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There's a way of giving people bad news called in PR circles a shit sandwich - basically you give people something happy and fluffy, then the bad news, then something happy and fluffy so you can brush on past it. And we've been paying for…
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So getting your grass verge mowed is the biggest issue for some central city council candidates and (presumably) their potential voters? Life must be pretty cosy in those parts of central city Auckland. Out here in the West of Auckland, many people have bigger concerns:…
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Simon Bridges has been keeping a low profile lately but he's in the news again today, and once again he's been caught being somewhat less than honest. It turns out he's been caught trying to bury a report showing a huge quarterly jump in electricity…
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So John Key goes out into the world to represent our interests and what does he get? His good mate David Cameron tells him to get stuffed when he asks for better access to the UK for Kiwis. A meeting with the Queen that made…
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Well it is official. A further poll points to a surge in support for Labour since David Cunliffe became leader. The latest Roy Morgan poll has Labour on 37% up 4.5%, National on 42% and the Greens on 11% although down 3.5%. National is up…
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Banner ads for UnitedFuture's signature policy on flexible superannuation have been appearing on Kiwiblog for the last week or so. They've carried the Parliamentary logo, but have had no promoter statement. You could click through to a United Future Party page on the policy which…
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Paula Bennet apparently reckons that 2000 people having social welfare entitlements cancelled every week is a good thing. It brings down the projected future cost of welfare payments by $3 billion. Judith Collins apparently reckons that 207 000 work place accidents a year is a…
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No Right Turn blogs on the US federal government shutdown due to some crazed Republicians. It doesn't look too hopeful for when the US federal government runs directly into the next round of hitting the debt ceiling As I write this, the US Congress is…
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The Axe the Copper Tax campaign grinds on ominously for the Government. What is especially ominous is that on the pages of the New Zealand Herald and the National Business Review and amongst the ranks of some of the Government's most loyal supporters there is…
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We all know that there is a massive home affordability problem, especially in Auckland. There are 150,000 fewer homeowning families today than there would have been at 1991's homeownership rate. So, here's National's plan: don't build any additional houses, just sell some state houses (despite…
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National are going to lose the next election. That presents a significant problem for Team Blue’s office holders and caucus. Do they hope against hope that John Key can pull off an Oracle style upset, or at least, like Rudd, keep the damage to a…
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I've managed to miss a milestone on this site (again). As you can see, we've passed 13,000 published posts over the weekend. That really isn't bad for a voluntary coop over a 6 year period with no particular publishing schedule beyond "put something up if…
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Chris Tremain somewhat unexpectedly announced yesterday that he will not be standing at the next election. He has been the MP for Napier for the past eight years. He won the seat in 2005 with a 3,600 majority over labour's Russell Fairbrother, pushed it out…
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The celebrity video below is playing on TVNZ Breakfast and TV3 Firstline this morning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=K7gzBoVh1rI It calls for the government to release the TPPA text, and for you to sign the petition to John Key now. Tell our government they shouldn’t sign such far…
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Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here. I’m really worried that an entire day might pass without your knowing what I’m thinking about a particular issue. Did you see me on TV?…
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The Government is not going to let the issue drag on any further and wants to have the Keep Our Assets referendum dealt with this year. It has just been announced that the referendum will be done and dusted this year. According to the Herald:…
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So Paula Bennet is being all proud as punch about her welfare reforms. See, it appears she’s been innovative and has delivered savings of some $3 Billion based on some formulaic future cost of welfare calculation. For argument’s sake, let’s allow that those future costs…
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On The Nation this weekend, Kris Faafoi laid out the bare bones of Labour's policy on public broadcasting. He signaled the strengthening of public broadcasting across a range of platforms, recognising the crucial role of digital technologies in the 21st century. He also praised the…
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Yesterday on my twitter feed I read Matthew Hooton's sort of apology to David Cunliffe. Then when I checked later it had been chucked behind NBR's paywall. I guess Matthew may want to make sure that he has a legal fighting fund, just in case.…
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The Herald and John Key are whining that National will have a 'moral mandate' to govern after the next election if it is the highest polling party, even if it can't form a majority and the Left can. Of course, there's no such rule in…
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If you weren't paying attention you could easily miss the fact that Meridian shares are opening today. that's because there's been a lot less mainstream hoopla about it than there was with the sale of MRP. Despite the face there's been a whole host of…
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Which Labour MP has Matt McCarten today described as "Another Cunliffe loyalist rewarded." and scored 5/10? Now, which Labour MP got the government on the ropes with a member's bill to the point that Bill English had to threaten a rarely used and politically damaging…
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My semi-regular Sunday piece of interesting, longer, deeper stories I found during the week. It’s also a chance for you to share what you found this week too. Those stimulating links you wanted to share, but just didn’t fit in anywhere (no linkwhoring). This week: google vs…
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The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change's Fifth Assessment Report makes, well, pretty damn depressing reading. Over a century after the basic mechanism of global warming by greenhouse gases was understood, and quarter of a century since the world's nations signed the framework convention on climate…
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From the IPCC AR5 preliminary summary for policy makers (PDF). Ocean warming dominates the increase in energy stored in the climate system, accounting for more than 90% of the energy accumulated between 1971 and 2010 (high confidence). It is virtually certain that the upper ocean (0−700 m) warmed…