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The Fast Track Legislation Really is This Bad

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Date published: 7:00 pm, June 8th, 2026 - 11 comments
Categories: Environment, Mining
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There is growing local opposition to the prospect of open cast mining in the Central Otago approved by the Fast Track process.

Daily review 09/06/2026

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Date published: 5:30 pm, June 9th, 2026 - 3 comments

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Open Mike 09/06/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, June 9th, 2026 - 35 comments

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Daily review 08/06/2026

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Date published: 5:30 pm, June 8th, 2026 - 2 comments

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Open Mike 08/06/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, June 8th, 2026 - 26 comments

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In defence of the MP’s lot

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Date published: 2:29 pm, June 7th, 2026 - 19 comments

Surging populist thinking is compounding neo-liberalism’s dislike of the public sector and our democratic institutions.

Open Mike 07/06/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, June 7th, 2026 - 5 comments

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They all do it…

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Date published: 5:16 pm, June 6th, 2026 - 14 comments

FiveEyes issues warning re possible Chinese intelligence recruiting methods! Beware! China issues warning re already recruited anti-China MPs. Cue shock horror!

Should Kiwis dream of Electric Sheep?

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Date published: 10:34 am, June 6th, 2026 - 12 comments

Electricity and Data Centres are a major problem and opportunity for New Zealand. 

Open Mike 06/06/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, June 6th, 2026 - 22 comments

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Daily review 05/06/2026

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Date published: 5:30 pm, June 5th, 2026 - 11 comments

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Kamikaze Chris does Labour a favour

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Date published: 8:33 am, June 5th, 2026 - 31 comments

On May 21st, 2026 National’s Chris Bishop did his best to lose the 2026 general election and his Hutt South electorate.

Open Mike 05/06/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, June 5th, 2026 - 40 comments

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Daily review 04/06/2026

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Date published: 5:30 pm, June 4th, 2026 - 22 comments

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When is a Free Speech Union not a Free Speech Union?

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Date published: 11:54 am, June 4th, 2026 - 117 comments

When it is a right wing astroturfing front.

Open Mike 04/06/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, June 4th, 2026 - 25 comments

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Daily review 03/06/2026

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Date published: 5:30 pm, June 3rd, 2026 - 1 comment

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Open Mike 03/06/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, June 3rd, 2026 - 99 comments

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Daily review 02/06/2026

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Date published: 5:30 pm, June 2nd, 2026 - 14 comments

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Open Mike 02/06/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, June 2nd, 2026 - 48 comments

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No nukes

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Date published: 9:37 am, June 1st, 2026 - 30 comments

The timing of the recent suggestion by Chris Penk that New Zealand should review its nuclear free policy makes you wonder if the Trump Administration has applied pressure to do so.

Open Mike 01/06/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, June 1st, 2026 - 47 comments

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Hegseth accuses New Zealand of freeloading because we don’t want to arm for war

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Date published: 9:24 am, May 31st, 2026 - 32 comments

Pete Hegseth has claimed that New Zealand is freeloading because it is not spending enough of weapons of war at a time of international chaos created by the United States.

Open Mike 31/05/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 31st, 2026 - 31 comments

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Open Mike 30/05/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 30th, 2026 - 40 comments

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Daily review 29/05/2026

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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 29th, 2026 - 7 comments

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Open Mike 29/05/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 29th, 2026 - 69 comments

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BHN: The Peoples’ Budget Lock-Up 2026

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Date published: 5:39 pm, May 28th, 2026 - No comments

The Peoples’ Budget Lock-Up 2026 brings together unions, iwi, students, community organisations, advocates, and workers to collectively respond to Budget 2026 and help shape a people-centred alternative.

At 9pm BHN will talk first with Chris Hipkins, then later with Ricardo Menendez.

Daily review 28/05/2026

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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 28th, 2026 - 12 comments

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OMG BUDGET 2026

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Date published: 2:01 pm, May 28th, 2026 - 83 comments

This is simply your space to react to the hyperbole, the outrages, the theatre of this coalition government’s election year budget. Buckle in.

Open Mike 28/05/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 28th, 2026 - 22 comments

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