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Dave Kennedy (bsprout) at Local Bodies... "National is building a safer New Zealand. We’ve embarked on a comprehensive programme of reform to protect communities, prevent crime, and put victims first." So says National MP Eric Roy in his latest blog post where he claims credit for the…
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Public trust in the police is at a new low. But should the buck stop with the police? On their increasingly dubious record, shouldn't the trust in our government also be at an all time low? Electronic means of surveillance are increasingly available to the…
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Treasury is trying to tell us that private power companies don't charge more than SOEs to justify privatisation. Of course, a moment's thought tells you that private owners, with higher costs of capital, need larger profits than public ones. And private owners always complain the…
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Did you know that national standards must be completed in written form and there is no provision for extra time or oral answers from students (oops, sorry, 'learners' in Parata-speak) with disabilities? At high school and uni, if you have the need, you get these…
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I watched Paula Bennett and her MSD CEO make excuses and say sorry yesterday as they revealed that they had let the personal data of hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders sit in the open at WINZ kiosks - and it's all still open to…
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Amidst all the current scandal and chaos, the Nats' privatisation agenda grinds on, as reported by various sources this afternoon. More reaction later I'm sure, but for the moment here's the bare bones from the 3 News coverage: Government goes ahead with share sale The…
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In 2010 the largest protest for a generation in NZ marched down Queen St to oppose mining. But by squinting sideways at some rigged polling questions, industry advocates would have you believe that we the people support mining. They are aided and abetted by dumb…
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Should have reposted this last week - NRT on a bizarre and scary US legal opinion. Thoughtcrime will be next... Imperial over-reach Since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, we have lived in a world of nation-states. One result of this is that we have a multitude…
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Here's Granny Herald's genius plan for economic development: if Meridian can get more money for its power elsewhere, it should let Tiwai Point close. 3,000 jobs would be lost. Invercargill and Bluff would effectively be killed. But, hey, market forces! Problem is, if Meridian only…
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Keith Ng has uncovered a truly massive breach in MSD's computer security, and posted about it last night at Public Address. From Keith's post: My jeans were torn, my hoodie was pretty ragged, and I hadn't shaved for a week. It turned out that bloggers are…
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Judith Collins is going to the US and isn't going to raise the Dotcom case we are told. I'll bet the US Justice Department is though. Read this snippet from the Hollywood Reporter interviewing Senator Dodd, who raised the issue with John Key when he…
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Shane Jones doesn't have any portfolios - he's been relieved of them, for a second time. So, what the hell is he doing acting as a spokesperson? First, he takes it upon himself to attack Gareth Hughes for the crime of sharing a Greenpeace parody…
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I'm not actually back from working overseas, so I may have missed something, but from my reading of internet media there seems to have been a lack of focus on a major aspect of John Key and the GCSB (that so sounds like a band…
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The EPMU Job Crisis Summit provided ample evidence that there is indeed a crisis. In the delusional world of Planet Key it doesn't exist, while the country drifts. Russel Norman quoted Brian Easton who likened the New Zealand economy to a sailing ship In Stormy…
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David Cunliffe is a courteous dude, so when he's taking the Government to task for paying a guy $70k just to get the logo on his business cards changed, he's very conscientious about making it clear that the guy in question, MoBIE CE David Smol, is…
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A message from Kathy I received a really moving Facebook message this week from a 12 year old girl who lives in Invercargill. She was writing to me about the Tiwai smelter. She’s afraid it’ll be shut down and says ‘the most horrible part of…
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The strange case of what was or was not said on February 29th by Key to GCSB staff regarding Kim Dotcom. In the Shearer Key face-off I know who I think the public will believe - surprise surprise it's David Shearer. John Key has two…
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Welcome to Poverty watch, a weekly update on the National government's lack of response to the urgent and growing issue of poverty in NZ. A lot of background issues and links are set out in Poverty Watch one two and three. In late August the…
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Today, at the end of the EPMU Job Crisis Summit in Auckland, leaders of 3 opposition parties took part in an historic press conference. Winston Peters, David Shearer and Russel Norman jointly announced the launch of a parliamentary inquiry into the crisis in manufacturing. It…
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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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On any other morning this would be the big political news story of the day: Harawira arrest: 'I wasn't breaking the law' Mana party MP Hone Harawira says police broke the window of his car before arresting him at a housing protest in east Auckland…
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Unions, businesses, and political parties will come together today to form a united front on the need for change to save manufacturing in New Zealand. National, with its tin ear, refuses to acknowledge the problem. There's an emerging consensus that we need to turn away…
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This week I've been to see the surrealists at the Tate Modern in London, and read about the surrealists at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham. God knows what Cameron was talking about, with his line about spreading privilege - Knighthoods for all? Everybody off…
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If I were in Labour, I would be looking at the polls and thinking that a small target strategy is best: preserve your credibility at all costs, keep your head down, pick up the votes as National self-destructs - it worked for Key in 2008.…
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