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Labour to accelerate climate action
Press release from the Labour Party website. ______________________________________________________ A Labour government will fix the broken Emissions Trading Scheme as an urgent priority. “New Zealand should be showing climate leadership; not going backwards as Christopher Luxon’s Government has done,” said Labour leader Chris Hipkins. “The ETS…
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The Right is winning the bullshit media narrative
Last weekend saw a continuation of right wing parties coming out with inane policy announcements that make a media splash without any hard questions being asked. NZ First came up with a typical dog whistle proposal that only citizens should receive superannuation. I know quite…
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Open Mike 08/09/2026
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Daily review 07/09/2026
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Open Mike 07/09/2026
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Greens launch plan to break up the supermarket duopoly and bring down the price of food
from the Green Party website: _________________________________________________________________ The Green Party has today announced a plan to break up the supermarket duopoly by creating a publicly owned supermarket chain called KiwiMart, as part of its Affordable Kai election policy. "Our country produces enough food to feed 40 million people. There is no shortage of…
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Government makes Move On Orders Bill less shit
The Justice Select Committee recently reported back the Summary Offences (Move on Orders) Amendment Bill and there was a pleasant surprise. I blogged about this bill earlier this year. I said that I thought the Bill did not need to apply to apply to young…
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Open Mike 06/09/2026
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Open Mike 05/09/2026
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Daily review 04/09/2026
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New Zealand’s Gas Panic Was Entirely Lies
Anyone remember it was just a year ago that businesses and government politicians were crying about the loss of natural gas availability? The Business NZ Energy Council has been warning a gas shortage could lead to business closures. Business NZ Energy Council executive director Tina…
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Open Mike 04/09/2026
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Daily review 03/09/2026
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Greenpeace: Why the 1.5°C overshoot report must be an urgent call to action on climate change
cross posted from Greenpeace International by Jasper Inventor & Dr. Jerry Jose. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned us that the global temperature will rise above 1.5°C, likely within the next few years, to levels that will worsen extreme weather impacts and intensify…
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Open Mike 03/09/2026
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Daily review 02/09/2026
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Open Mike 02/09/2026
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Daily review 01/09/2026
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Who is to blame for Air New Zealand’s latest result?
Christopher Luxon recently chose to put the boot into Air New Zealand after it had announced an after tax loss of $242 million in the past financial year. From John Weekes at the Herald: [Luxon] said it was a “pretty poor performance” and added: “It’s…
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Labour will guarantee a job for graduate nurses
Press release from the NZ Labour Party yesterday. _______________________________________________ Labour will offer every New Zealand trained nurse a job in our public health system when they graduate, keeping our highly trained nurses here and strengthening the workforce. “National’s hiring freeze is fuelling a crisis in…
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Open Mike 01/09/2026
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Daily review 31/08/2026
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Open Mike 31/08/2026
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The Government suddenly wants to limit the damage it has caused to our climate response
Some drawdropping news emerged last week. The Government wants to review the country's climate change response to improve our ability to meet our Paris accord obligations. From Kate Newton at Radio New Zealand: The government has quietly told officials to look into new climate policies…
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Open Mike 30/08/2026
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Open Mike 29/08/2026
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Daily review 28/08/2026
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Could Kiwibank Buy TSB?
Kiwibank are proposing to buy TSB Bank, before Heartland get it. IMHO this is a very big piece of business for any government entity to undertake while an election campaign is underway. National’s Minister of Finance Nicola Willis supports this acquisition, telling The Post that…
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Open Mike 28/08/2026
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