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Fonterra and Fletcher Building
New Zealand only has two businesses of world-competitive scale that are also majority owned by New Zealanders: Fonterra, and Fletcher Building. As Fran O’Sullivan notes, Fonterra’s China plan is far from clear. Its' Australia plan is also far from clear. As Bryan Gaynor notes, Fletcher…
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Sticking with Bill is the right move for National
I think this is the right move. Bill has a proven record in elections. National knows what to expect with Bill. With the advantage of incumbency and the authority that comes with it, Bill did very well in the last election. This will not be…
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National is united
National is united. Bill English will remain as leader for as long as he wants the job. Paula Bennet's position as deputy is secure, even if she made the caucus engage in charades and even if Winston did not go with National because he was…
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Open Mike 09/02/2018
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Daily Review 08/02/2018
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And we’re off to the races!
Julie Anne Genter has just added her name into the Green Party co-leadership hat, as many have anticipated. As you will likely have heard, Marama Davidson announced her campaign first, and there is also a possibility that Eugenie Sage will decide to run, too, or…
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We are beneficiaries
The sick and twisted thing about right wing politics is that tories like a certain level of unemployment because competition for jobs is essential for keeping wages low. Then they treat the inevitable victims of this like it’s all people’s own fault. This is the…
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Trickledown …
Paul Ryan, or at least his social media team, wanted to celebrate the fact that a High School secretary was pleased that her weekly pay check increased by $1.50 per week. But it appears that the secretary was being sarcastic rather than grateful. https://twitter.com/funder/status/960907137630208000 And…
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NZ Court of Appeal and the Ministry of Health
Disability support is something almost 100% of us will use at one time or another. I wish more currently able-bodied people realised that. - OAB MoH Disability Support service specifications 2015 (PDF) quoted in a recent Court of Appeal ruling, 2. Disability Support Services [The aim of…
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Open Mike 08/02/2018
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Daily Review 07/02/2018
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Two Labour Governments, two coal mines
In the case of the massive Adani coalmine proposed for Queensland, Labor (Queensland majority) are clearly putting out feelers for what it would be like to kill the project, but form an economic development package that could replace those lost jobs and economic uplift. There’s…
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National claims credit for Waitangi Day
I did not think I would ever have a need to use this graphic again. But National claiming that they are responsible for the successful Waitangi Day celebration is delusional and the graphic seems very appropriate. From Newshub: Senior National figures are dismissing suggestions peaceful…
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Open Mike 07/02/2018
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Buttered Bread
A New York Times headline exclaims "Stocks Fall as Sell-off Enters Second Week. The Guardian screeches "Dow Jones Suffers Worst Day in Over Six Years as Global Stock Markets Fall." The Washington Post gasps "Dow closes down nearly 1,200 points after plunging more than 1,500…
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Waitangi day
Mōrena, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa. This is a rewrite of a blog post I have had a few goes at updated with recent events. The benefit of blogging is that you can repeat and refine. And something as important as Waitangi Day needs…
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Open Mike 06/02/2018
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Daily Review 05/02/2018
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Prime Minister Ardern at Waitangi
This is a new day for politics in New Zealand. A female Prime Minister has broken over a century of practise and is doing a main speech at Waitangi. Even more: no drama occurred. Anywhere. I cannot recall the last time any Prime Minister got…
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National can win the next election
The first part is to wait. The current government are on a wafer-thin majority within a fragile coalition. Labour will go down from where they are, as all first term governments do. Once the electorate has finished inhaling new-baby estrogen, wept swimming pools of salty…
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Waihopai and North Korea
It's worth asking ourselves what Goriz Gharaman was doing protesting at Waihopai. It's the right place to protest. Protesting against privacy incursions is not uncommon, but the bigger protest was missed in emphasis: Waihopai prepares us for war. It prepares intelligence that is usually shared…
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Marama Davidson’s campaign launch – Boots Theory
Post by Stephanie Rodgers, cross-posted from bootstheory.nz 6-7 minutes ____________________________________________________________________________________ I was beyond excited to see Marama Davidson stand up to announce her bid for the co-leadership of the Greens. I’ve been a Marama fan for an age, so I was very biased in her favour.…
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Open Mike 05/02/2018
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Getting it right
We need to move away from our reliance on a low-wage economy where companies compete by paying people less. We need to remove the temptation to throw more cheap labour or longer work-hours at a problem, and make investment in skills, productive capital and innovation…
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The 2017 General Election electorate expense returns
The 2017 electorate expense returns were made public a couple of days ago. For those tragic politicos like myself they provide a great deal of interesting information and an insight into how the parties are doing. A couple of initial comments. Donations do not include…
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Ideological issues more than leadership are Nat’s problem
Changing National’s leadership will not help the conservatives regain power if they fail to address questions of why they lost the 2017 election. Many, if not most, Nats don’t accept, or understand, they lost the election. Many still think that because they won 44.4 percent…
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Open Mike 04/02/2018
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Zen and the art of greening the government
https://twitter.com/MJWhitehead/status/958934853403033600 I protest because dissent & diversity are essential to our democracy, because it is Green, because Kiwis always have. And this government respects that because we are friends. - Golriz Ghahraman In this 2 minute video Ghahraman covers "protest, and dissent, about diversity of thought…
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Open Mike 03/02/2018
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