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John Key wants to be "transparent" about which persons or parties he will want to give the nod and wink to before this year's election, but not yet. This emerged after close questioning from senior journalists at his press conference last Monday. It will all…
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Herald columnist Damien Grant has really outdone himself with his latest column. He think that people convicted of beneficiary fraud should be treated more severely than tax cheats. Why? I am not sure. His column is rather brief at less than 350 words but basically…
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I picked up on this via a tweet doing the rounds this morning, originating with one from Glenn Greenwald. The focus is a slideshow leaked by Edward Snowden used for a top secret spy conference in 2012. The tweet claims this indicates implicates involvement…
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After David Cunliffe’s state of the nation speech at the end of January, the spotlight was, appropriately, on the big policy announcement he made: the Best Start package for Kiwi kids. (It wasn’t the friendliest spotlight, unfortunately.) But there was a sentence at the end…
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The fiasco of the wet dick and the perverts shuddered to a conclusion yesterday with the direct bill of around $250,000 for the cost of the council ordered external audit of the Mayor during his stupid affair with Bevan Chuang. The question now has to…
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So John Key went to Aussie and managed to secure a significant concession by the Australian Government. Apparently now kiwis who have emigrated and lived in Australia for a sufficient period of time will be eligible for student loans. According to the Beehive site: Mr…
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What follows is just my take on recent public meetings held in the Dunedin Botanic Gardens. To be clear, I’m not speaking on behalf of anyone else, though I’m aware there has been broad agreement on some of what follows. Firstly then, last Saturday, there…
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The internet is a strange place full of the most ingenious yet worthless developments. One of these is a recent release which allows you to install a chrome extension that will then replace pictures of Tony Abbott on web pages with pictures of cute kittens.…
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The NZ Herald has a long history of opposing Maori resistance to the theft of their lands and suppression of their culture. It began in 1863 with a policy to oppose Maori resistance to British occupation and colonisation. Yesterday the NZ Herald hardcopy used a…
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Geoff Bertram will analyse prospects for the proposed single-buyer model for electricity on Tuesday 11 February in Wellington. Bertram has previously set out his views on excessive power prices rise for consumers to the Fabian Society and elsewhere. They are also covered in his chapter…
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Mōrena, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa. This is a blog post I have had a few goes at. The benefit of blogging is that you can repeat and refine. And something as important as Waitangi Day needs ongoing reassessment. In 1973 in a stroke…
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Greywarbler had a comment that got away and grew on its own. Picked out of Open mike. Australia again. I wish they would adopt an honourable and fair stance to New Zealand instead of using us whenever they want to gain advantage for themselves or…
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Charles Waldegrave has slammed Brian Scott’s critique of the method used to calculate the Living Wage in New Zealand. In a detailed and interesting analysis, he addresses the databases used to develop the Living Wage and compares the New Zealand approach with that of other…
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As usual, our MSM does its infotainment coverage of Waitangi Day, this year with our PM leading the jonolistic charge. The corporate media loves a bit of drama and conflict, and tends to tell it from the position of the dominant Pakeha culture. And the…
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So John Key was caught out today saying a little porkie. In a big blow of the old racist dog whistle he said that Governor General Jerry Mateparae has been jostled while walking onto Te Tii Marae at Waitangi . Key had claimed: He…
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Roy Morgan survey reports on total real unemployment and underemployment in New Zealand: In total 19.8% of the workforce (519,000, up 69,000) New Zealanders were either unemployed or under-employed. Simon Bridges' policies to create precarious employment seem to be working. Roy Morgan comments: New Zealand…
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Last night Lyn was regaling me with an advertisement on amazon for a 5 pound bag of "Haribo Classic Sugar Free Gummy Bears" with its 643 product evaluations. In this fine example of online consumerism, all appeared to agree that these really were some of…
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So, the whole big plan for the Key-led NZ Inc, has just become a bit of a fizzer. All that time, money and resources Anadarko wasted on looking for deep sea oil in the Taranaki has come to nothing. Stuff reports: Texan oil company Anadarko…
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I blogged about this previously. Whaling is back in the news. The Japanese continue in the scientific research of the number of whales remaining by slaughtering them and offering them up as food. The Sea Shepherd is fighting the good fight or engaging in terrorist…
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To say that National's shit stirring has degenerated to misogynist absurdity last week would be an understatement. Especially when it is Judith Collins expensively ravaged visage doing the smearing of faeces. But Polity politely asks the second obvious question... Judith Collins holds forth to Hamish Rutherford: …she [Metiria Turei]…
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The latest report from the UN Human Rights Council shows the NZ government has been slacking off with respect to its protection of and support for the human rights of all Kiwis. (Draft report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review* New Zealand) …
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Dear Radio New Zealand. This morning on Morning Report your news presenter and Geoff Robinson keep saying that National may win the election but struggle to form a Government. Please stop doing this because this comment does not reflect the political realities under MMP and it is…
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