Open mike 30/03/2025
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Media
Open mike 29/03/2025
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Daily review 28/03/2025
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What Tamatha Paul Really Said
Tamatha Paul’s comments on policing have been criticised by Luxon as “insane” but a closer look at what she really said shows how much her comments have been taken out of context.
Meanwhile, National’s law and order track record is only deteriorating.
But her emails
Recent events in the US involving the use of Signal to discuss top secret military news and accidentally including a reporter in the chat suggests that the US of A is currently resembling a dark satirical cross between Monty Python and The Thick of It.
Open mike 28/03/2025
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Daily review 27/03/2025
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The Draft Electoral Boundaries
The Representation Commission’s draft boundaries for the next election have been released. And despite right wing claims to the contrary at least in Auckland the boundaries appear to favour the left.
Open mike 27/03/2025
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Daily review 26/03/2025
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Open mike 26/03/2025
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Daily review 25/03/2025
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Winston’s war on wokeness
In what looked like an early election campaign launch Winston Peters has done his old man shaking his fist at the sky tirade against everything woke.
Open mike 25/03/2025
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Daily review 24/03/2025
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Open mike 24/03/2025
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Open mike 23/03/2025
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Open mike 22/03/2025
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Daily review 21/03/2025
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Open mike 21/03/2025
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Daily review 20/03/2025
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Open mike 20/03/2025
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Daily review 19/03/2025
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Open mike 19/03/2025
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Daily review 18/03/2025
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Open mike 18/03/2025
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Daily review 17/03/2025
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Open mike 17/03/2025
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Open mike 16/03/2025
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Does the Government not like Māori and Pasifika?
Health officials advised the Government “significantly” more lives could be saved if it lowered the bowel cancer screening age for Māori and Pasifika further than the rest of the population. But it refused to accept this advice. Why?
Open mike 15/03/2025
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Daily review 14/03/2025
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Failed Conference
Luxon’s team have delivered zero deals out of the multibillionaire conference on infrastructure. This is a fail.
Open mike 14/03/2025
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Daily review 13/03/2025
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Open mike 13/03/2025
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