This is an excerpt from the Mountain Tui article: Some spiritual leaders are creeps, and some political leaders defend the indefensible It’s a busy world. And it’s hard to know which way to look. Do we address how Israel bulldozed Allied World War 1 and…
This was a pleasant surprise. Mountain Tui has already covered the subject well but I thought it deserved some technical commentary. And I suspect that this is not finished yet and I wonder what the Government will do in response and if we will see…
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Southern Right Whales, image via NZ Geographic Green MP Teanau Tuinono is putting forward a Members Bill, the Tohorā Oranga Bill, designed to give whale species inherent rights in law. Predictably, there's a bunch of righties using it as an opportunity to take pot shots…
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This is a repost from the Mountain Tui Substack Press Release: Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) KASM are celebrating the Fast Track Panel’s draft decision to decline Trans Tasman Resources’ bid to mine the South Taranaki seabed. The draft decision was published at 6pm this…
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This is a repost from the Mountain Tui Substack Economists and the RBNZ had forecast an unemployment rate of 5.3% in the December quarter, but more people returning to the workforce meant it came in higher - “highest level in a decade”. Edward Miller reports:…
I write this fuelled by rage! The latest numbers from Stats NZ showed that more Kiwis than since March 2015 are currently unemployed. That was when John Key was PM and Bill English was Minister of Finance. A debate between Nicola Willis and Bill English…
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NZ First Deputy Leader Shane Jones, who decried “Goodbye Freddie! [if nature got in the way of his mining interests]” - a reference to Aotearoa New Zealand’s highly endangered, native and small Archey’s frogs - received flak this week around news that he pushed for…
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In determining who is the most Trumpian politician of Aotearoa it is hard to go past Shane Jones. Just look at this photo which he proudly posted on social media. Draping yourself in a flag while wearing a hat urging that your country is made…
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