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Individual polls are nothing to get too excited about, it is the trend over time that matters. That said, the TV1 and 3 News polls tonight were both good news for Labour and Shearer. TV1 has Labour up 3 to 35, and National down 1…
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I see John Tamihere's been let back into the party. On one hand it's just a party membership and Labour's a broad church. On the other hand he's professed a desire to stand for Labour in Waitakeri, has made a big show and dance about…
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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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This story reads like a Bond film - with people getting bumped off left, right and centre. And where do they do their money laundering? Good ol' Aotearoa. National made noises about fixing these false shell companies when this story first surfaced 18 months ago...…
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John Armstrong's take on Labour's housing policy, announced by David Shearer at the Labour Party conference, is as follows: For the first time in a very long time, Labour has come up with something radical on the policy front which may grab the public's attention,…
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So Brownlee tried a Simpsons joke in the House and it completely failed (Danyl has clip here). I guess everyone in National wants to emulate the Clown-in-Chief as they audition to succeed him. At least Gerry didn't insult Finland with his 'joke' this time. While…
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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. On Thursday Bryan Bruce’s…
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It appears that Murray McCully is up to his clique-ish Murray-knows-best ways again. He's appointed (on Wednesday with a quiet press release in the middle of hobbit fever) his old mate, and Sky political lobbyist Tony O'Brien to the board of Antarctic New Zealand. What's…
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