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D day is approaching. The United Kingdom appears to be spectacularly unprepared for the changes required for a post Brexit Europe. And the prospects of massive congestion at borders appear high with untested software only now being installed. Even now the effects are showing with…
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It has been good to see some pushback in the media questioning the wisdom of Mahuta's FiveEyes alignment as the first public act of her tenure as our Foreign Minister. Chris Trotter writes in interest.co.nz that upsetting New Zealand's most significant trading partner seems like…
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One of the more useful things in recent weeks in the debate about housing is the clarity of Jacinda Ardern's position, Jacinda Ardern says 'sustained moderation' remains the Government's goal when it comes to house prices, as people 'expect' the value of their most valuable…
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We are now getting into the difficult part of working out how to respond to climate change. We have had a few decades notice and have wasted this by engaging in incremental minimalist policy that is well meaning but not nearly up to scratch in…
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For those who don't trawl through all the comments; a little personal background. I've been fortunate enough to have just finished up a 40 year career in technology and automation, most of it in heavy industry. Looking back it's been one hell of an adventure,…
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There are the odd occasions when you find a political opinion that is a joy to read and quite revealing. This morning whilst reading the Economist, I read a Bagehot column - "Tidying Boris Up". Despite my almost total lack of interest in the UK…
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Wikipedia describes the last super-continent as Pangaea or Pangea (/pænˈdʒiːə/[1]) was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.[2][3] It assembled from earlier continental units approximately 335 million years ago, and it began to break apart about 175 million years ago.[4] In contrast to the present Earth and its distribution of continental mass, Pangaea…
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This post was originally published on Baroness Greengross's blog New Zealand legalises assisted dying This post was co-authored by Baroness Greengross and her Researcher Nick Kelly who was the former Campaign Manager to Andrew Little the current New Zealand Health Minister. Last month New Zealand made history by joining a…
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It was announced yesterday that a number of New Zealanders were going to take the reeferendum result to court. From Radio New Zealand: A legal bid is under way to get the results of the cannabis referendum thrown out. A group of more than 350…
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The latest Colmar Brunton poll results have been released just in time to get the summer BBQs firing. And the results would not have pleased Judith Collins. They reinforced the election result. Labour was up to 53% and the Greens and ACT matched their election…
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