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There is this outstanding scene from West Wing when Josh Lyman celebrates the picking up of momentum for the Democratic candidate in the US Presidential elections. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiEs34TNY6w Momentum is the most important thing in a tight race. A surge in support can be self reinforcing…
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I've long argued that ending the housing crisis requires multiple actions in a holistic strategy, which needs to be based in mass social housing not BUILD MOAR HOUSES for the private market. This is because the private market and the decades long push to get…
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Chris Hipkins will be on BHN live tonight from 9pm We've made space for all the political leaders to have a whole show with us, the conversation will be wide ranging, and you have the opportunity to ask questions in the chat as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1RA2I3Y8Uw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UCu0vkkOME Readers of Mountain Tūī will know that one of the persistent topics I have covered is the privatisation of our healthcare system under the National/ACT and NZ First Government. I first warned about it in 2024, detailing the warnings and signals of where the…
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So we are now in the voting period. But this voting period is different. Last election if you realised leading up to election day, and even on election day, that you were not enrolled then you could cast a special vote and as long as…
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https://twitter.com/FrankMcRae/status/2114450598825537621 This term National passed legislation preventing people from enrolling to vote in the two weeks up to election day. Previously people could enrol on the day they voted, and in 2023 100,000 people enrolled on election day. One of the implications is the defacto…
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The left bloc and polls Labour was polling strongly earlier in the year, before a Curia-Taxpayers Union poll showed a stark, non-causal reversal, with those headlines echoed across all media outlets, and setting off a trend of falling opinion polls. Newsroom has explored how unscientific…
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The Greens' Fiscal Plan was announced yesterday. In Chloe Swarbrick's speech to media, it was bookmarked by what government is supposed to be, and a challenge to National's finance spokesperson. She starts by speaking to the character of New Zealand, and the Green's vision of…
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It’s only a few days before enrollment for voting closes in Aotearoa New Zealand, and it appears corporate media and the right have found their “Ram Raid” moment. When the media set upon Labour in mid 2023 for “out of control” raids, ram raids had…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku9PbSB0Xjc In December 2025, public hospitals in Aotearoa New Zealand were asked to cut another $510 million, despite $538 million going unspent. That’s an effective cut of $1 billion i.e. $1000 million, to public health. It continued a trend started under former Health Minister, Shane…
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Let me begin by suggesting that the Single Transferable Vote (STV) option in the 1992 referendum was preferable. In the 1993 referendum, First Past the Post (FPP) was preferable. Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) won 54% to 46%, a clear win but not a weighty endorsement.…
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In 2024/25, at the Royal Commission on State Abuse, Luxon and Stanford were informed that gangs in Aotearoa New Zealand started from Abuse in Care victims, who had suffered violent sexual and physical abuse. This is not to excuse any criminal acts, but to understand…
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It is crunch time. The next five days may determine who is the next Government. My personal view, which will not be a surprise, is that we need to replace the current regime as soon as possible. My reasons include: They are crap economic managers.…
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