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Update: Goff has announced Jones, Carter, and Ririnui have been demoted. The heat should now go on Key to act on his Ministers. --- Phil Goff is back in the country and, as predicted, his first move is going to be to take their portfolios…
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From the Greenpeace website: Man, if I'd know our competition to redesign BP was going to be this successful, I'd definitely have chained a couple of volunteers to computers in the basement to deal with all the entries. (Want to volunteer with us, by the…
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The National Party smear machine is stepping up its attack on soon-to-be Auckland mayor Len Brown. Worried that Key's handpicked candidate John Banks is falling behind, the right is resorting to smearing his left-wing rival. The National Party's David Farrar is even suggesting a "cover-up" and…
auckland supercity democracy under attack democratic participation local government
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Press Release From the Labour Party In a short statement outside the Beehive today Labour leader Phil Goff conceded the 2011 election to National. "Colin Espiner has already called the election for National" said Goff. "When a truly neutral tory like Colin describes Labour's 'faint…
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If you have any interest in robotics or AI, or just want to be creeped-out by just how life-like the latest robots really are, you have to see this footage to believe it. It's the spawn of DARPA's Learning Locomotion Project and employs some very…
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Shane Jones and Chris Carter are for the chop. Labour will lay down the gauntlet to John Key to apply those same standards to Murry McCully and Tim Groser. Key is desperate to avoid that, we know how lax his standards are. There will be…
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‘We don't know if we can support this' It's a very delicate title for the Maori Party's press release on National's foreshore and seabed offer but it reveals much. On the one hand, they know they can't accept a deal that doesn't give title to…
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On Tuesday, Shane Jones will face the full wrath of his caucus colleagues. For the record, Jones like all the credit card abusers should be reprimanded for their shameless abuse of taxpayer funds. But undoubtedly, the Labour caucus will give consideration to the public's perception…
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Mita Ririnui has gone on the record on RNZ's Checkpoint tonight insisting Ministerial Services advised him personal spending on ministerial credit card was ok as long as it was reimbursed. Of course that doesn't let people like Hide, English and Heatley off the hook, because they only…
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Scoop reports: "Tribal Tax" to be part of Treaty settlement Friday, 11 June 2010, 4:42 pm Press Release: David Rankin A Ngapuhi tribal leader will be insisting at the Waitangi Tribunal hearings next week that a special tribal tax be imposed on all residents living…
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John Key continues to let his attack dog do his business, and take the heat. So on Saturday there's some more heat with a big Day Of Action to fight Rodney's latest nasty bill. The Greens, Labour and the Maori Party are all fighting this…
activism democracy under attack local government privatisation
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Did you know Editing the Herald is back? It is and James is as incisive and witty as ever. Easily the funniest blog in New Zealand. This isn't about one of his posts though, sampling them doesn't do them justice. Instead, it's a hilarious clip…
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John Key once told us his goal for the division of wealth between working Kiwis and the owners of capital: "we would love to see wages drop" he told a businesswoman, unaware he was in the presence of the reporter. Mission accomplished. After inflation, businesses…
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The sun is emerging from its deep sleep of the Solar Minimum. The increased sensitivity of human networks from satellites to power grids is starting to worry people who know what they're talking about enough to cause them to have held a meeting on it.…
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On Wednesday night John Key was in Christchurch. He was met by protesters, angry at the abolition of democracy in Canterbury, and the plans of the newly installed dictatorship to allow over-farming to poison the water and kill the rivers. Both major TV networks both…
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McCully and Groser put their drinking habits on the taxpayer bill. Jones charged his own, um, habit. Carter played far too loose. All broke the rules. Carter and Jones paid the money back eventually. Groser and McCully better soon. I say we deserve better. And…
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The self appointed Air New Zealand best blog award committee (important legal disclaimer: "Air New Zealand are not really sponsoring the award but creative license has never stopped old media making shit up either") have reported back: 1st Cactus Kate 2nd Dim Post 3rd= No…
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Journalists' reaction to the credit card fiasco today (especially Stuff's ridiculously huge revolving headline) fell right into the National government's lap. It was a classic set piece by the government that did not warrant the saturated coverage it received. My message to the media: Come…
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For me the main scandal about taxpayer funding this week is the fact that we have all contributed $209,000 towards helping Nick Smith get out of a $15 million lawsuit. For saying something for which he has given an apology in court and paid up…
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National's budget broke a number of economic promises. One that's not been emphasised enough is their commitment to be fiscally neutral. Labour got New Zealand to $0 net government debt, we actually had net financial assets for the first time. Now we are headed back…
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I wasn't going to comment on the credit card witchhunt as I think it's prurient. Don't get me wrong, I'm all in favour of transparency and frugality but I really don't need to know that Shane Jones might have rented a porno or that Carter…
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The credit card records of the ex-Labour ministers are out. Phil Goff has made it clear that any money claimed outside the rules must be repaid and some wrongful claims were paid back at the time. The test the Auditor-General set after Phil Heatley's bizarre…
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Take it or leave it, says John Key to the Maori Party over the foreshore and seabed. So much for consultation and collective decision making with their government partner. Like the trader he is, Key's made his offer - symbolic change and nothing more. If…
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It's hard to know whether to laugh or cry sometimes. Apparently, the "welfare debate" could get "ugly": The welfare system is set for a shake-up. A working group is looking at radical changes like putting time limits on how long a benefit can be paid…
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The Press reports John Key was greeted by angry protesters at the South Island forum in Christchurch tonight. About 100 people waved placards protesting the undemocratic dismissal of the regional council by the Key government. Prime Minister John Key was greeted by angry protesters as…
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So John Key is going to get to fly over and see the All Whites at the World Cup. Maybe he could do a match report for Radio New Zealand whilst he's there. There are 2 major sporting events that our nation is involved in…