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WTF ONE News?
I know we whine on a lot here about the appalling state of the media in NZ, but does it get any worse than this? Seriously ONE "News" - what the fuck? https://twitter.com/ONENewsNZ/status/717201622380765184
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Andrew Little on the Panama Papers: NZ is a soft touch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVU7PYn6Af8&feature=youtu.be
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Go Helen!
Great news that Helen Clark is putting her name forward for the very important post of Secretary-General of the United Nations. She has been a courageous champion for peace - perhaps the most important priority for the world today. Great that she gave her first…
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John Key’s response to the Panama Papers leak
You can bet that deep in the bowels of National Party HQ the research unit and the party's pollster are urgently trying to work out what lines they should use concerning the Panama Papers leak. An urgent call may have been put into Crosby Textor…
Globalisation International john key national Politics same old national slippery tax
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Deborah Russell: What’s going on with foreign trusts?
Trusts are weird beasts. They seem to have originated during the crusades: a death-and-mayhem-seeking-pilgrim would head off to the Holy Land, but in order to protect himself and his wife and his children and his property, he would hand over the "use" of his property…
Abuse of power International john key national national/act government Politics same old national slippery tax
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Panama Papers: NZ is a tax haven
The tax collectors go after you and me, and paperboys, and weekend cashies. They aren't nearly as interested in the $2bn cost of illegal tax avoidance (part of the total up to $9.4bn of "economic crime"). And they certainly aren't interested in the offshore accounts…
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Open mike 05/04/2016
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Daily Review 04/04/2016
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Building a government in waiting
While Grant Robertson looks at the big economic picture with the Future of Work initiative, Andrew Little is working on the practical politics of building a government in waiting. A piece by Jo Moir on Stuff yesterday read: Labour looking to the Greens and NZ…
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NRT: Our fearmongering Prime Minister
I/S at No Right Turn writes: Our fearmongering Prime Minister Last month we learned that John Key had lied to Parliament and the New Zealand public over the "jihadi brides", letting us all think that they left from New Zealand (and that therefore there was…
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NZ Tax Haven Inc – of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%
Panamanian Law Firm Mossack Fonseca is having a very bad week. The mass leaking of a huge numbers of papers have shown what many of the oligarchs of the world are doing to preserve their ill gotten gains. Radio New Zealand has described the situation: A huge leak…
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Justin Lester launches campaign for Wellington Mayor
Current Deputy Mayor of Wellington Justin Lester launched his campaign for the mayoralty yesterday, running on a Labour ticket: https://youtu.be/qDUJNE35cJQ From Stuff: Wellington mayoral candidate Justin Lester has launched his campaign promising first-home builders a $5000 rates rebate, and children free entry to council pools. Lester also…
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Open mike 04/04/2016
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