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Amidst growing evidence of yet another broken 2008 election promise, John Key has nothing to offer except tired excuses: Key admits underclass still growing Prime Minister John Key has acknowledged that the "growing underclass" he promised to tackle in 2008 has probably grown further -…
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"We need more cheap foreign fishermen" says the slave fishing lobby group. They say that it's just like Fisher & Paykel moving their production offshore for cheaper labour. Well, tell you want, slave-fishers, how about you fuck off to China and we'll stay here and…
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Sign Greenpeace's petition against deepsea oil drilling. That moron John Key might not care but every reasonable person knows that the proven risks of deepsea drilling and our manifest inability to cope with oil spills is too dangerous a combination.
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Time to close the gap between rich and poor in New Zealand instead of helping it grow ever wider. Time to lead on carbon emissions and a sustainable future instead of distantly following. Time for leadership on the economy instead of muddling into a double…
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The neoliberal revolution saw a massive transfer of wealth from the people who create it to the owners of capital. This didn't 'have to happen'. There were other options. The dramatic fall in wages as a % of GDP in New Zealand was not matched…
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Which National Cabinet Minister said to Allan Peachey "You want success for other people. You're a very enriching person whereas the rest of us have all come from backgrounds where we look after ourselves"? It's a pretty revealing quote. National's ministers aren't about the greater…
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On Sunday the 10th of May 2008, John Key gave a speech at the Southern Regional Conference explaining National’s platform for the looming election. It’s an interesting read, and looking back to consider words from the past can uncover some revealing realities about the present.…
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"Show me how you'd do anything different" says John Key about the Rena disaster. Let me count the ways. Increase the liability limit as recommended in 2008. In 2008, the select committee recommended that the maximum liability of a shipping company be doubled in line…
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The Occupation has reached Aotearoa New Zealand. On Saturday events were held in six of our cities. Accounts of numbers vary, but 3News puts the Auckland march down Queen St at around 3000, with about 100 camping out over night in Aotea Square. RNZ gives lower…
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Word around the traps is that Labour is working on a significant new wages policy. Good. Kiwis' pay has been falling away from Australians' for two decades thanks mainly to the deregulation of the labour market in 1991. Of course that's not completely true for…
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Here we are again. This time its ABs vs Wallabies 9:00 pm at Eden Park. May the best team win (but it better not be Wallabies!).
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Over at Wheelers corner in the Manwatu there is this rather classic post about a conversation overheard in a cafe. Eavesdropper: Marton is a small place and I had stopped for a short break after visiting Hunterville. The café was small but made a good…
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micky savage at Waitakere News has a well-written post on the political events over the last few weeks and their impact on Phil Goff's chances of forming a government. We will know if there has been a shift in the political landscape as the Rugby…
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National's election billboards focus on National's "Brighter Future" plan. They read more like a wish-list for the tooth fairy. Bill board No 1 says "End the deficit sooner". Sooner than what? This year's budget projection? Not likely according to Brian Gaynor in today's Herald story…
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Does this sound familiar? We have no official spokespeople. Correspondingly, no single view should be seen as necessarily representing the views of (the movement) as an organisation or of other people who are a part of (the movement). We are many contributors and participators from…
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As funny as 'Trotie'. Especially the comments with the creator effortlessly taking the piss out of the moaners whinging about him 'disrespecting' the All Blacks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd68leOH1C4&feature=colike In case you missed it, the Trotie dubstep: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuQM1Oko8IE
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The Herald has produced an extremely useful and detailed timeline of the Rena disaster to date. For me, it raises several questions that, I think, you can divide into two categories: first, did the government have the plans and equipment it needed to deal with…
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3News reports that: Key dismisses Goff’s oil drilling moratorium as 'pure politics'. He's right. But not in the way he thinks. A moratorium on drilling is about the danger to our environment. It's about our "100% Pure" brand. Which is worth a whole lot more to the…
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By the time this post appears a showdown will have taken place in New York. City police, allegedly at the instigation of the Park's owners, are due to confront the Occupation at Liberty Plaza (Zuccotti Park) on Friday at 7am (US Eastern). Update: showdown cancelled. I've…
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Attentive readers may recall some time back, when talk about illegal police video surveillance was to the fore, that there was also mention of the existence of video surveillance of a politician having an affair with a P user. Now of course having an affair…
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The Broadcasting Standards Authority has decided that Key's hour-long promotional programme on RadioLive was not an election programme. They interpret "encourage or persuade" in the Broadcasting Act as "overt or explicit encouragement or persuasion to vote in a particular way"; quite differently from how the…
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Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?
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Labour has announced it will put a moratorium on deepsea oil drilling until it's proven safe. Good. Basic precautionary principle. Clearly necessary given the piss-poor handling of a relatively small spill. Besides, there's no rush to dig this stuff up. It's not going anywhere and…
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From my facebook Some opportunistic bugger is trying to offload their boat Tom Scott does his cogent take The Herald (and I wonder what happened to HappyFeet) And finally, my favorite... Great image and message. It is a pity about the use of 'pass' rather…
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Steven Joyce has two big jobs on - lead minister for the Rena disaster (because National still regards this as a transport problem, not an environmental one) and National's campaign manager, but can realistically only do one. Leaving him with both tasks means Key isn't…
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This press release from the CTU deserves wide discussion: Tax Switch Created Many Problems The New Zealand Treasury has revealed that the tax switch has created a $1.1 billion hole in the already weakened Government accounts. Peter Conway, CTU Secretary and one of a number…