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FreeRice is a vocabulary game. For each word you correctly identify, they'll donate 10 grains of rice through the United Nations to help end world hunger. We are not sitting on a pile of riceâ€â€¢you are earning it 10 grains at a time. Here is…
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In an effort to play an even larger part in the fight against global warming the New Zealand government today announced the purchase of 20 specially produced Toyota Prius Hybrid limousines. These fuel efficient, environmentally friendlier vehicles will gradually replace the current crop of Ministerial…
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Tempting to leave this one to Kiwiblogblog but perhaps they need a break... DPF writes this morning: As I have said many times, most left wing parties do not share NZ Labour's ideological hatred of reducing tax. Kiwiblog is starting to read like a National…
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The website Twisted Twee is selling these babies nappies. The site warns "price fluctuates weekly depending on my swinging political opinion. This week Cameron pants are up."
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Last year Gerry Brownlee told TVNZ that there was "no formal connection" between National and the Brethren. Last week John Key told a meeting on London that "there were no alliances between National and the Brethren". Yet Andrew Simmons has just told the ABC that…
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The Ministry of Social Development's Annual Social Report is worth a read. It shows good progress across a range of social indicators, but also that there's still more to do. If memory serves me correctly, the importance of an Annual Social Report was a cause…
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The Herald reports that "As many as a thousand people joined a march in Whakatane to complain about children being caught up in the police operation." The protest is one of many across the country. These protests make an interesting contrast with Trotter's piece in…
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I know there is occasionally talk in New Zealand about "becoming the Sweden of the South Pacific" but this may just have us thinking again. A website under the name 'The Local - Sweden's News in English' headlines 'No conflict in Iraq,' says Swedish court.…
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The National Party are clearly worried. They've done pretty well so far with the populist rallying cry of tax cuts, but they always knew their record on wages would come up at some point. Because as National themselves are fully aware, while tax cuts might…
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Look Mike, I know you know about the polls and I know you're probably thinking about what you can do to turn things around. Well, I've got one little idea. Stop using their language. It's pretty simple really - I mean it's not gonna win…
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I've just listened to the audio and it doesn't sound like Nicky Hager's too happy with Key's claims made on RDU last week. At one point in that interview Key claims that Hager admits that the Brethren email may have been sent to the wrong…
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The Herald reports that new CTU president Helen Kelly envisages a more centralised union election campaign, "getting members to talk about politics and then convince others to get involved as well". She goes on to say of the organisation: "Our message provides a vision of…
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A month or so ago we posted on a study that appeared to show that the brains of conservative and liberals differed. A related study has been conducted recently by UC Berkeley. It was looking for consistent underlying motivations to politically conservative agendas. Four researchers…
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The entry reads: These won't be comfortable to wear or even be long-lasting but they do come with an interesting provenance. They are size 8. It has been claimed they were recovered from a rubbish bag collected from Parliament Buildings. Inquiries indicated that a practical…
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Congratulations to Helen Kelly, the first woman to lead the Council of Trade Unions. Helen replaces Ross Wilson, who's been CTU President since 1999 (and who must now go on to head the ACC surely?), and together with Secretary Carol Beaumont and Maori Vice Pres…
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Radio Live reports that Richard Lewis and his Destiny Party have decided to form a new Christian party, this time without Gordon Copeland. They're calling it the 'Family Party' and are trying to pose as a broad-based Christian movement. They have obvious reasons for doing…
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Apologies to The Independent Financial Review and to Chris Trotter for this rather large cut and paste from the second half of his article but it's good stuff. If you enjoy it perhaps you'll consider either buying or subscribing to the The Independent. The Press…
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Well I must admit to having been excited about the prospect of congratulating Lloyd Jones on winning the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Unfortunately it hasn't turned out that way, the prize instead going to Anne Enright - congratulations to her instead! The Gathering by…
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A fascinating piece from the ABC programme Four Corners details exactly how the Brethren funded ads in support of the Liberals in Australia. After an initial whitewash from the Austrlian Electoral Commission, the source of the money paid in cash into a front company called…
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A new report (PDF) by the University of Sydney shows Aussie workers are doing markedly worse under a Howard government. His desperate bid to buy them back this week with the offer of tax cuts doesn't address the deep unfairness they're being subjected to by…
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In light of National's recent censorship demands regarding the photo of John Key on our petition (see below), an inquisitive reader has asked whether the Nats got authorisation for the use of Helen Clark's photo on their 2005 billboards. Does anyone out there know? Mr…
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Just had this sent through to me by a Levin reader. The reference to the Federation of Labour and getting the army in to sort out the workers should have been a dead giveaway that the piece was thirty years old, but in the timewarp…
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Stuff reported yesterday that the New Zealand Kiwi Foundation is warning that "New Zealand's national icon, the kiwi, could face extinction within the next 20 to 30 years, unless more is done to protect the fragile, flightless bird". They've launched the 'Fragile Kiwi' campaign to…
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Indymedia reports that "In a wave of massive state repression, 300+ Police, in many cases armed, raided houses around the country today making 17 arrests." They also claim the raids were "targetted at people involved in the Tino Rangatiratanga, Peace and Environmental movements." From Stuff,…
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It's environmental blog action day. Bloggers worldwide are being encouraged to post on an environmental issue of importance to them. One issue. One day. Thousands of voices. DPF got in first this morning but I've got to admit to being a little disappointed with the…
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Someone just sent me this. It's an editorial from the Ashburton Guardian on Brian Connell's firing resignation. Particularly over matters of Electoral Finance the Nats have sought to position themselves as "defenders of free speech". Perhaps more accurately: "free speech as long as it's Brethren…
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Shortly after Jim Anderton published a press release saying that he was adding his signature to our petition asking John Key to apologise for claiming the the war in Iraq was over we received the following email from the National Party. I guess when you're…
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So you just had to do it didn't you Auckland... And a shout out to publicaddress for the clip (there are more here)