Annette King’s valedictory
An excellent account of her time as the longest serving woman MP in the NZ parliament.
notices and features
Daily Review 10/08/2017
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Petition to Replace Mike Hosking as Election Debate Presenter
“Hosking is an inappropriate choice to present the election debates in a fair, unbiased manner.”
Election debates to be 2 vs. 1
“Mike Hosking will present the TVNZ election debates again”.
Green MP Marama Davidson on keeping the faith
“We will not forget the thousands of you who came to us with your stories of hardship”
Open Mike 10/08/2017
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Daily Review 09/08/2017
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Metiria to resign as leader
Metiria Turei has just announced that she will stand down as leader of the Green Party and she may relinquish her position on the Green list.
Caption competition
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Labour’s water policy – Clean rivers for future generations
Labour has announced its water policy. Details include higher swimming water quality standards, a work task force to get young people off the dole replanting riperian margins and charges for commercial consumers with the royalties being paid to regional councils.
Bill English’s texts leaked
Some of Bill English’s texts have been released. And they are not what you might expect.
Breaking: calls for Paddy Gower’s resignation as MSM slips in its own bullshit
Last night all the excitement finally caught up with them, leading to calls for Paddy Gower to resign and for MSM organisations to delete their social media accounts.
Open Mike 09/08/2017
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Daily Review 08/08/2017
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Le Matte Juste: More resignations!
Matthew Whitehead on what’s going on with the Greens.
Open Mike 08/08/2017
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Two Green MPs remove themselves from the list
Newshub is reporting that two Green MPs have quit in protest at Metiria Turei remaining co-leader.
Daily Review 07/08/2017
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The Listener on our health system crisis
A major piece by Jessica McAllen in The Listener out today. Cash-strapped hospitals are using unsafe hardware-store versions of proper surgical-grade equipment, and reusing “single use” devices.
Open Mike 07/08/2017
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Open Mike 06/08/2017
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Bill Bored?
I too, am not resigning
“there’s one standard for women who were fighting their way out of poverty and another for rich people who know they won’t really get called to account for their own personal histories so long as everyone involved keeps quiet.”
Pencilsword: Greed vs Need
Toby Morris explores the differences in how tax fraud and benefit fraud are dealt with, and asks where our sympathies should be.
Open Mike 05/08/2017
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Daily Review 04/08/2017
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‘Ardern Up! The T-shirt that every fashionable leftie will be wearing
Each one $10 to Women’s Refuge.
No Right Turn: Dealing with ghost homes
“we want houses to be homes for people to live in, not gold bars for the rich”
Open Mike 04/08/2017
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Daily Review 03/08/2017
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Open Mike 03/08/2017
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Open Mike 02/08/2017
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Daily Review 01/08/2017
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Labour leadership announcement – livestream
The livestream is over. A very impressive performance from Jacinda Ardern.
Open Mike 01/08/2017
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Daily Review 31/07/2017
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