Open mike 21/11/2015
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notices and features
Daily Review 20/11/2015
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Read my lips – some new taxes
Andrew Little on Pike River
The fifth anniversary of the Pike River disaster has just occurred. This post records some comments made by Andrew Little on his recollection of the day after.
Hikoi for Homes.
Saturday in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
Open mike 20/11/2015
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Daily Review 19/11/2015
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Imperator Fish: the Terrorist Test
Following from a tweet from Josie Pagani Imperator Fish has designed this handy quiz so that protesters can work out if they prefer ISIS to the TPP.
Open mike 19/11/2015
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Daily Review 18/11/2015
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That would explain a lot
AFFCO workers win
A win for workers at the Wairoa freezing works with a lockout ruled illegal.
Open mike 18/11/2015
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Daily Review 17/11/2015
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NRT: Urgency for abuse
I/S at No Right Turn: “The House has just gone into urgency for two key (for the government) bills – the first to punish retroactively people who have already been punished, the second to steal from the poor.”
More Rawshark Rachinger Slater stuff
Keith Ng has been wading through some not-previously-released material on the Rawshark Rachinger Slater affair. No useful way to summarise it – go read it on Keith’s blog.
Open mike 17/11/2015
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Daily Review 16/11/2015
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Last day to support Scoop
It is the last day of Scoop’s fundraising campaign at PledgeMe, and they are less than $1,000 from their goal. Why not help them over the line?…
Open mike 16/11/2015
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Slack on our craven human rights record
David Slack is on fire this morning with his take on our craven human rights record – in the form of imagined NCEA questions.
Paris 2
From Hollande’s reaction it seems likely that the terrorists will accomplish their goal.
Open mike 15/11/2015
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Paris
Hopefully not ushering the beginning of the end for the European public’s recent empathy for refugees.
NZ Herald: Damning report rewritten after ‘war-room’ meeting
The Herald seems to have accidentally deleted the online version of yesterday’s big story from Kirsty Johnson on how the government manipulates media perceptions. However could that have happened?
Open mike 14/11/2015
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Daily Review 13/11/2015
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Petition: It’s Not OK Prime Minister
This petition at ActionStation is closing in on 5,000 signatures.
TPPA national day of action
Saturday November 14 is a national day of action against the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement. Details of all protests are set out in the post.
New Zealanders who may have committed horrendous crimes, such as murder and sex offences – I’ve still been standing up for them and getting them a better deal.
Open mike 13/11/2015
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Daily Review 12/11/2015
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Social media disasters – Paula Bennett tweets
The first of what may be an ongoing series of posts where social media interaction by Politicians ends in disaster.
EPA to be gutted – for doing its job
Looks like National is planning to take over the Environmental Protection Agency.
Open mike 12/11/2015
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Daily Review 11/11/2015
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