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Reposted from No Right Turn Back in April, Shane Jones announced that he would be quitting Parliament to take up a position as a "Pacific Economic Ambassador", which the Herald noted had been "created by the National Government especially for him". Like many people I was curious about…
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Reposted from Polity Just a couple of days after President Obama told John Key what he wanted to hear on trade, realism has reared up again: Hopes of hammering out a final deal on the 12-country Trans Pacific Partnership agreement this year appear to be fading,…
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Jan Logie published a post on Frog Blog yesterday, that deserved to be read and re-read by anyone interested in the future of NZ society, and the current state of the country's governance. In "Work and Income - stories from hidden people", Logie reports on her meeting…
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John Key is a phenomenally good politician. This is not a compliment in a conventional sense. A politician should aspire to being more than just successful. There ought to be a public benefit arising from their stewardship. Key is from a long line of brutal National…
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Before we get too carried away patting those Labour MPs on the back for withdrawing from the list process in order to 'give way' to fresh talent, someone should take a closer look at clause 356 of the Labour Party constitution: The Moderating Committee shall…
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Reposted from No Right Turn. In previous elections, the major parties have submitted lists heavily dominated by men, and this passes without comment. This year, Labour has submitted one with a slight imbalance (53:47) towards women. The reaction is sadly predictable: Not mentioned: Labour's list…
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Some things are so predicable that Imperator Fish can write about them years ahead. Like the typical reactions to the Labour list. Let us observe the predictability of the right and others to it today. The Labour Party is due to release its party list…
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The Labour Party list has been announced. More details to follow! 1 David Cunliffe2 David Parker3 Grant Robertson4 Annette King5 Jacinda Ardern6 Nanaia Mahuta7 Phil Twyford8 Clayton Cosgrove9 Chris Hipkins10 Sue Moroney11 Andrew Little12 Louisa Wall13 David Shearer14 Su'a William Sio15 Maryan Street16 Phil Goff17…
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Reposted from Polity. This morning's news from the Fairfax/Ipsos poll is that 81% of New Zealanders hate coat-tailing and want it gone. I agree with them. So does Labour. So do the Greens. So do Internet MANA. 1 National, of course, relishes coat-tailing. So - to the 81% -…
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Remember when this was reported last week? The Stuff version: New Zealand was "reintegrated" into the controversial Five Eyes intelligence network only five years ago, America's top spy agency has revealed. [...] Prime Minister John Key said he could not recall any such change since…
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Reposted from Local Bodies. I had a conversation at our farmer's market this morning about how my election campaign was going and the person I was speaking to had the view that all politicians don't actually do much, apart from talking. I find that this…
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Moira Coatsworth, Labour party president, has just put out a statement saying that one of the alleged fundraisers was: The Herald on Sunday have, however, disclosed to us that Donghua Liu’s statement claims the fundraiser was held on 3 June 2007. We have found no…
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Reposted from Imperator Fish where Scott Yorke makes some excellent arguments in favour of a full police investigation. No-one has complained to the police. The cops can’t sit around forever waiting for someone to complain. There doesn’t seem to be much evidence of donations from Mr…
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Well it is official. In the pursuit of continued power and political expediency it appears that National will sacrifice Murray McCully so that Colin Craig and the conservatives can be in Parliament. The particular form of sacrifice has not as yet been determined. From the…
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The Whaleoil blog is in court on Monday to determine if it is a news media under the Evidence Act. There is a full day session in the High Court in Auckland looking at the appeal by Cameron Slater against Judge Blackie's decision in the District…
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Back in 2007/8, I was still heavily involved as a volunteer with the analysis of canvassing data for the NZ Labour Party. This meant that I was around a lot of the campaigners in various parts of the country, either physically or virtually. Less so…
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Bryan Gould writes on this in the latest post on the AUT Briefing Papers website. He joins recent posters Ranginui Walker and Natalie Jackson. Gould quotes Elizabeth Warren's classic "Nobody got rich on their own. Nobody." Gould's conclusion - A renewed debate about the purpose…
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David Cunliffe's message to members and supporters (repost from email) It's been a tough couple of days for everyone in Labour, but I have been greatly heartened by the messages of support that my Caucus and I have received from members and supporters. As I've…
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David Cunliffe forgets an eleven year old pro-forma letter. John Armstrong calls for him to resign. Then it turns out this was a National Party smear campaign. John Armstrong says he should still have resigned but y'know only to prove the confidence of his caucus.…
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At the last election, the high non-vote spoke to one important truth – many voters saw no reason to turn out. The media had told them that National would win by a landslide and they either didn’t mind or thought that one vote wouldn’t make…
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Reposted from No Right Turn So it turns out that Immigration released letters from David Cunliffe and Chris Carter in support of Donghua Liu, but kept letters from government MPs secret: Letters of support from two Government MPs for Donghua Liu's citizenship bid have been kept…
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John Key's alleging that hundreds of thousands flowed to Labour from Donghua Liu, but as the Nat's smear campaign unravels, even the $15,000 can't be found. Who do we trust - an unnamed 'party source' in the Herald (of unknown reliability or motive), or Party…
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Overshadowed by the political smears that have dominated the past few days, the Tick for Kids campaign was launched (video) to put our children at the centre of the election campaign. In their media release supporting the campaign, the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services…
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Reposted from Local Bodies. We all know from reading Nicky Hager's The Hollow Men (or watching the documentary) that the National Party actually advocates for a small section of society. Their policies rarely support most New Zealanders and after each period of a National led Government we…
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Rob Salmond at Polity offers this advice to the National smear team. As the confusion settles this week, it has become clear that the Beehive was central in enlarging and promoting the Cunliffe / Liu letter story. National certainly knew about it well before anyone…
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