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Daily Review 30/11/2016
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Tolley needs to apologise
Kim Hill had an astounding and outstanding interview with Anne Tolley this morning on RNZ. The 7.30 news was delayed 12 minutes as Tolley evaded the fact that thousands of children were abused by the state in the 50s and 60s, and she refused to…
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Massive education fail
National's education system is producing the inevitable results - NZ kids worst at maths in English-speaking world: New Zealand 10-year-olds came out worst in the English-speaking world at maths and science in an international test. The Trends in International Maths and Science Study tested the…
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Tax the Rich An animated fairy tale
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Everyone has advice for Labour!
I think it's really great how many people have constructive criticism for Labour these days! Bryce Edwards has an excellent summary in his Political Roundup: Labour languishing outside the zeitgeist. (Yes, a piece about the need to get in touch with the electorate kicks off…
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Open Mike 30/11/2016
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Daily Review 29/11/2016
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Labour’s legacy: building a better New Zealand
From Labour's website. This weekend, I've been out knocking on doors in Mt Roskill, supporting Michael Wood, and talking to Kiwis about the issues that matter to them. As you go around and talk to people, the achievements of earlier Labour Governments are all around…
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Labour Green seat deals – about bloody time
What took them so long? - Labour and Greens begin bargaining for 2017 election seats They've criticised National over electorate deals - but 1 NEWS has confirmed Labour and the Greens are doing deals of their own for next year's election. Greens co-leader Metiria Turei…
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Housing “affordability” blowout
Ahhh ... remember this? https://twitter.com/NZMorningReport/status/725806901330481152 Good times. It's a mad claim based on dodgy figures which are in turn based on a very limited definition of "affordability". How "affordable" is this? Loans for first homes jump 43% in 2 years The amount people are having…
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Everybody wants a recount
Hot on the heels of news of Jill Stein's recount application now supported by Hillary Clinton comes some twitter activity from the POTUS with the mostest suggesting that he too believes that America's democratic system is broken. There is a lot of evidence suggesting that…
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New Parliament buildings
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Todd Barclay faces Clutha-Southland selection challenge
Todd Barclay is one of National's worst MP's, who made a mess of the party apparatus he inherited from Bill English. (Labour's Liz Craig would have been ten times the MP Barclay was.) No surprise that Barclay is facing a selection challenge: Ex-investment man challenges…
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Open Mike 29/11/2016
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Daily Review 28/11/2016
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Child abuse and poverty – still with us
As topics like Trump and the quakes take the limelight, the slow tragedies unfolding in NZ carry on in the background. In the Herald this morning: Our kids at risk: Lost security puts children at risk in Flaxmere NZ has the fourth-highest rate of child…
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#Horseshoegate – have you seen these alleged horse shoe throwers?
From Radio Tarana's facebook page. Can you identify these three individuals? Radio Tarana is giving a $100 reward to anyone who can positively identify the three individuals in the picture below. Please Private Message Radio Tarana on FB or email info@tarana.co.nz The three men have…
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NRT: “A stupid idea”
I/S at No Right Turn writes: "A stupid idea" That's what John Key thinks of equality around the Cabinet table: Prime Minister John Key says the idea of promising a gender-balanced Cabinet is "stupid" because appointments are made on talent, not gender. Speaking on The…
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Why no leftie fake news?
"Fake news" has burst on to the political landscape. Fake stories were widely shared by Trump fans before the election. Why is leftie / liberal fake news much rarer? A fake news writer explains: When did you notice that fake news does best with Trump…
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Open Mike 28/11/2016
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America’s broken democratic system
If there was any doubt the results of the recent US elections conclusively show that America's democratic system is broken. Consider the following. In general terms the President is meant to be the person with most votes. This did not happen. Despite Clinton winning 1.4%…
Abuse of power Deep stuff democracy under attack democratic participation elections International Politics the praiseworthy and the pitiful us politics you couldn't make this shit up
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Key interview – facts don’t matter
Lisa Owen interviewed Key on The Nation yesterday. It's not often that Key allows a real interview, and Owen does an excellent job. Among other topics she explores the dismal predictions in the recent Treasury report. See the video here. https://twitter.com/LloydBurr/status/802250779654385664 https://twitter.com/MorganGodfery/status/802251384670146562 https://twitter.com/Tim_Watkin/status/802252999959584768 https://twitter.com/DavidCunliffeMP/status/802378260046901248 https://twitter.com/nzlabour/status/802258802468737024…
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Treasury predictions – not good
Brian Fallow in The Herald summarises the take-home messages from the latest Treasury report: Future written in red ink Want to cheer yourself down? Take a look at the Treasury's newly updated projections for the long-run outlook for the Government's finances. What the Treasury officials…
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The Essential Forest-Gardener – the trees and the heritage
The following is a Guest Post from Robert Guyton and is part of a series appearing over 12 Sundays. Other parts can be seen here. Robert is a sustainability pioneer who along with his family grows the oldest food forest in NZ. A long time organic gardener, permaculturist and heritage orchardist,…
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Open Mike 27/11/2016
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Fidel Castro has died
Fidel Castro has died aged 90. The Guardian has this article: Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90, Cuban state television has announced, ending an era for the country and Latin America. Live Fidel Castro: world reacts to death of Cuban leader –…
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The Mount Roskill by-election and the strange case of the missing horse shoe
There is one week to go before voting in the Mt Roskill by election concludes and it is getting very interesting for all sorts of reasons. There is a poll suggesting that National's candidate Parmjeet Parmar is struggling despite the Government's current polling. If this…
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Audrey Young on resurgent unions
In an interesting piece on equal pay (discussed here) Audrey Young makes a number of positive comments about unions: ...The pay equity outcome is one of the reasons unions are experiencing a revival. It follows other major successes by the former Service Worker's Union through…
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National better late than never on pay equity
One of the first acts of the new National government in 2009 was to abolish the Department of Labour’s Pay and Employment Equity Unit. Surprise surprise, the gender pay gap started increasing, in January 2016 it was the "worst it's been in almost 10 years".…
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Open Mike 26/11/2016
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