still a few MPs “on duty”. Their function is to maintain the semblance of active government and to roll out a bunch of announcements they hope will escape full scrutiny.

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    Nats campaigning with public money

    Written By:  Natwatch -  Date published: 12:22 pm, November 26th, 2015 -  45 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, accountability, corruption, national
    Tags: corrupt, misuse of taxpayer money, parmjeet parmar, public service

    Campaigning with public money. Politicising the public service. Cabinet club is cash for access. This is a corrupt government.

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    Pressure mounts to force Auckland to open up land

    Written By:  tracey -  Date published: 1:57 pm, October 22nd, 2015 -  45 comments
    Categories: auckland supercity, Economy, Environment, housing, sustainability, transport
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    Serious Fraud Office, Productivity Commission, Council failings, under-supply of houses, Developer Greed… a recipe for disaster

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    Auckland property buyers

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 9:57 am, July 11th, 2015 -  436 comments
    Categories: housing, International, overseas investment
    Tags: auckland, housing, overseas buyers

    The big story this morning is Labour’s analysis of Auckland property purchase data.