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Open mike 28/11/2012
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The privilege of real-name blogging
Brian Edwards is the latest to wade into the "anonymous bloggers" debate. I've previously posted about the reasons people use pseudonyms, and my personal "justifications" for arguing that a pseudonym does not automatically render a person's statements worthless. But there's the other side to it, the side I…
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Explaining is losing
David Shearer had Key on the back foot today in the House over Labour's housing policy. It's a good policy, and Key's long-winded explanations didn't answer Shearer's pointed questions; even Speaker Lockwood Smith sat Key down for going on too long and off the point.…
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The Hobbit episode II… continues…
One the eve of The Hobbit premier the employment dispute is revived, exposing gaps between principle and practice. In a Stuff article Jackson is still claiming there was a very real threat of the filming being done in the UK; some of the Labour's ABC club…
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A new house every 13 minutes
KiwiBuild has the Nats rattled. It's difficult to oppose a program that creates both affordable housing and jobs, but they're doing their best. One of the lines that has got the most traction amongst their drone repeaters on the blogs comes, of course, from Kiwiblog:…
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Bias in election coverage?
Like everyone else, I find you can get better political analysis from chicken entrails than from Claire Robinson. But it seems she can count and use a ruler and what she discovered is interesting. In last year's election campaign, the four biggest newspapers featured 138…
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Doing Shearer’s job for him
I'm tired of watching Labour flounder over how it will build $300K homes in Auckland. The answer's simple: they'll mostly be apartments, units, and townhouses. Not much land cost. Reduced build cost per dwelling. Check out Trade Me, houses for sale in Auckland, 2 bedrooms+,…
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Medium density housing is now the Auckland way
Reading the comment swarm in OpenMike last night, it was clear that someone wasn't doing their job in briefing. Sure a section of land sufficient to build a traditional 3 bedroom house in Auckland is bloody expensive and would cost as much as Labour's budgeted…
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Marketing Clown
There are some similar things between McDonald's and New Zealand - they're both currently run by a clown at any rate - but I didn't think cynical marketing was one of them. Apparently Key is "lovin' it" how our rivers and lakes are far from…
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Open mike 27/11/2012
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Why I will party vote for the Greens
Last week's Labour conference was quite a revelation in the degree that spin can overcome reality. The degree that that the political media are willing to swallow up almost anything if it makes for a simpler and more dramatic story was rather frightening. There were…
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Local Bodies: Mike Joy, Traitor or Martyr?
Reprinted with permission from Dave Kennedy (bsprout) at Local Bodies. See also the anonymous editorial in The Herald today - written no doubt by some genius who has never even looked at Dr Joy's data, let alone understood its implications. Mike Joy, Traitor or Martyr?…
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My Dad the bowler
My father remembers Labour Party meetings in our local town hall through the 70’s and 80’s. Staunchly Labour, Dad had many rousing discussions at the local pub with men of varied political persuasions – most of whom were his good friends. A heated debate on…
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Politicians of the year
On Q+A, Russel Norman and Judith Collins were named politicians of the year (Parata, English, and Shearer were rated worst). It's as much about what they have done in this past year as where they are going. Norman has cleverly positioned himself as the voice…
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The Auckland property market
The Auckland property market is back through the roof again. It seemed to be the main focus of The Herald this weekend. An anonymous editorial offered an overview and advice: Home buyers aim too high Our addiction to real estate has not been cured by…
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Open mike 26/11/2012
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Public service broadcasting and politics
Public service broadcasting and commercial TV tend to cover politics in different ways. News on public service broadcasting internationally, tends to cover political stories and policies in more depth. Internationally, news on commercial channels has become increasingly ratings driven, sensationalistic, Murdoch-style, infotainment since the 1980s. Sky TV's…
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Sunday Reading
My regular Sunday piece of interesting, longer, deeper stories I found during the week. It’s also a chance for you to share what you found this week too. Those stimulating links you wanted to share, but just didn’t fit in anywhere (no linkwhoring). This week:…
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Open mike 25/11/2012
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Shearer Says
A New Direction. Last weekend I laid out Labour’s new direction for New Zealand. I have been humbled by the feedback I have had from so many of you on my speech to the annual conference. I set out a vision for a fair and prosperous New…
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A stronger mandate for the Labour leader?
Thanks to the initiative of Moira Coatsworth and others after the 2011 defeat, we now have experience of an open leadership contest giving us a sense of voice and engagement, and something positive to focus on after a difficult year. Thanks to the robustness of…
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Poverty Watch 13
Welcome to Poverty watch, a weekly update on the National government's lack of response to the urgent and growing issue of poverty in NZ. A lot of background issues and links are set out in Poverty Watch one two and three. Only one item this…
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Unsworth slams Police, Crown Law
Hot on the heels of his bold stand against environmental scientists, uber-lobbyist Mark Unsworth has come out swinging against the police and crown law over their unpatriotic highlighting of crime in New Zealand. "Look, as my good friend John Key will tell you perception is…
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Open mike 24/11/2012
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Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi: how is gay babby formed?
The Government Administration Committee is hearing submissions on the Marriage Equality Bill. Ostensibly the purpose is to gather the views of the nation in order to make judgements on how the Bill might move forward to become New Zealand law. On the other hand, it…
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Hager and Price on OIA 30 years on
On the 30th anniversary of the Official Information Act, it’s worth pausing to ask: is it fit for service? Was it ever? Will the government pick up on the Law Commission’s recent recommendations? Will these make things better or worse? Author and investigative journalist Nicky…
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Weekend social 23/11/2012
Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?
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Caption Contest
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NRT: More dictatorship from Brownlee
No Right Turn on the Nats' contemplating yet another way to trample on democracy in Christchurch... More dictatorship from Brownlee This morning, the Christchurch City Council voted to save its town hall from the bulldozer. it was a unanimous vote, reflecting the value Christchurch sets on…
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Democracy is not the problem
During the Labour conference, Armstrong patronisingly wrote "delegates were so blinded and so intoxicated by the prospect of securing a say in the election of future leaders that they did not think through the consequences". Old Tories hate democracy. But it's disappointing that Garner made…
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