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It is the second week of post John Key National and they are already struggling. Following on from the decision to bail out of the Mt Albert by election because of the concern of receiving a further shellacking National is trying to avoid accusations that…
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Via RNZ: Auckland City Mission pleads for donations amid Xmas rush Auckland City Mission says more than 300 families are queueing for food and presents every day, and it needs more donations to meet demand. You can donate here. https://twitter.com/CheckpointRNZ/status/810709930873409536
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Turkey under Erdoğan is a human rights disaster. It imprisons reporters, judges, activists and novelists. It tortures, censors, and abused broad powers under a state of emergency. A recent piece in The Guardian by Turkish journalist Ece Temelkuran makes for disturbing reading: Truth is a…
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Judith Collins is probably the preferred choice for leader among Nat members - but of course they don't get a say in the matter. Instead she had her bid quickly crushed in the back-room leadership process - seems she doesn't have many friends among her…
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The results have been announced. Various obnoxious Ministers have been replaced by equally obnoxious alternatives. The highlights are: Murray McCully is goneburger but not until May 1. Matthew Hooton will not be pleased. Clearly English blinked. McCully is not known as the dark prince because…
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You can only live a lie for so long. By Hamish McNeilly on Stuff this morning: Lord of the Rings actor says NZ tourists shocked by polluted 'sewer' Middle-earth Tourists are shocked to discover New Zealand's "Middle-earth" is dirty and polluted, says a Lord of…
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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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There's a lot of it around. The Democrats and their media and spook allies are in a complete lather over Putin's supposed personal influence in the US election. Confident of victory and its spoils up till midday on election day, the Clinton team are incapable…
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One of the claims made by Edward Snowden was that there were no effective channels in the United States' National Security Agency (NSA) to point out probably illegal programs of spying on US citizens, and morally questionable uses of commercial spying against allied nations. This…
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The first ripple felt here of the future President Trump reign wasn’t the dying TPPA, because it was Undead already. No, the first ripple was his telephone call with the President of Taiwan. It’s surprisingly important to New Zealand. Sending signals that he intends to…
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I guess Bennett didn't have a long list to choose from, but - really? On RNZ yesterday: Bennett says she's proud of getting homeless into homes Deputy Prime Minister Paula Bennett says one of her greatest achievements this year is getting homeless people into homes...…
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Remember "social bonds"? From the Ministry of Health: Social bonds are an innovative way for private and not-for-profit organisations to partner in delivering better social outcomes – and be rewarded by Government. The Ministry of Health is leading cross-government work to pilot social bonds in…
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Andrew Little has undertaken a minor reshuffle of the Labour caucus, here's the RNZ summary: Labour reshuffles caucus team David Parker becomes Labour's foreign affairs spokesperson, taking over from departing MP David Shearer, and new arrival Michael Wood gets the consumer affairs role in Labour's…
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There’s a weakness in public governance that needs fixing fast. The first that caught my eye this week is to see in the NZHerald the mayor of Auckland was caught in a major traffic jam as he was trying to get to the airport, and…
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The English honeymoon came to an abrupt end yesterday as the new PM copped an earful in Kaikoura - PM Bill English: Frustrated Kaikoura locals say town is 'the absolute pits' (or see the almost identical version in The Herald) Angry and isolated Kaikoura locals…
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What started as a trickle is now becoming a torrent of resignations as Murray McCully has also announced that he will be leaving politics at the next election. He announced earlier this year that he would no longer seek the East Coast Bays nomination and…
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3 stories from Checkpoint yesterday, that add up to a picture of National's response to housing. Firstly an Auckland caravan park getting probably more than $1 million/year from low income New Zealanders and beneficiaries with nowhere else to live. They've received half a million dollars of WINZ…
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Back in 2013 Labour was arguing that multinational companies should pay their fare share of tax. Then revenue spokesman David Cunliffe wrote: We all must pay tax - including multinationals ... Let me put on record that Labour is not proposing new taxes in this…
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An account of the long list of Nats abandoing ship is all over the news this morning. Jay Kuten writing in the Wanganui Chronicle has a rather cutting review of what's left: 'Snow White has left the building' ... Let's look at the epigoni. With…
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Idiot/Savant at NoRightTurn on the latest in the Hager case, __________________________________________________________________ Even more expensive The police's illegal raid on Nicky Hager's home has got even more expensive: Nicky Hager’s home was raided by Police in October 2014. The raid was part of an investigation into the source of…