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Open Mike 05/08/2017
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Daily Review 04/08/2017
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Metiria Turei will not seek ministerial position
At a noon press conference Metiria Turei announced that she is not resigning and will continue to lead the Greens, but she is not seeking a ministerial position in a new government. She takes responsibility for her past, but the work on a fair welfare…
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‘Ardern Up! The T-shirt that every fashionable leftie will be wearing
https://twitter.com/richardhills777/status/893062568742313984 Each one $10 to Women's Refuge.
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Health disasters – useless Coleman in all kinds of shit
The Health system is riddled with crises and useless Minister Jonathan Coleman is in all kinds of shit. Starting with - Treasury found Minister of Health's mental health strategy not 'coherent' two months before Budget An "incredibly damning" Treasury report criticised the Minister and Ministry…
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This is why we need the Greens in government
https://twitter.com/radionz/status/892901731209625600 He aha te mea nui o te ao, He tangata, he tangata, he tangata. What is the most important thing in the world? It is people, it is people, it is people. https://twitter.com/golrizghahraman/status/892957984396951552 #GreentheGovt Resources for beneficiaries NZ Beneficiaries and…
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Don’t expect the impossible of Ardern
I enjoy a ray of hope as much as the next leftie, and Jacinda Ardern is off to an incredible start, but let's not burden her with impossible expectations - that would be destructive in the long run. Peters is trying to do it as…
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No Right Turn: Dealing with ghost homes
Cross posted from No Right Turn _____________________________________________________________________ There's a bit in Kim Stanley Robinson's New York 2140 where the empty investment properties of the ultra-rich are compared to giant gold bars, taking up space in our cities that people could live in. Its becoming an…
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Open Mike 04/08/2017
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Daily Review 03/08/2017
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“It’s still the same Labour Party”
Steven Joyce was pushing this line on RNZ this morning - knowing that it'll backfire if they attack Jacinda. They tried that when she became deputy (and Joyce was hanging Nikki Kaye out to dry on that - even though clearly she'd been put up to…
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Women, know your place!
https://twitter.com/GregPresland/status/892540861354917889 Good grief, it's 2017, in NZ of all places, and we're having this conversation? Nuts and bolts of the first day - Jacinda Arden becomes leader of the Labour Party, suddenly, and the MainStreamMen are caught unprepared. After their initial sugar rush, they pick…
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The big mo #LetsDoThis
Man it has been good to be a left winger lately. A few days ago Labour was looking at a really rough defensive campaign where it struggled to hold its vote. Now anything looks possible. And Labour has dominated the media for the past few…
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The Ardern effect – and why this leadership change was different
Yesterday I had big roundup of the acclaim for Jacinda Ardern as new Labour leader. Suffice it to say that there is plenty more to add to the collection: The Jacinda effect and why National will be worried Jacinda Ardern is a 'game changer' -…
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Paula Bennett’s problems not over
Update May 3 2018: I see that Dirty Politics operative Matthew Hooton is using this post as some kind of false equivalence with the filthy lies about Clarke Gayford. As you will see it contains nothing that was not being publicly commented on in the…
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Open Mike 03/08/2017
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Daily Review 02/08/2017
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Lifeline funding cut
We have the highest rate of youth suicide in the "developed" world. The Nats just cut the funding to Lifeline - Government axes $800,000 Lifeline contract In March this year, the Ministry of Health axed a decade-long $800,000 contract for Lifeline to provide suicide-prevention training…
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She ain’t no show pony
Let's just get this out of the way. It's inevitable that there will be focus on Jacinda Ardern's looks. Also a given is a certain amount of sexism that frequently goes with that because women get treated differently in politics, and because of, you know,…
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What was English up to with his Barclay text storm?
WTF is this? Winston to PM: I know about your text messages to Todd Barclay staffer New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has accused the Prime Minister of sending hundreds of text messages to the woman who complained to police about National MP Todd Barclay.…
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Solidarity forever
The 2017 election is approaching fast and I sense much nervousness amongst the left. Recent poll results do not help. It is clear that that Labour took a hit following Metiria Turei's true confessions a couple of weeks ago. Personally I agree with the reasons…
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Acclaim for Jacinda Ardern
Changing leaders this close to an election was a political gamble for Labour, but it has already paid off. The commentary is almost universally positive, the reviews for Ardern are glowing, due in no small part to her excellent press conference (watch it if you…
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Open Mike 02/08/2017
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Helen Clark burns Matthew Hooton
Too good to waste ... https://twitter.com/FoxyLustyGrover/status/892266160300761088
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Daily Review 01/08/2017
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Trying to bury bad news
It's a busy news day, so... Government axes Lifeline contract. Yes, we still top the western world on youth suicide. We still have regular stories like this today. So what does the Government do? Cancel the money that Lifeline uses to train thousands in suicide…
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So NZ Labour wanted the Headlines.
I guess the next few days or more will be filled with rampant speculation on what NZ Labour will do next, and that speculation will come alongside some gushing praise for Jacinda Ardern ,as well as whatever amount of condemnation. But whatever happens, NZ Labour…
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Greens and the Māori Party on the new Labour leaders
Green Party press release, Green Party committed to working with Labour to change the government Metiria Turei MP on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 - 11:40 The Green Party is committed to working with Labour to change the government this September. “Our relationship will continue to…
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Labour leadership announcement – livestream
Jacinda Ardern will address the media after Labour's caucus meeting around noon. A link to the RNZ livestream here: (press conference starts at 21 mins in) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxejFpT8TD4 The livestream is over. A very impressive performance from Jacinda Ardern, smart, warm, genuine. https://twitter.com/NewshubFeatures/status/892201923452874752
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Thank you Andrew – go well Jacinda!
Unlike lprent I am not discouraged by Little stepping down. Andrew Little, good man. He did a lot of good for the Labour Party, and would have made an excellent PM. Many thanks to him. But whatever Labour was doing wasn’t working. Little doomed himself…