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When the Nats say they must cut early childhood education funding - remember their new $500m subsidy to polluters. When the Nats say the country can't afford adult community education - remember their new $500m subsidy to polluters. When the Nats say we have to…
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Goff calmly and systematically rips Key and the government apart on Friday's RWC fiasco. Armstrong calls it Goff's "best speech in a long time" - see Goff flays Nats over Rugby World Cup chaos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQR-pq5GGi8
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I thought we were paying "international prices" for milk, but perhaps not. In a move today that just lost them the public relations war forever... Consumers at fault for high milk prices - Fed Farmers New Zealand consumers are at fault for the high price…
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Duncan Garner has demolished the government's disgraceful excuse-making over its woeful lack of preparation for the World Cup: For the Government to point the finger at the Auckland Council for the debacle on the woeful Waterfront last Friday is a cop-out. It's not just the…
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NRT continues to provide excellent coverage on the governance of Canterbury: When the National government disestablished the democratically elected Environment Canterbury and replaced it with a clique of hand-picked dictators, there was at least one consolation: the dictatorship would eventually pass. As drafted, the dictatorship…
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Does "a meticulous compiler and ferreter out of information that some people would wish to keep secret" sound like a good definition for 'journalist' to you? Not according to the Dom. Apparently, that's what Nicky Hager is. And he's not a 'real journalist'? So, what…
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The government's handling of the RWC opening and the resulting chaos has been both incompetent and insulting to Auckland. Incompetent because they were warned. They were warned about the likely transport issues two years ago: Auckland World Cup warning two years ago The Government was…
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U&feature=share The entire, unabridged speech can be viewed here (It comes 'on topic' about 6 or 7 minutes in)
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See if you can join these dots to make a picture. Dot one: Dot 2: NZ universities lose ground New Zealand's universities are continuing to lose ground against their international rivals, according to the latest worldwide rankings. ... Auckland University, which made the top 50…
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Time for a Tax Revamp Written by Jackal at 4:54 PM Gareth Morgan and Susan Guthrie answered the critics of their ideas to transform NZ's tax and welfare system in a great read on the New Zealand Herald's website today. Don't get me wrong, I'm…
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Making the trains run on time Eighteen months ago, in what can only be described as a coup, the government disestablished the democratically-elected Environment Canterbury and replaced it with a clique of hand-picked dictators. In Question Time this afternoon, Nick Smith used a patsy question…
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Keen to shift the blame for the RWC opening fracas Murray McCully has used reserve powers under his very own CERA-like powers to seize control of the whole Auckland waterfront. Here's John Key explaining why: Key: Interestingly enough, one good example of where the Government…
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There was a time when authoritarian Tories would use draconian powers for things like outright class war, lockouts, or to turn the streets of our cities into war zones. While disagreeing with the politics of these abhorrent actions at every single level you had to…
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A good piece in the Herald by Max Rashbrook on the high costs of PPPs (public private partnerships) with the new Wiri prison costing over $21m before a single sod is turned or brick laid because of the complex contract negotiatons which have to cover…
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Gordon Campbell at Werewolf has an excellent piece pointing out the flaws in Asset Sales. Here's a quick summary, but it's worth the read in its entirety (there's a large pre-amble and conclusion, and an 11th myth!). 1. Asset sales will reduce debt and help…
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Yesterday, TVNZ: "Mr Keys says no one could have predicted the amount of people who turned up on Friday night." Friday, Keys: "There were people that were skeptical that the Cloud was the right thing to do but actually I think they'll eat their words…
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It was left up to Radio New Zealand to provide the best coverage of yet another shaming report on child poverty in NZ: One in five children in severe hardship - report A report on child poverty says at least one in five children experience…
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Syndey Morning Herald: "one of the invited guests got really carried away, especially after Italy troubled the Wallabies early on. ''He booed and abused the Wallabies all game,'' Jeeves said. ''He was yelling out, 'f---ing cheats' and other offensive remarks, and then when the Wallabies…
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The Herald thought it appropriate to publish this vile little gem from Damien Grant yesterday. In it Mr Grant lays out why you don't give the low paid any quarter: Economically, the unskilled are irrelevant. They are a commodity. Only talent matters and a progressive…
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Which minister will John Key fire this week? Bill 'Double Dipton' English, who is embroiled in yet another personal corruption scandal following the revelations on his housing expenses in 2009 and the PEDA money in 2010. This time for an unadvertised, big-money contracting job has…
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I heard John Key talking at the Auckland North Shore Business awards a little over a week ago, and he was talking about how important R&D was to New Zealand, and how we needed to increase it. It was one of a number of comments…
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On Saturday Stuff carried a piece (by Adam Dudding) on John Key. In most respects it was the usual kind of puffy profile, but it was definitely a cut above the kind of drivel we have seen from some star-struck writers. In places Dudding made…
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Ten years after the September 11th 2001 attacks, the world is sitting in a fragile state. International media are awash with stories of a possible ‘car bomb’ attack on American soil, with sources citing intelligence of three possible terrorists entering the country. It’s very hard…
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First time commenter Griffo posted this comment in an older thread. It deserves a wider audience... The other night I resigned from the bot of my local school. My experience in the field of education is fairly varied, with time on both sides of the…
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Murray McCully needs to front up and take responsibility for Auckland's World Cup opening transport chaos (now very much in the international news e.g. here, here, here, here, here). Here's what McCully was saying on Friday morning: RWC won't break down Auckland's transport - McCully…