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Daily review 31/10/2025
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On Our Looming Spending Spree On Japanese Frigates
Article reposted from Scoop: Gordon Campbell Like the Americans, maybe we should be re-naming our Ministry of Defence as the Ministry of War. The new frigates New Zealand is about to buy (to replace its ANZAC frigates) will have a vastly greater operational range and…
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The attempted hostile takeover of Kelston Boys High School
Some of the implications of David Seymour's Charter School policy are now becoming clear. Individual State Schools face the prospect of hostile takeover by groups that may wish to change dramatically the way that the school is run. And Kelston Boys High School is a…
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This Fonterra Failure is a New Zealand Failure
The vast majority of Fonterra shareholders have agreed to sell all its consumer brands to Lactalis, and it’s an economic crime against New Zealand. Winston Peters is right, writing to all farmer shareholders: “Farmers, under this deal you will not control the very thing that…
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Open Mike 31/10/25
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Daily review 30/10/2025
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CGT – The Empire strikes back
Labour's capital gains tax announcement has certainly dominated recent political discourse. Some think that it is too timid, others that strategically it hits the right spot, time will tell who is right. Both from a collective good and a political point of view. What is…
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Open Mike 30/10/25
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Daily review 29/10/2025
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Open Mike 29/10/25
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Daily review 28/10/2025
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Tax: the debate must continue
This was originally a post about the Future Fund, suggesting that it was unexceptionable, consistent with Labour thinking over decades, and sensible, if part of a renewed focus on economic transformation. Today’s tax leak shifts the ground. First, its substance is unsurprising. The later Robertson…
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Is that it?
Labour's Capital Gains Tax policy has been released in a less than optimal manner. Details were leaked to Radio New Zealand and rather than have RNZ broadcast the details a hurried press release was issued. And Chris Hipkins cancelled his morning interview with Radio New…
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Open Mike 28/10/25
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Spare a thought for Christopher Luxon
Poor old Christopher Luxon cannot get a break. Here he is wanting to impress people that he is just a good old kiwi like the rest of us but he keeps getting hit by news that he is attempting to maximise her personal wealth at…
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Labour Day: the working class and civil emergencies
Electricity workers in Southland on a meal break on Sunday, photo from Powernet's Facebook page. On this Labour Day, a massive shout out to all the workers in Southland, Otago and other areas affected by the storms last week. Paid and volunteer, obvious and those…
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Open Mike 27/10/25
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