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The Whisky’s In.

Written By: Bill
Date published: - 32 comments

Before the turgid post-election hell that the British Establishment will undoubtably unleash…

Collins crushed by booze lobby

Written By: Mike Smith
Date published: - 40 comments

What a craven cave-in. Lobbied by big booze, Collins has given in. Alco-pops will be left to the industry to regulate. It’s not a good look. Key wants to give the pokie industry free rein, and Collins wants to give the booze industry free rein, which means more families suffer, and more hospitals are overrun. As leaders they both get a fail.

Locally Left: Budget Special

Written By: notices and features
Date published: -

Night of politics at the pub on May 31 7pm-9pm at the Wine Cellar, St Kevin’s Arcade, K Rd, with panel: Jesse Mulligan (Comedian and commentator at-large), Rhema Vaithianathan (Economist) and Jacinda Ardern (MP).

Complaint over “drunken” Minister

Written By: Michael Foxglove
Date published: - 36 comments

National Party Trade Minister Tim Groser is facing allegations he was behaving drunk and rowdy on a flight back from a trade meeting in Dubai. Though a humourous image, if true, this is unacceptable behaviour from a Minister. Groser needs to chill – maybe he should’ve smoked that spliff he denied taking instead?

Drinking Liberally – Auckland

Written By: notices and features
Date published: - 11 comments

The first Auckland Drinking Liberally of 2010 takes place NEXT TUESDAY upstairs at The Purple Bar @ The Naval and Family and features new Labour MP Kelvin Davis (and we’re hoping to get Maori Party leader Pita Sharples) to talk about the Treaty of Waitangi in the 21st century.

Drinking Liberally – Auckland

Written By: lprent
Date published: - 5 comments

The final Auckland Drinking Liberally takes place NEXT TUESDAY upstairs at THE KINGSLANDER and features political commentator/national campaigns director for Finsec/all round nice […]

Goff at DL – a socialist review

Written By: Guest post
Date published: - 39 comments

Below Omar of Socialist Aotearoa gives his impressions of Phil Goff at Drinking Liberally in Auckland earlier this week. On an unrelated note, isn’t […]

DL Wellington – Celia Wade-Brown

Written By: notices and features
Date published: -

Wellington’s Drinking Liberally speaker is Celia Wade-Brown. Celia is a sitting Green member of the Wellington City Council, and one of the first announced […]

DL Auckland: The Republic

Written By: notices and features
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Drinking Liberally is on again in Auckland this Wednesday, with guest speaker Lewis Holden of the Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand speaking […]

DL Wgtn this Thursday

Written By: notices and features
Date published: - 2 comments

Short notice, but just got this in from the Drinking Liberally Wellington crew: This week Drinking Liberally is hosting Geoff Keey from Greenpeace. […]

Drinking Liberally Wgtn

Written By: notices and features
Date published: - 1 comment

Just received this from Drinking Liberally Wellington: We hope you’ve enjoyed our unannounced winter break. We’re back this Thursday, at 5:30 at the […]

Drinking Liberally Auckland

Written By: notices and features
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Join all your favourite lefty liberal drinkers at Drinking Liberally Auckland When: 7pm, Wednesday 20 May Where: Galatos, 17 Galatos Street, Newton (just […]

Look Mum they stole my city …

Written By: lprent
Date published: - 28 comments

After the success of the meetings about the super-city in Waitakere and Manakau yesterday, here are a few more of interest in date […]

DL Wellington next week

Written By: notices and features
Date published: - 2 comments

Metiria Turei is at Drinking Liberally next week. Thursday, April 9, 5:30 at Southern Cross. Nice new logo too. Meanwhile, here’s Andrew Little from […]

Drinking Liberally Auckland

Written By: lprent
Date published: - 3 comments

Just a reminder that Drinking Liberally is on in Auckland again after a hiatus of 5 months. It is just the thing to […]

Launch of DL – Dunedin

Written By: Steve Pierson
Date published: - 8 comments

I’ve just got an email on the launch of the Drinking Liberally chapter in Dunedin: Come raise your spirits as you raise a […]