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"Goodness" said the shocked TV3 news presenter tonight at protests against Prince William and Kate's visit to Canada. What's really shocking? That ordinary people protest these 'special' people living, literally, the life of royalty on the public purse and providing nothing in return, or members…
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Bravo France, the first country in the world to ban fracking: The French parliament voted on June 30 to ban the controversial technique for extracting natural gas from shale rock deposits known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the web sites of Le Monde and other…
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The Herald today has a piece by Mark Lister bemoaning the lack of investment in the productive economy, with too much cash going into housing instead. On Thursday, Brian Fallow wrote how Kiwis are being shut out of home ownership by investors who see capital…
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Yesterday was crunch day for schools who oppose the governments ill-conceived national standards, and a surprising number have made a very bold stand: Schools protest national standards More than 100 defiant schools today submitted school charters without the required references to the new national standards.…
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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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From today, the government's contribution to your Kiwisaver has been cut in half. 'What?', you say, 'Didn't they say that would only come in if they got re-elected?' Yeah, nah. They were lying to you. From today on, the government contribution is a maximum of…
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The latest Herald poll shows Labour + Greens at 42.7%, with National + ACT at 53.1% - the gap is down to 10.4% from 16.9% in May. That confirms the trend we're seeing in the Roy Morgans as well. Interesting to note that the gap…
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Treasury has confirmed that National's plan to sell public assets would need foreigners to buy a lot of the shares because domestic demand would be too small for the government to make as much money as it is counting on. Forget 'mum and dad investors',…
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Reprinted from No Right Turn: Back in April, Jonathan Coleman appointed Richard Griffin to chair the board of Radio New Zealand. It was a nakedly political appointment; Griffin used to be Jim Bolger's press secretary back in the 90's, and therefore someone who shouldn't be…
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Today the Nats' early childhood education (ECE) cuts kick in, and in response there is a national day of protest: Children have hand in protest Ako Early Learning Centre, in Dunedin, is putting its weight behind a New Zealand Educational Institute initiative to oppose cuts…
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