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Yesterday on Open Mike we had a bit of a discussion about contactless ("tap and go" or "wave to pay") credit and debit cards as the result of an article linked by Dv, about technologies used by thieves to pilfer small amounts from unsuspecting people's…
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David Shearer on Q+A just set out new Labour policy on housing. I haven't found a write-up yet, but from what I can gather: • there will be restrictions on non New Zealanders buying houses in NZ • Australians will be exempt (because of reciprocal arrangements there)…
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A Sunday feature - each week a random section scanned from a copy of The Standard, September 15th, 1938. Find out more here. Click on the image for a bigger version.
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For democracy to thrive, there needs to be open and accessible arenas where government, politics and all related issues can be openly debated and critiqued without interference from state or commercial interests. It particularly needs a robust "fourth estate", academic independence and means by which…
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Following R0b's post here are some photos from the Auckland protest. There were thousands in attendance and there was a passionate and angry mood to the protest. All due credit to Martyn Bradbury, Mana and Global Peace and Justice for doing all of the heavy…
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I haven't seen many photos of the Dunedin anti GCSB Bill protest around, so here are a few of mine. Many excellent speakers, including Mayor Dave Cull and Dunedin South MP Clare Curran. Big cheers for Labour's promise to dump this legislation. 500 people in…
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This week the NBR published their "rich list". Bryce Edwards wrote a typically thorough round-up of the coverage: The rich get richer (and more powerful) The political power and wealth of New Zealand's business elite is on display in two important media publications this week…
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Well known Labour supporters John Armstrong and Fran O'Sullivan are bursting with advice for David Shearer. I'm sure they have the Left's best interests at heart. O'Sullivan says Shearer must be more pro-capitalist. Armstrong says he needs to pick fights with the Greens. This is…
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The New Zealand veterans of the Korean War got a sharp lesson from John Key yesterday as to what they and their comrades fought and died for: "The South Korean Government is treating New Zealand unfairly, Prime Minister John Key has told Kiwi Korean War…
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This cartoon by Mark O'Brien at monsta.co.nz probably accurately reflects the distasteful uncertainty that many of us feel about the purpose and intent of John Key's bill to control the past and future excesses of the GCSB. Put away a bit of your weekend at…
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I'm always appalled by the difference between what political reporters report compared to what I see at political events. The political reporting from last year's Labour conference being a good case in point. It always looks to me to be like egos trying to invent the…
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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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By Rachel Mackintosh, EPMU Director of Organising I wrote recently about how the Government's changes to our employment laws will empower bad employers and reduce Kiwis’ wages and conditions. Over the coming weeks I’m going to go through each of these changes to show how, in contrast to…
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I attended the Auckland stop the GCSB Bill meeting last night and I was really impressed. The turnout was huge. Mt Albert War Memorial Hall was packed and there was a large number of people outside the hall and in the foyer. The speakers were…
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It's no real surprise that the public trust Kim Dotcom more than John Key: Public sides with Dotcom in poll ... At issue is whether the Prime Minister knew about Kim Dotcom before the raid on his Coatesville mansion in February last year. John Key…
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The Nats have created a beneficiary bashing culture so rigid and so nasty that stuff like this happens: Grandparent carers forced back to work Grandparents who have spent years raising troubled grandchildren are being told to get back to work, sometimes just months from retirement.…
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I have collected up the available documentation on the men killed in the forest since 2008. I am going to try, using the documents I have, to tell their story – one at a time. I haven’t been able to contact all the families of…
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Further to the discussion the other day about the sayings of Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill: It is a national evil that any class of Her Majesty’s subjects should receive less than a living wage in return for their utmost exertions… where you have what we…
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The majority of New Zealanders are facing a very uncertain future: in a world of peak everything, where there is: an ongoing decline in easy access to energy resources exponential growth in population to unsustainable proportions climate change and instability an on-going crisis in the…
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Generation Zero are running petition targeting the Auckland transport system. You can sign it here. Auckland needs a transport network free of congestion in order to become a livable low carbon city. Local government elections are coming up in Auckland we want Auckland’s leaders to sign on…
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So John Key is no longer ruling out the possibility of National going into coalition with NZ First. As Karol has pointed out this is a dramatic change from his previous position and when you review what he has said in the past it is…
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The Employment Relations Act Part 6A ensures that jobs are transferred to a new contractor, on the same terms, if a firm is restructured. It is one of the few protections that vulnerable workers have - workers such as the cleaners who protested at Parliament…
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... and if you don't like them, I have others. John Key, as reported by Bay of Plenty Times, Feb 2011: After yesterday's shock announcement of a November 26 election date, Mr Key said there was no place for Mr Peters or his party in…
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Check out this post by former All Black Captain Anton Oliver on the blog over at New Zealand Story. THE GUTTING OF THE RMA ... THE HEART OF KIWI VALUES: BY ANTON OLIVER During my professional playing days as an All Black I was fortunate…
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To say that the GCSB law changes are misguided is the kindest possible interpretation, but many people including myself tend to view them as being quite malevolent. They aren't going to provide any more security for citizens and residents here. But they are going to…
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Yesterday, Key was wringing his hands, saying that the Reserve bank is likely to bring in loan to value ratio requirements without an exception for first home buyers but claiming that first home buyers were still his priority. If that were true, he would have…