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According to John Key, allegations about Jason Ede's muckspreading activities in cahoots with Cameron Slater are nothing to do with Key and his office because Ede now does not work any more on the 9th floor of the Beehive as chief rubbish-snapper for the Office…
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(Reposted with permission from NZNOblog.) NZNO organiser and our StandUp representative on the Council of Trade Unions Women’s Council, Georgia Choveaux talks about how proud she is that New Zealand women were the first to vote. “You do not have the right to vote.” Can you…
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Scott at ImperatorFish kindly allows us to repost his blogs. Original here. As a totally neutral and non-partisan lobby group, not at all affiliated with any right-leaning parties that have blue in their logos, it’s important for us to get our message across. If there’s…
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I wonder what they were talking about on the 9th floor of the Beehive last night? That is John Keys office. https://twitter.com/danslevin/status/499490256463208448
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I've just heard Nine to Noon and Matthew Hooton doing well on Danyl's Nicky Hager Spin Bingo - as Steven Joyce did an hour or so earlier on Morning Report. There's nothing new here. Left-wing Conspiracy theorist Not a journalist (essentially propoganda) Everyone knew this…
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Reposted from Polity. There are bits of Nicky Hager's Dirty Politics that are, for political anoraks, at least, "who cares" material. But there are bits that are not. For me, the most shocking revelation in the book is about the use of clandestine SIS files…
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Many have commented that there is nothing shocking about the revelations in Nicky Hager's new book, 'Dirty Politics'. It is the sad and sorry truth of New Zealand politics that there is some merit in such comments. That does not mean that the stories in…
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In no particular order, some tweets from those in Wellington with the book. https://twitter.com/denistegg/status/499495189073756160 Wrong on so many levels. How in the hell did she get to be a politician? So useless at doing anything effective. https://twitter.com/BrookSabin/status/499495153757716480 https://twitter.com/BrookSabin/status/499499419725598720 I sense a court case coming up.…
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There's obviously a few people reading "Dirty Politics" tonight. One of the biggies, looks to be evidence of Slater's collusion with Ports of Auckland: Helen Kelly tweeted: OMG @maritimeunion the whaleoil links with Port of Auckland exposed. The board and snr mgmt cant possibly stay…
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Ok, you remember what happened last election.... Then there are these statements sent earlier this evening. A DARK DAY IN NEW ZEALAND POLITICS Author Nicky Hager’s book is a most disappointing expose that reveals a Nixonian element arising in New Zealand politics, says New Zealand…
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I do so want to read this book right now. The preface is online... http://dirtypoliticsnz.com Some weeks later, out of the blue, I received a package: an 8-gigabyte USB digital storage device, the contents of which appeared to have originated from the attack on Slater’s…
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I haven't read the Nicky Hager's book "Dirty Politics" yet. But I'm not surprised that Cameron Slater is up to his neck in pigswill provided by John Key's dirt merchant Jason Ede. That he has been given information sourced from the SIS is extremely surprising.…
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So the book is an expose of the Slater-Ede-Key Dirty Politics machine, based on data acquired and leaked to Hager. Will Update over the evening I was totally wrong about the topic. The book was introduced and shown on Livestream - best one by 3…
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One of the more intriguing features of New Zealand politics and political debate in recent years is, to my mind, the preparedness of appointed and self-appointed gate keepers to shut down any opportunity for informed political debate. The gate keepers can range from the editors…
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Nicky Hager has certainly got the attention of political circles in NZ, by announcing his (untitled) book launch today at 5.15pm - time to make the 6pm TV news. John Key is bracing for the release, suspecting, like many of us, that the book will relate to…
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Reposted from Local Bodies. As the weeks rapidly rush towards September 20 the campaign is heating up. There is a sense of desperation coming from many parties, especially the smaller ones on the right. ACT is only managing to stand 16 candidates in electorates and…
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What the hell? This isn't an election advertisement. This is someone expressing their views in music and video. The election commission are usually ok in their assessments. But this one doesn't appear to have any real basis behind it. Adam Bennett at the NZ Herald…
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It's been interesting to watch the nats and their busy little helpers working away at branding the election campaign as a nasty one. It's been disappointing to watch the media falling for it so hard. Like every election there's been some nutters defacing billboards across…
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With Nicky Hager's latest book about to be unveiled tomorrow, I have been thinking about his research interests, and his approach to investigative journalism. In his 2012 Bruce Jesson lecture, "Investigative Journalism in the Age of Media Meltdown", Hager said this about investigative journalism: Investigative journalism includes,…
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Sociologist Dr Jarrod Gilbert takes everybody's favourite right-wing spinster to task for his usual misrepresentation and spin: My last Farrar In politics, as in religion, the true believers will never be convinced they are wrong. But I could not let David Farrar away with the…
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(Posted earlier today at Boots Theory) In my previous post where I talked about the diversity of policy on the left as a strength I said: A lot of people are still stuck in a First Past the Post mode of thinking, where we have two major…
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The Kumeu candidates debate last night covered topics ranging from the very local, to the global: local roads and round-a-bouts, through the internet, poverty, health, jobs and education, to climate change, the TPPA, and the GCSB. Roads and rules were a recurring theme. I set…
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This morning Radio New Zealand reported ACT Epsom candidate David Seymour complaining about Labour's supposed dirty tactics in the seat. If Seymour really thinks that trying to persuade voters to vote tactically is dirty tactics then he should reflect on what his party is doing.…
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Reposted from Media Law Journal. For those who haven’t heard, Nicky Hager has a new book coming out this week. It will be launched at Unity Books (57 Willis St) at 5pm on Wednesday. Nicky and others will start speaking at 5:15pm and the book…
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Reposted from Polity. Over the weekend, Steven "Mr Angry" Joyce put out a press release saying: A desperate Labour Party is making promises the country simply couldn't afford as it tries to buy its way into contention at the election, Associate Finance Minister Steven Joyce says.…
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(Posted earlier today at Boots Theory) Mea culpa. It’s a bit of a Buzzfeed-style clickbait headline, but it’s also a political meme which I really wish we could put out to pasture. It seems like every time Labour (or the Greens) announce a policy the…
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