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Press release from scoop.co.nz _______________________________________________________________________________ Friday, 23 March 2018, 9:59 am Press Release: Professor Jane Kelsey Shane Jones’ AirNZ demands would breach the TPPA, which he supports ‘Shane Jones has been an ardent supporter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). His latest interventions on Air…
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Birds are disappearing from the skies of France. Their numbers have dropped by 33% in the space of 15 years. That decline reflects observations made in other countries across Europe. At first blush, the reasons given for the frightening decline in bird numbers seems quite…
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Make no mistake: this is the single biggest anti-trade act the world has seen since the Iranian revolution's nationalisation program from 1979. President Trump’s announcement of wide-ranging trade tariffs against China, on top of the steel and aluminium tariffs, were announced like this: “We have…
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From greens.org.nz _____________________________________________________________________________ Marama Davidson MP on Thursday, March 22, 2018 - 15:45 Ngā manu e rua, Tohu Kākahi, Te Whiti o Rongomai, tēnā kōrua. Ki a koutou ngā uri o Parihaka o Taranaki iwi. Nau mai, haere mai, haere mai. Madam Speaker, it’s really…
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An additional tax upon Aucklanders designed to alleviate traffic congestion is on its way. The move was welcomed by Auckland Mayor Phil Goff. There is pretty strong support in the Auckland Council LTP consultation at the moment. LTP submissions show about half in favour.…
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https://twitter.com/PhilTwyford/status/976646678915686400 More from RNZ, "The letting agencies are working for the landlord, but in this case they're charging the tenant and I don't think there's any good reason for it." From Stuff, "Letting fees are an unjustifiable tax on renters" Twyford said, describing them as…
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Another senior National MP is quitting politics. From Stuff: National MP and former Health Minister Jonathan Coleman has called time on Parliament, sparking a by-election in his Auckland seat. The party's number six has been offered a significant opportunity to run a private sector health…
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Nick Smith told a whopper in Parliament yesterday. He had been asking questions of Megan Woods about if the proposed changes to Electoral Law allowing parties to sack list MPs was in breach of UN obligations. The video is here: https://youtu.be/4aIREH6rGbw The whopper occurred because…
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Hat tip to Charlie for tweeting out this happening in Southland yesterday. Save Our Water Otago/Southland (FB page) organised this action outside the local Regional Council office. So good to see some well planned and implemented direct action. https://twitter.com/Gnarly_Charl/status/976391092512858112 Lots of coverage in local media (radio,…
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Greenpeace Press release - March 21, 2018: _______________________________________________________________________ Greenpeace Executive Director, Dr Russel Norman, says the Charities Board decision not to grant the environmental organisation charity status is unsurprising given that the Board has resolutely opposed Greenpeace’s application all along, in spite of previously losing the…
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Two posts from norightturn.blogspot.co.nz yesterday. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ No Right Turn: Digging her own hole Yesterday, while accepting a petition from 45,000 people calling for an end to oil exploration, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her government was "actively considering" the issue. Then, faced with criticism from National and…
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The Facebook Cambridge Analytica story is getting to a very interesting stage. A whistleblower, Christopher Wyllie, has confirmed that Cambridge Analytica was able to download facebook relating to 50 million Facebook users most of who had no idea theie data was being harvested. It was…
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A decade ago, the first black President of the United State of America was elected. For those who want to enjoy that moment again, and revel in some of the best and highest political rhetoric we’ve seen in many a year, here’s his speech in…
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Each year since 2012 the Government has run a process called the Block Offer. The process is set up by the Crown Minerals Act. Basically the Crown consults on which areas oil explorers should have permission to explore for oil and gas and following consultation…
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When the UN called for a ceasefire in Syria "without delay", much was made of Russia and Syria continuing military operations against terrorists around Damascus in the area of Eastern Ghouta. Nothing much was said of Erdogan saying that Turkey would not recognise any ceasefire.…
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From the Green Party email from James Shaw to members: ___________________________________________________________________________ Do you know what frustrates me about Parliament? Sometimes, it's nothing but a hollow ritual. As Greens, we've always stood for modernising our democracy, making MPs more accountable and giving the public better access…
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I have to be honest and say that I am struggling with the rationale. The Greens have decided to give to National their primary questions for oral answer in the house. From Radio New Zealand: Greens co-leader James Shaw said the deal with National was…
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I wonder if Bridges will perform better after his week of intense media training? His silence, coming straight after a bad week, that would have attracted HDA, Hosking, Soper, Young Watkins-style surmising had it been Little, but not a single observation from the Opinionati. National…