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Open mike 31/01/2016
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Andrew Little’s State of the Nation Speech
This Sunday at 2pm in Auckland, I’ll be delivering my State of the Nation speech. I’m announcing an exciting new initiative that will make a huge difference to New Zealanders and will play a major role in rebuilding the Kiwi Dream. During the speech,…
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Abattoir Blues
One of the annoying aspects of David Shearer and Phil Goff's self serving and self centered endorsement of the flawed TPPA agreement is that has knocked a genuine scandal off the front pages. Instead of supplying ammunition to the Labour Party haters on the dry…
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Kelly interviewed by Campbell on RNZ Checkpoint
Helen Kelly was interviewed by John Campbell on RNZ Checkpoint last night. The conversation covered cannabis, assisted dying, farm workers, health and safety, unions and more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFKteXQ4mpc
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Open mike 30/01/2016
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Daily Review 29/01/2016
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Caption contest
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Good money after bad into the bottomless pit of charter schools
Did only RNZ pick up on this yesterday? Charter school a waste of public money - PPTA Education Minister Hekia Parata confirmed the closure of the charter school in Northland today, saying the challenges facing its board were too great. PPTA president Angela Roberts said…
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Message from Andrew Little about TPPA
From an email sent out to members. Over the summer, I’ve been reading the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement — and one thing’s become clear: as it stands, New Zealand shouldn’t sign this agreement. Labour has always supported free trade and we always will.…
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National – trying to provoke TPP violence?
A couple of days ago Chris Trotter set out an interesting theory: Let’s Not Lose Our Tempers: If John Key wants a riot outside Sky City – don’t give him one ON THE FACE OF IT John Key has made a serious tactical blunder. By…
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Is RBNZ ignoring deflation bogey?
By Simon Louisson Is Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler so concerned about the bogey of Auckland’s housing bubble that he is underestimating an equally nasty bogey – deflation? With annual inflation at 0.1 percent, it seems the scourge of inflation that dogged New Zealand for…
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Open mike 29/01/2016
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Daily Review 28/01/2016
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Nats split on rail link?
National has a long history of opposing and mocking Auckland's City Rail Link - A brief history of National MPs trashing the rail link they just funded. Yesterday Key folded and agreed to (probably) cut back the five year delay he had previously insisted on.…
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Robert Reich: Six responses to Bernie Sceptics #FeelTheBern
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Anyone seen the rockstar economy lately?
National keeps claiming the reputation of the party that is "good with the economy", but the facts tell a different story. The "rockstar economy" was always a myth, and this week the bad economic news has kept on coming: NZ Government books running $1.6 billion…
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New Zealand drops down World corruption free index
According to Transparency International New Zealand was for a long time the least corrupt nation in the world. We achieved that ranking in 2006 under Helen Clark and the fifth Labour Government and managed to maintain the rating until 2013. But since then it has…
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Little on TPP: “I don’t support it, we don’t support it”
Labour has been walking a tightrope on the TPP. Labour supports free trade, but opposes aspects of the TPP that limit our sovereignty. At some point the party was going to have to come down on one side or another, and it seems that Andrew…
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Open mike 28/01/2016
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Daily Review 27/01/2016
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Another win for Nicky Hager
They didn't have much option really: Update on the High Court case between Nicky Hager and the NZ Police Yesterday, the New Zealand Police informed Nicky Hager through their counsel that they are electing not to appeal the decision of the High Court given in…
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Government U turn on inner city rail link
As had been widely anticipated the Government has performed a U turn on Auckland's inner city rail link and has agreed to bring forward funding. Instead of it starting in 2020 it will now start in 2018 and match Auckland Council's planned start date. Can I…
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Voluntary euthanasia
Spurred on perhaps by recent high-profile cases - Lecretia Seales and Patricia and Peter Shaw, voluntary euthanasia is very much in the news at the moment. David Seymour has a Bill before Parliament. Stuff has a handy guide on how to contribute to the debate…
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The great big list of John Key’s big fat lies (UPDATED)
Yep, its that time again when readers are reminded of some of the lies John Key told in the lead-up to and in the seven years since his National Ltd™ came to power. No doubt there will be a bunch more lies to be added later…
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Open mike 27/01/2016
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Daily Review 26/01/2016
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TPPA ‘National Interest Analysis’ – get both sides
The Government has released a TPPA ‘National Interest Analysis’ - you can find it (and the current text of the TPPA) here. It is predictable spin and has drawn a predicable response. This piece in Stuff gives an overview: TPPA non-signing 'risks marginalisation and decline'…
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Metiria Turei: The state of the Nation
This is due today at 12:30 pm. Speech notes will be posted as soon as we can get them. The livestream of the speech is here. Update with speech notes: Tēnā koutou katoa I te tuatahi ka mihi au ki ngā mana whenua o tēnei…
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War Veteran’s superannuation cancelled because of Government policy
National is a master of the micro policy, making with great fanfare and noise small changes to existing rules to address what on the scale of things are limited difficulties. The micro policies appeal to those predisposed to thinking that all beneficiaries are bludgers and…
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Barry Brickell: Earth to Earth
If ever anyone needed a powerful standard of an alternative and entirely sustainable life that has made a big difference, consider Barry Brickell. Died this weekend, or as his biographer on Sunday said to me; “ran out of steam”. Lots of people dream about running…