Rudman on Nats’ total housing fail
Rudman: “The Prime Minister, in his role in charge of Housing New Zealand, and Smith have spectacularly failed to solve Auckland’s housing crisis over several years.”
notices and features
Open Mike 21/12/2016
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Donate to Auckland City Mission
Auckland City Mission is calling for donations to meet Christmas demand. You can donate here.
Open Mike 20/12/2016
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Daily Review 19/12/2016
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Nats not contesting Mt Albert
Bill’s National is out of steam already.
A warning from post-truth Turkey
A Turkish journalist writes about the “post-truth” collapse of human rights in Turkey, and warns “western” readers that the same thing is happening to them.
Open Mike 19/12/2016
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Open Mike 18/12/2016
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Open Mike 17/12/2016
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Daily Review 16/12/2016
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Labour reshuffle
Andrew Little has undertaken a minor reshuffle of the Labour caucus.
Open Mike 16/12/2016
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Daily Review 15/12/2016
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A cutting review of National’s lineup
Jay Kuten writing in the Wanganui Chronicle: “Most of these folks couldn’t reliably run a bath.”
Open Mike 15/12/2016
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NRT: Even more expensive
NoRightTurn: The police’s illegal raid on Nicky Hager’s home has got even more expensive
Daily Review 14/12/2016
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Fare well David Shearer
Open Mike 14/12/2016
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Daily Review 13/12/2016
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Expert report shows urgent need for Pike River re-entry discussions
The Pike River families have presented expert reports at Parliament today to establish the mine is safe to re-enter.
Andrew Little: Middle New Zealand needs answers from English
Andrew Little talks about what a Bill English leadership may look like. John Key promised to lift up the underclass, to fix the housing crisis, and to close the wage gap with Australia but failed. Will English be the same?
The cusp of something “special” in Auckland
Could be that the Auckland property market is turning downwards.
The B Team
Open Mike 13/12/2016
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StandWithPike – it’s always “later”
Bill English tells the families he’ll meet them “later”. They’ve waited for justice for six years. It’s always “later”.
Daily Review 12/12/2016
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Caption competition
Open Mike 12/12/2016
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Stand With Pike: You shall not pass
Newshub has revealed the attempt to seal Pike River mine is now facing both legal, and physical, roadblocks.
Open Mike 11/12/2016
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Denis Tegg: How earthquake safe are the mine tailings dams at Waihi?
Denis Tegg has identified how a modest earthquake in the Coromandel could cause massive environmental devastation in Waihi if either of two tailings dams are ruptured.
The Political Scientist: Is that all there is?
Puddleglum has perhaps the most accurate description of the Key years and equates it as the equivalent of a Big Mac, perfectly engineered but ultimately deeply dissatisfying.
Open Mike 10/12/2016
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Daily Review 09/12/2016
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