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Daily Review 31/08/2016
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NRT: A death-knell for Ruataniwha?
I/S at No Right Turn writes: A death-knell for Ruataniwha? The Court of Appeal has ruled on Forest & Bird's appeal against the Ruataniwha Dam, finding that the Department of Conservation could not trade protected land unless it no longer needed to be protected: The…
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The elephant in the room
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Supported autonomy
The following is a cross-post from Philip Patston. Philip is a social entrepreneur, diversity specialist, and managing director of Diversity New Zealand. He blogs about his life, work and existential crises as well as sociopolitical issues. Autonomy is often used to mean independence. Though their dictionary definitions are…
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Mt Roskill by election – cooperating parties cooperate shock!
If Phil Goff wins the Auckland mayoralty there will be a by-election in Mt Roskill. Building on their MOU, Labour and the Greens may cooperate: Labour, Greens eye by-election deal A deal is likely to be on the cards in Mt Roskill between the Labour…
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Open mike 31/08/2016
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Daily review 30/08/2016
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The right for Spy’s to break the law, bill.
No Right Turn has reminded me that the deadline for submissions on the Spy bill is 7th October 2016. Submissions. can be made here. The spy bill. The bill makes it illegal for civil servants, or anyone else, to blow the whistle on the Government.…
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Nats cut police resources then demand the impossible
An interesting measure of the times: PM reassures Chinese community over crime An open letter from Prime Minister John Key has been published in Chinese media in New Zealand, reassuring people who are concerned about crime levels. Mr Key said he wrote a weekly column…
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Nanaia Mahuta: “I refuse to engage in the politics of desperation”
Nanaia Mahuta has responded to the recent jibes from the Māori Party at her website: Māori Party Adopt Divide and Rule Tactics “It’s quite desperate when a political party purporting to represent Māori starts to use tactics that attack the person, not the policies, ”…
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Labour’s Auckland Push
It's been confirmed that Matt McCarten, currently Labour's Chief of Staff, will move back to Auckland in September to head up a new project there. Matt will be in charge of maximising the vote in NZ's biggest city and will run an office dedicated to…
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Key finally admits there is a housing crisis but says it is all Labour’s fault
John Key is finally accepting that there is a housing crisis. But he appears to have forgotten that he has been Prime Minister for the last eight years and is attempting to say that fault lies elsewhere. He came out with a rather strange statement yesterday…
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Key: Crisis? What me worry?
John Key is defending his handling of Auckland's housing crisis on the grounds that Auckland's prices have only risen as much under him as they did under Labour. So the prices that he said were a crisis in 2007, have risen by as much again,…
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Open mike 30/08/2016
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Roy Morgan August; Nat’s Down 7%
The latest Roy Morgan is out. The National Party have a dropped a massive 7%, though to be fair that probably just reflects the folks at RM tweaking their methodology so they don't get laughed at again. Labour’s support stays at 25.5% (unchanged), Greens 14.5%…
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Daily Review 29/08/2016
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Last chance to sign the equal pay petition
You can sign the petition here: To: The Prime Minister and his Cabinet New Zealand’s on the verge of a move that’ll put us back on the forefront of gender equity. But we need your help to send a strong message about Equal Pay. ...…
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Launch of Economic and Social Research Aotearoa (ESRA)
There is a new think tank in town: Welcome Economic and Social Research Aotearoa invites you to join us in nurturing informed progressive debate in Aotearoa. We are a national think tank committed to high quality research and analysis based on a kaupapa of social,…
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Why I hate UBER
So. I helped out my sister with her 16-year-old's birthday party. As we began to shuffle them all out around midnight with their partial romances and their teary micro-dramas, most of them were whipping out their smartphones and getting an Uber. I asked them why…
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Hekia Parata fabricates a ‘Special Education Association’
' In parliament this week, Hekia Parata was asked who, if anyone, supports her plans regarding special education, and she replied with a smug grin that they are backed by the Special Education Association. It’s all there in Hansard: Chris Hipkins: Does she seriously believe…
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Land banking – National gives up on housing crisis
The numbers are yet to be released, but the cost of the average Auckland house is now probably over $1 Million. The real costs for borrowers are staggering: The $1 million average Auckland house means interest bonanza for banks The average sale price of Auckland…
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Open mike 29/08/2016
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Toby Morris: TA’s Story
Illustrator and commentator Toby Morris has animated TA's story: "What do you want most in the world," John Campbell asks TA, who has been living in a van with her family since February. "A library." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLjVc-zNcNQ
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Hollowing out the regions
Nat spin is that the ecnomy is "booming". It isn't, we have the illusion of growth due to population gain (and the Christchurch rebuild), but per capita growth is dismal. The weakness of the real economy is reflected in the continuing hollowing out of the…
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Open mike 28/08/2016
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Fair and sustainable economics
Green Finance Spokesperson Julie Anne Genter put up a blog post yesterday on Fixing Our Broken Economy. Citing various mainstream sources Genter starts with the demise of neoliberalism. She then moves on to what the real needs are, and then how we can address them,…
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Nick Smith commits to raising average wage to $250,000
Wow! On The Nation this morning Nick Smith committed to raising average NZ wage to $250,000! Here's how it works: https://twitter.com/TheNationTV3/status/769289155507400704 https://twitter.com/HaydenDonnell/status/769291304102563840 https://twitter.com/bernardchickey/status/769289566415040513 Now I understand Bernard's confusion here. Smith wants house prices to keep chugging along, and he wants a wage / house price…
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Making us proud internationally
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McCully and the Auditor General’s report on #sheepgate
Like him or loathe him Matthew Hooton sticks to his guns when his principles are offended. And he has clearly been deeply offended at Murray McCully's antics around sheepgate. Hooton was the person who famously said about McCully that he would find a corrupt way to…
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The Spinoff: Housing crisis costing Nats
The Spinoff should be on your daily reading list. Here's another excellent piece: Housing crisis uselessness costing National in Auckland – Spinoff poll ... One intriguing result from this week’s Spinoff-SSI poll of voters is that the Government’s lead in the party vote has fallen…