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John Key has been saying variants of this a lot lately: "I'm the Government's major spokesperson and I need to spell out the Government's position, and the Government's long held, and very strongly held, view is that nobody owns water." Key's just being cute with…
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Climate change is causing the world's temperatures and seas levels to rise but this isn't a steady process. Instead we see more frequent and more extreme weather events. The record-busting heatwave in the US and floods in Russia are examples. So, a few people die…
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In what passes for political comment in today's increasingly anorexic DomPost, we read that David Parker issued a speech that "criticised National for failing to boost imports and control housing prices." That didn't sound like David Parker. Sure enough, his speech actually put the finger…
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Seeing coverage of the apparently unhurried steps towards Labour party members having a say in future leadership bids made me want to stop and ask some questions about whether they are telling the full story: 1) Will members have the same say as MPs? And…
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Some of the media reckon that Key slagging off the Waitangi Tribunal was an accident of honesty: he was just stating reality that the Tribunal's findings aren't binding, he didn't realise it would provoke a firestorm of reaction. Others say he knew exactly what he…
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The oceans are doing their best to save us from climate change apparently... but just ending up dooming us in another way. Oceans are absorbing a large amount of the excess CO2 that we're putting out. But it results in coral and shellfish unable to…
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After Five Years: Report Card on Crisis Capitalism Monday, 09 July 2012 By Richard D Wolff After five years of crisis - with no end in sight - it's time to evaluate what happened, why and what needs to be done. One key cause…
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When the Dotcom raid happened, I was taken in. Sure the Police are playing FBI wannabes with the armed cops and helicopters, I thought, but there must be some truth in it. Now, it's shades of the Urewera shambles as Dotcom's extradition drags out. It'll…
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So, just 32 hours after Key started running the line that the Government would ignore the Waitangi Tribunal's decision on the Maori Council water rights claim if it didn't go his way, the Maori Party reacted. Key is abusing the privilege of his office by…
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While the energy companies are profitable for the government to own - thanks to its 3.5% cost of capital - they're not for 'mum and dad' because the dividend return is going to be 4% pre-tax and 'mum and dad' have a mortgage, or an…
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New Zealand-registered shell companies are being used for money laundering, according to Mike Field's story in today's DomPost. Here's a summary: in the last two years Fairfax Media has exposed hundreds of companies on the Companies Registry used to launder money. Last week New Zealand…
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Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here. One of the weaknesses of our democratic system is that it gives people the opportunity to buy political influence. I don't mean…
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I know I just wrote about this yesterday - probably why I'm sensitive to the issue right now. But honestly, The Herald, could the front page last night have been any worse? The top several articles are all death / grief porn, and the rest…
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It's getting almost sad, how desperate John Key is to sell our assets. He's prepared to rush them through more quickly than the market can absorb - trading return for pre-empting the referendum. He's prepared to use our money to reward people who can afford…
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Iwi want the Nats' asset sales put on hold until their claims to water have been settled. Key says that people can own water rights but not water. Iwi say water is a taonga, ownership of which is guaranteed under the Treaty and hasn't been…
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As the Sir Graham Latimer and the Maori Council launch their bid to halt asset sales in the Waitangi Tribunal, the grassroots campaign is gathering steam too. This Saturday is to be a National Day of Action. John Key, showing his usual respect for due…
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Confirmation today that The Herald is adopting a format more in keeping with its content, and going tabloid. Naturally they try and spin this as a Good Thing: New look Herald smaller and bigger The New Zealand Herald will undergo the biggest transformation in its…
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Darkhorse writes amazingly insightful economic pieces on his ‘How Daft’ blog (the title gives you a clue as to what he thinks of the current state of affairs). The neoliberal experiment has been an abject failure by any rational measure. And there are alternatives. Darkhorse…
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Climate Change Minister Tim Groser: "Our farmers have been reducing their emissions by 1.3% per year for two decades" (that's emissions per unit of output, btw, not absolute - although total emissions from agriculture are down in recent years). Groser on why farming should be…
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At this Fabian Society event on Monday 9 July in St John's Church Hall, cnr Dixon and Willis Streets, Wellington, Dr Geoff Bertram will discuss how deregulation and corporatisation of the state-owned electricity companies has been good for Treasury but bad for domestic consumers. Part-privatisation…
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With news that there are now more Kiwis living in Australia than either Christchurch or Wellington, here's "John Key's" latest press release on the topic: Latest exodus to Australia worrying National Party Leader John Key says immigration figures showing an acceleration in the number of…
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I'm going to try and put up a piece each Sunday of interesting, longer, deeper stories I found during the week. It's also a chance for you to share what you found this week too. Those stimulating links you wanted to share, but just didn't…
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In our current system, we give men like Bob Diamond the immense power to create money. Need it be so? The Positive Money movement wishes to change that, and give that power back to Government. Henry Ford said: “It is well enough that people of…