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Key on the Teina Pora compensation
https://twitter.com/NewshubPolitics/status/743208406748585984 Do the Nats have a decent, compassionate bone in their collective bodies?
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Housing policy omnishambles rolls on
The government that will pay you $5000 to leave Auckland and $3000 to move to Auckland has been selling state houses so recklessly that it is now considering building temporary ones - 'Pop-up' housing being considered to help ease Auckland shortage Temporary, pre-built houses could…
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Double the quota
National's increase in the refugee quota is pathetic: In other words, this is a triumph of spin: an ‘increase’ in the refugee intake that is virtually the same as the status quo, but counted differently. It has already been described by Amnesty International as "shameful…
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Dodgy Niue deal back in the headlines
I hate to repeat myself, but the dodgy Niue deal is back in the headlines again. Bryan Gould in April – Niue contract damaging to Govt reputation And then, we have the saga of the political donation and the Matavai resort on Niue. The facts…
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Open mike 16/06/2016
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Daily Review 15/06/2016
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Brexit
The Brexit (British Exit from the EU) process is fascinating. Background information from the BBC is here, and The Economist here. The vote is a week away (23 June). Several recent polls are giving the Leave campaign a big lead - see today's Guardian: EU…
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Bennett “gutted”
One of Giovanni Tiso's clever "Erratum" series. https://twitter.com/MariaSherwood2/status/742808755922829312
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This is what sustainable fishing looks like
Suddenly I found myself on the front lines of a climate crisis that had arrived 100 years earlier than expected. For a long time I’d seen climate change only as an environmental issue because environmentalists were always framing it in terms of birds, bears, and…
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National is missing Cameron Slater
Graphic courtesy of the outstandingly good Kupu Hou twitter account. So in the space of a week or so Paula Bennett has gone from potentially being the next leader of the National Party to the person who has leapfrogged Nick Smith on the list of Ministers…
housing Media national paula bennett same old national spin the praiseworthy and the pitiful you couldn't make this shit up
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Open mike 15/06/2016
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She’s got to go
Te Puea Marae is doing all that the government should be, but isn't. The government are even forced to offer them help. Paula Bennett does her best not to visit, to meet them away from media, as it's too embarrassing, this show of community action…
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Orlando; Owen Jones On Homophobia.
Owen Jones, the best left journalist of this decade, has walked out of a TV chat show after the host and a guest denied the Orlando killings were homophobic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmMXxx-EWcY He has written a fantastic article about exactly what this attitude means. It…
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Daily Review 14/06/2016
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Paula Bennett leaking to smear again?
Up to her old tricks again? https://twitter.com/NewshubPolitics/status/742543634554224641 https://twitter.com/MaikiSherman/status/742540042753605632 https://twitter.com/TrevorMallard/status/742549154350518272 https://twitter.com/DavidSlack/status/742540866535882753 https://twitter.com/lyndonhood/status/742545697564565504 https://twitter.com/NewshubPolitics/status/742559021849153538 https://twitter.com/norightturnnz/status/742561160864497664 Update: Bennett has admitted that "her office" leaked. She should resign. https://twitter.com/NewshubPolitics/status/742572664280076288 https://twitter.com/ClintVSmith/status/742571550822408192 https://twitter.com/norightturnnz/status/742570513025753088 https://twitter.com/norightturnnz/status/742569984946147328
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Key on Pulse nightclub massacre
Without further comment - https://twitter.com/NewshubPolitics/status/742479819481317376 https://twitter.com/AndrewLittleMP/status/742485739561058304
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Why American Foreign Policy still matters
With the Presidential elections now in full and definitive swing, and a US naval ship likely to visit, we need also to get our own answer for a big question: in this century, what is America’s role in the world? The United States is still…
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Official climate change fraud
This is my take on parts of the YouTube video "Kevin Anderson - Delivering on 2 deg C: evolution or revolution." According to wikipedia, Professor Kevin Anderson is: the Deputy Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research; holds a joint chair in Energy…
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Migration
National did their typical thing yesterday and belatedly and half-heartedly moved vaguely in the right direction when put under enough pressure; hoping to go just far enough to keep enough people on side. Raising the refugee quota to 1000 wasn't enough and it was good…
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Open mike 14/06/2016
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Kiwi Values
National's Epsom charity project David Seymour reckons refugees should sign a "statement of commitment to New Zealand values", which, according to Seymour include freedom of speech, and respect for women and those of different sexualities. Leaving aside the obvious fact that telling people what they…
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Daily Review 13/06/2016
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Refugee quota increase “shameful and inhumane”
A press release from Amnesty International: Shameful and inhumane response to refugee quota Shameful and inhumane response to refugee quota, a stain on our country’s reputation Amnesty International says the announcement by Prime Minister John Key that New Zealand will not be increasing the refugee…
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How about a bit of balance on Hillary Clinton?
Politics is always a struggle. It’s a contest of ideas, of values, of personalities, relationships and working partnerships. It can be tough and it can be nasty. Sometimes there’s manipulation, unseen influences and dishonesty. That’s true on the right and (whether or not we want…
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The ghost house epidemic and the invisible hand
In June last year this "ONE News investigation" caused quite a stir: 'Ghost houses' hit Auckland renting market Ghost houses aren't haunted, but could prove to be the stuff of nightmares for would-be renters in Auckland's overheating housing market. A ONE News investigation has revealed…
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Florida – 50 dead in attack on LGBT club
Coverage and image from The Guardian - extracts in chronological order. What we know so far A shooting at a LGBT nightclub in Orlando has killed about 20 people and sent 42 to the hospital, after Florida police and Swat teams ended a hostage situation…
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Open mike 13/06/2016
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Essential reading – Hickey on immigration
Bernard Hickey in The Herald is essential reading this morning: Bernard Hickey: We need doctors, not bar staff In all the hullaballoo this week about New Zealand's record high migration, a strange fact has emerged. The number of approvals for permanent residence has fallen from…
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Fiji flop
Key's visit to Fiji was a flop in every respect: Key's Fiji visit a 'disaster': Labour ... At a state banquet, Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama criticised the New Zealand media and defended his banning of some journalists from Fiji, claiming they dispensed with facts.…
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Open mike 12/06/2016
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