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The Green Party are announcing their new co-leader this morning. Speech, https://www.facebook.com/nzgreenparty/videos/10155176173911372/ The Greens on Twitter. Green Party website. This is how the Green Party do leadership changes. After Metiria Turei's resignation last year, Marama Davidson was chosen through a process of nomination, campaigning to…
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The killing and wounding of yet more unarmed Palestinian protesters yesterday by Israeli forces in Gaza is an outrage. The majority of the people of the Gaza Strip are stateless refugees, subject to a decade-long blockade and the denial of basic human and political rights.…
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Another clear winner this week. It is Gerry Brownlee for his completely inept handling of his Ministerial obligations relating to the Christchurch rebuild and his completely inept handling of news that the cost of re-repairs is over four times what he said it would be.…
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Remember a couple of weeks ago when the story de jour was about how Ardern's failure to deal aggressively with the Russians following the poisoning of a former Russian spy was a miscalculation and a sign of weakness? Mike Smith covered the issue here and…
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Does being incoherent work sometimes? I did a little post a couple of months ago about Korea, hoping that war would not break out, but worrying anyway. So with the President of North Korea visiting China for the first time, meeting with the South Korean…
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Israel is expecting the presence of some 50 000 people as participants in the next step of "The Great Return March" on Friday. In spite of the likely overwhelmingly peaceful nature of the event, the Israeli defence minister has stated - “We have defined the…
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What does John Key regret the most about his reign as Prime Minister of New Zealand? Over 250,000 kids living in poverty? Refusing to get the bodies out of the Pike River mine and thereby helping individuals avoid justice? Dirty Politics? The increasing numbers of…
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The daily release of hidden fiscal horrors is occurring at pace. Clearly Steven Joyce was right about there being a $11.7 billion dollar hole in Labour's fiscal policy update. The problem for National is that a series of financial time bombs were hidden in the…
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https://twitter.com/TheSpinoffTV/status/981653772110737408 Can we please now save David Seymour from his violent oppression and relieve him of his tax-funded salary? Should probably liberate him from the evil clutches of that red couch too.
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From Politik this morning "Road rage in the provinces". Four regional Mayors are heading to Wellington to tell Transport Minister Phil Twyford his new roading proposals threaten jobs in their region. The Mayors, from Northland, want to see State Highway One converted to four lanes…
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The Government has released a draft Government Policy Statement on Transport for consultation. A radical shake up of the Transport system is being proposed. Changes include: A 46% increase in public transport use. A new rapid transport investment class which will allow $4 billion to…
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Crosspost from No Right Turn. ____________________________________________________________ NZDF head Lt General Tim Keating has unexpectedly resigned, just two months before his term of office was meant to end. But he wants everyone to know that it has absolutely nothing to do with alleged war crimes committed by his men…
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April the first and second mark the days when those receiving entitlements receive a yearly increase in line with the CPI, and this year, the governments increase to Accommodation Supplement also comes into effect. The government has announced that there will be an average increase…
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It is about time. Today Parliament is set to pass a law allowing for the expunging of convictions of adults for engaging in homosexual behaviour. From Audrey Young at the Herald: Parliament will unanimously pass a law [today] allowing the convictions of men for homosexual…
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In the second stage of a false flag attack, facts go out the window and the sole issue becomes "are you for us or against us." Our media and National Party politicians are well into this stage in the Skripal affair. But as questions mount…
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Hope is one of the most galvanising and powerful emotions. It is the thing that has driven some of our greatest achievements as a species. It has kept people alive in times of despair and sorrow. It has driven movements for social change, such as…
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