Open Mike 16/05/2017
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notices and features
English savaged by John Oliver
You know that old saying about not picking a fight with someone who buys printer’s ink by the barrel? If not, Bill, you really should look it up…
Daily Review 15/05/2017
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Open Mike 15/05/2017
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Andrew Little’s speech – the next four and a half months are a fight for a better New Zealand
The text of Andrew Little’s speech delivered today to the Labour Party congress.
Labour Congress so far
Speeches and policies from Congress so far.
Open Mike 14/05/2017
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Labour’s Congress 2017
Labour’s Congress in Wellington is underway, with a great speech by Grant Robertson, a farewell to Annette King, and more…
Open Mike 13/05/2017
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Daily Review 12/05/2017
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Open Mike 12/05/2017
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Daily Review 11/05/2017
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Open Mike 11/05/2017
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Daily Review 10/05/2017
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Trump fires Comey
So much for checks and balances.
Open Mike 10/05/2017
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Daily Review 09/05/2017
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Right place wrong reason
Photo: M Wilson
Rod Oram told the truth once too often?
Seems that our media no longer has room for balanced voices.
Māori prison?
Andrew Little is not ruling out the ‘radical’ suggestion of a prison run on Maori values: ‘Whatever we’re doing now is wrong’.
Open Mike 09/05/2017
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Daily Review 08/05/2017
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Caption contest
Open Mike 08/05/2017
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Rivers of poo protest
Photo: Fairfax / T Manch
Open Mike 07/05/2017
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Targeting deceased estates, divorcees and dummies
Good work by Lane Nichols in The Herald, a window into the minds of what we must hope is small subset of “property investors”.
Open Mike 06/05/2017
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Daily Review 05/05/2017
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NRT: This is why we can’t have nice things
I/S highlights National’s new net debt target of 10-15% of GDP – and specifically, what it will cost us.
The definitive voting guide for 2017
How to work out who you are going to vote for based on your response to the housing crisis. Borrowed from facebook …
RNZ: The 9th floor – Clark
“We don’t have a written constitution so nowhere is it written down what are the powers of the Prime Minister. It’s partly your personality. It’s the skills that you’ve got and it’s how you use the office”.
Why Labour’s Maori MPs opted out of the list
In a facebook post Meka Whaitiri has explained why Labour’s Maori Electorate MPs decided not to stand for list placements.
Open Mike 05/05/2017
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Daily Review 04/05/2017
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NRT: Inflation and poverty
I/S at No Right Turn writes: “The CPI is out today, and it shows that the poor are getting poorer … This is a long-term trend. Since National took office, inflation for poor households has been nearly twice that of rich households.”