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Today's Herald editorial gets one thing right - a media pack has turned on Len Brown. But it's not gutsy journalism - it comes straight out of the Rupert Murdoch playbook. David Lange famously compared media in his time to reef fish - darting hither…
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The inequality divide in New Zealand is not the brighter future for all Kiwis that John Key promised back in 2008. It's a bright future for some, and struggle street for others. I was planning to post about this article, showing how the summer season…
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The Fairfax Political Team has awarded prizes for the best and the worst in political life in New Zealand for 2013. Most of the awards were somewhat predictable although I thought that John Banks was a shoe in for Wally of the Year. This was…
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People are winding down for a bit of a summer break. I'm looking for some fun videos and images to add to this post. However for now, take a look at this. How the media report the apocalypse. In early 2014, a series of devastating…
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These days even the polls that have traditionally biased towards the right are moving left. Rob Salmond at Polity has a look at the latest NZ Herald poll. It is no wonder that National's PR people including Audrey Young are spinning randomly like tops on…
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It's looking like Team John Key is trying every PR media spin trick in the book to try to gain an advantage for the election next year. Does he have anything to offer Kiwis other than bash, spin and photos ops? Show us the policies,…
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Cameron Brewer has been touted as a potential National MP for Epsom and also possibly the next Mayoral candidate for the right in Auckland. He has also spearheaded the attacks on Len, particularly over Len's failure to disclose the complimentary hotel nights and upgrades that…
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It was the best of times for Council workers at the Wellington City Council today, as we heard the full Council approve a draft annual plan that provided for a living wage for Council employees. Far more importantly in my view they also decided to…
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John Key's attacks on Hone Harawira for his trip to South Africa were hypocritical given Key's own (non) stance on the 1981 protests against the South African rugby tour of NZ. Key's attacks were an opportunistic attempt to smear a political opponent, and divert from…
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So the intellectual giant that is Dick Quax is going to take on Len Brown at today's Council meeting and I suspect that he believes that through the force of his argument and the righteousness of his cause he will single handedly deliver Len's head…
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So the Cullen Fund shows the Government that it does not have to sell strategically important assets to improve the country's finances, all it has to do is continue investing in the fund. From Stuff: The "Cullen" superannuation fund has posted a return of 1.66…
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So, once again the NZ Herald editors show their right wing leanings. The front page of the hard copy today is pure partisan propaganda: The problem with Auckland City is in the undemocratic structure with in which the mayor operates. Until this is fixed,…
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The holiday season is upon us, and, not surprisingly with an election coming up next year, the government, the Treasury, and many MSM cheerleaders are joining in a re-vitalised chorus of a brighter future right around the corner. Yet, the foodbanks around the country have…
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No Right Turn looks at some of the past history of the company that this government trusts to deepsea drill at 1500 metres off the coast of Raglan. Cowboys who avoid cleanups. Currently Texan oil cowboys Anadarko are drilling for oil off the Raglan coast.…
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Radio New Zealand reports: Taranaki Regional Council insists it's following international best practice in allowing fracking waste to be disposed of on farmland, even though the Canadian province it's modelling itself on doesn't allow such waste on agricultural land. Fracking is the mining process that…
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On their usual friday bad news dump (such a large amount of it these days), the National government dropped this clanger. Greenpeace was right and John Key is a moron when it comes to geology and evidently about risk assessment. No Right Turn wrote about it.…
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The issues surrounding Chorus get murkier and murkier. I posted about this issue earlier and thought that if anyone should take a haircut it should be Chorus and its shareholders. It was aware that the review of copper broadband charges could result in a reduction…
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In the continuing deluge of information post referendum, lets have a wee look at some analysis where the vote for No came from. Even in National held electorates, their MPs have big turnouts and big votes against asset sales. I've chosen to put this image…
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Rob Salmond at Polity has had a look at the effectiveness of National's deliberate strategy to discriminate against Maori and Pasifika in the asset sales referendum. National chose a postal ballot for the referendum knowing it would disproportionately disenfranchise Maori and Pasifika communities. I hope…
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The NZ government have just announced some changes to their ways of supporting NZ's screen industry. It's a mixed bag. Government Press Release on Screen Industry Incentives. The Government today announced changes to the structure and level of support for overseas and New Zealand film…
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Did Mike Williams just suggest (about 19 minutes in) that the Greens and Labour Parties utilise the email addresses they gathered from the petition against asset sales in their election campaigns?! I sincerely hope he wasn't channeling an idea that has any traction within the…
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The mode of business that SkyCity operates is one that is going to be toxic for politics. For a politician to be taking favours from a company whose central business is gambling makes them reek of possible corruption in the public eye. Schmoozing up politicians…
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