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New Zealand's most infamous anti-Ambassador Paul Henry has shamed us all once again. On TVNZ's Breakfast this morning, Henry asked John Key (at 6'30" into the interview) of our Governor General "Is he even a New Zealander" (Satyanand was born in NZ) and could the…
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Never heard of Kiribati? Well you have now: As a tiny island nation makes a big sacrifice, will the rest of the world follow suit? Kiribati, a small nation consisting of 33 Pacific island atolls, is forecast to be among the first countries swamped by…
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When National announced it would create an 'Environmental Protection Agency' and a short-cut resource consent process for projects of 'national significance', the implications were clear. The new agency and process would be used to override local opposition. Sure enough, that's what's happening with Waterview. The…
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So, Chris Carter is threatening a 'tell-all' book on the Fifth Labour Government published at the next election. But he says he won't publish it if he gets to stay in Labour. It's blackmail, a further act of treachery for which he deserves to be…
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OK, so it's quite up with the best campaign ad ever, but Yani Johanson and James Dann's anti-Bob Parker rap brought a smile to my face. Yani is running for councillor in the Hagley-Ferrymead ward and James is going for the Hagley-Ferrymead Community Board, both…
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CTU president Helen Kelly has managed to negotiate for a meeting between Peter Jackson and Actors Equity. This is great news and hopefully Kelly will help facilitate the meeting - she's got a solid record of being able to steer a sensible course through fraught…
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Tomorrow (1.30am our time) the Delhi Commonwealth Games opening ceremony will begin. Let's hope, for everyone's sake, that the Games proceed without incident. And good luck to all of our competitors. It's been pretty painful watching the media coverage of the Delhi games buildup over…
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Early childhood education is great stuff. Those first few years shape a child's future more than any other. Getting into learning and into socialising early on leads to huge rewards later in life. For every dollar spent on ECE, society gets 13 back in benefits.…
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Wondering who Actors' Equity are and what they do? Well here's a video from AE explaining just that. Actors' Equity also have a good website that lays out their position in Peter Jackson's Das Hobbitski fiasco. It's been funny watching the msm contort itself while…
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One of these things is not like the other, One of these things is not quite the same. Can you guess which one is not like the other, Can you tell me before I finish the game?
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On Thursday I posted on John Banks bashing South Auckland: A political salvo aimed at wounding the leadership aspirations of Manukau mayor Len Brown is still causing outcry in South Auckland tonight. Last night on the Close Up debate, Banks told Brown he didn't "want…
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It seems now that Peter Jackson is refusing to talk to Actors' Equity because it would affect the whole industry. Frankly it's starting to look like one excuse after another - a pattern of hit and run anti-negotiation tactics that anyone with experience in industrial…
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This question is something that has been on my mind for some time. It seems as if there are endless things that we could be condemned for from where I’m standing, however my point of view is not necessarily that of my future grandchild. In…
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Treasury in their first year under National tripled their expenditure on contractors. Tony Ryall gave his reasoning behind this yesterday afternoon; coming up with that it was because National have so much more new policy than the previous government in its 'dying year'. But then…
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The crime stats are not good news. Homicides are up, violent offences are up, sex offences are up, harassment and related offences are up, drug offences are up, public order offences are up. Oddly, though, the total number of offences is down (by 0.1%). The…
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Rodney Hide has taken a complaint to Parliamentary Services over Phil Twyford EA sending a message from his work email calling on people to vote for Len Brown "Hide said it was important that the democratic independence of local government was protected. "As such, individual…
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Back in August I contributed a post entitled 'First they came'. The post discussed how, in education, teachers got bashed, then Principal's, then Boards. The post cautioned that as we watched and did nothing we edged closer to being bashed ourselves. Now I see that…
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There's a story doing the rounds today about the actors' union denying Peter Jackson entry to a union meeting. It's basically Jackson having a good old whine about how it just shows how unreasonable the union is being and how they won't even talk to…
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Digested Read Digested – Equality works better for a sustainable future. Equality does not equal sustainability, but it is much more suited to the task than our current system. Without the constant need to consume more and more as we compete for status, we use…
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Why does our Minister of Tourism always take his holidays overseas?
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The Herald's editorial today is a strong rebuke of National's anti-democratic power grabs: "Work has just begun for the 26 experts in constitutional law from all six of the country's law faculties who penned a letter condemning the Government's earthquake response legislation. No sooner was…
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For a long, long time National and the Right have tried to convince us that all we really need is tax cuts. You can understand why: their other policies are deeply unpopular, cutting taxes is a roundabout way of cutting public services, which they hate,…
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Oh dear. John Banks just stuffed up big time. He's following in the footsteps of that other spectacular right wing flameout, Melissa Lee in the Mt Albert by election: John Banks' comments raise heckles A political salvo aimed at wounding the leadership aspirations of Manukau…
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