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Open mike 31/07/2022
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Open mike 30/07/2022
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Daily review 29/07/2022
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Why is the UK’s only youth gender identity clinic closing, and what does this mean for New Zealand?
This post is about an evolving political situation in the UK around gender identity ideology, the capture of institutions and the harm being done to children and teens. If you want to why know this matters to New Zealand, it’s because we don’t know to…
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Emeritus Professor Jane Kelsey Valedictory Lecture
https://twitter.com/maxdnharris/status/1552567162262507520 From Wikipedia, Elizabeth Jane Kelsey is a professor of law at the University of Auckland and a prominent critic of globalisation. Jane Kelsey has a LLB (Hons) from Victoria University of Wellington, BCL from Oxford University, MPhil from the University of Cambridge. In 1991…
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Open mike 29/07/2022
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Daily review 28/07/2022
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Best yet in National Party splatter series in production
The kicker in Andrea Vance’s Blue Blood, her insider’s view of the splatter-movie serial that has been the National Party since John Key stepped down, is that the best yet is in production. Vance, a press gallery journo, has catalogued National’s hara-kiri that has been…
Christopher Luxon Dirty Politics national Politics same old national
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Ardern’s Leadership Generates Pacific Results
New Zealand has been overdue to show strong results in the Pacific Islands. Not a moment too soon, this is what Prime Minister Ardern delivered. The Pacific Islands region hasn’t had so much attention since World War 2. We can thank China for that. A…
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Open mike 28/07/2022
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Daily review 27/07/2022
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Luxon goes to Te Puke Hawaii
The question of what has happened to Christopher Luxon was answered yesterday in a shambolic messy way that must have National operatives in despair. He was apparently in Hawaii for a holiday. Which is fine. John Key used to do this all the time without…
Christopher Luxon national same old national the praiseworthy and the pitiful you couldn't make this shit up
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Act on climate
https://twitter.com/MikeHudema/status/1551349559120502785 https://twitter.com/MikeHudema/status/1548332855276621825 https://twitter.com/MikeHudema/status/1551286607495499776 https://twitter.com/Greenpeace/status/1548915352632889345 John D Liu's documentary on the ecological restoration of the desert on the Loess Plateau in China, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLdNhZ6kAzo&ab_channel=Tamera-HealingBiotope1 John Liu on the importance of ecological restoration in climate action, I feel certain that to succeed in reversing climate change, biodiversity loss,…
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Open mike 27/07/2022
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Daily review 26/07/2022
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Really bad takes on the Green’s leadership issue
One of the features of social media is that opinions are easy to form and easy to spread and are occasionally used as weapons. And recently there has been some spectacularly bad takes on the Green's leadership challenge the motivation behind which you have to…
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Open mike 26/07/2022
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Daily review 25/07/2022
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The inside story of National’s civil war
Andrea Vance has written a book about the extraordinary civil war that happened in National's ranks from 2017 to now. She has featured prominently as a reporter and has been prepared to attack the left as well as the right. Quite often I have disagreed…
Andrew Little bill english brand key Christopher Luxon jacinda ardern john key Judith Collins Media national national/act government nick smith same old national Simon Bridges Steven Joyce the praiseworthy and the pitiful todd muller trevor mallard uncategorized
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Open mike 25/07/2022
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James Shaw and the Green Party co-leadership
Firstly, James Shaw hasn't been thrown out as co-leader. The normal democratic processes within the party have been engaged. The nominations for leadership have been reopened, and there will be a selection process over the next few weeks. Shaw will need to stand again to…
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Brian Tamaki really annoys Auckland by adding to traffic congestion
Brian and Hannah Tamaki and their supporters decided to disrupt the country in a major protest organised yesterday. He must have been disappointed with the result. Because although a few hardy protestors managed to disrupt Auckland by walking onto a motorway and by some others…
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Open mike 24/07/2022
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Open mike 23/07/2022
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Daily review 22/07/2022
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Book Review: David Holmgren’s ‘RetroSuburbia’
Published in 2018, Retrosuburbia is a manual for sustainable and resilient suburban living, particularly suited to Australia and New Zealand. Written by permaculture co-originator David Holmgren, it follows a decade of his work on retrofitting the suburbs in the face of climate change and related…
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Open mike 22/07/2022
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Daily review 21/07/2022
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Unthinkable Renationalisation
Europe is leading the global fight against climate change by rapidly shifting away from fossil fuels. This now includes fully renationalising energy companies and forced decreases in gas use. What could New Zealand learn? In the wake of the pandemic, Europe was rocked by disruptions…
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Open mike 21/07/2022
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