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The Conservatives have a significant constituency and pose an interesting dynamic for the future of NZ politics. Their constituency will mostly come from National and NZ First thus possibly letting the left in or result in them sharing power on the right. The Conservatives are…
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In October the CTU launched its report on Insecure Work Its a big problem - contractors are squeezed to squeeze workers, training is often minimal as smaller companies can't manage the responsibility, health and safety obligations are confused, and workers can't plan or budget. And…
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On the site we now have a a simple little graphic that shows how much heat has accumulated on our planet. It is expressed as multiples of of the heat energy of Hiroshima sized A-bombs. I've picked 1979 as being the start year because that…
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I heard Duncan Garner on the radio the other day mocking Napierites' opposition to being forced into a Hawke's Bay-wide super-council. 'Why should there be 2 mayors within 21km of each other?' he asked. Nah. The question is: 'why not?' If they want to keep…
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From the you must be out of your freaking mind file comes this gem from England. Boris Johnson thinks that the upper rich are a put upon bullied minority and that they deserve our thanks and gratitude. He is not talking about any old wealthy individual…
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The Police investigations into both the teapot tapes and the GCSB's unlawful spying on Kim Dotcom came down to the same section of the Crimes Act, 216B. That makes it a crime to intentional intercept a private communication without lawful excuse. In both cases, the…
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Ok, I know this image has a lot of issues. It is a 256 color gif which means it is dithered to hell. Whoever took it has issues with colour balance, tilt and even the focus point. But none of that matters. It certainly makes…
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By Tracey Watshite, Cadet Reporter. In a surprising development, John Key has taken to bringing “a friend” with him to serious media interviews. In the last week, Key has been interviewed by Tracy Watkins twice and appeared on the cutting edge TVNZ political programme Q…
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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. It’s getting harder and harder to be a white man in this world. I feel threatened and challenged everywhere I go. No matter where I…
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The Christchurch East by election has entered the final week and this time next Sunday the result should be known. The campaign has been lower key than some other recent by election Campaigns. The Mount Albert by election in 2009 had intensive media coverage but…
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I’ve been thinking about what next years’ election is going to be like. Not like 2011 that’s for sure. Labour was in the doldrums and ran a largely negative campaign around asset sales that failed to fire, resulting in the worst election result in history.…
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It's not often that you'll see a Herald editorial quoted at length here, but when they're right, they're right: Key [is] dead-set on forging a governing coalition with the Christian-Lite Conservative Party and its troublingly dim leader, Colin Craig. Craig is a man who doesn't…
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In an interesting turn of events, Bob Jones has joined the Police efforts in Hawkes Bay to search for the man who assaulted an elderly woman. Bob who recently wrote two enlightening articles for the NZ Herald, entitled “ Men can’t help but rape if…
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If you are looking for something to do and want to spend some time on one of our pristine beaches head off to a west coast beach today to get there by 12 pm. Details of what is being planned can be seen here. I…
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It just gets worse. Only 6,500 'retail investors' bought shares in the Air NZ asset sale. These are the so-called 'mums and dads' who National said would flock to buy into the asset sales. 0.15% of the population. And these are some rich 'mums and…
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John Key’s desperate and disloyal promotion of the Conservative Party in recent days and yesterday’s unseemly rush by Paula Bennett to claim the new Upper Harbour seat as her own sends a couple of interesting messages. Firstly, that National’s internal polling must be confirming that…
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NZ Herald: Past and Present The NZ Herald is one NZ newspaper that has survived through changing times, and past editions take their place on Papers Past (a great historical resource available to all) , providing historical data and a variety of snapshots into the…
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For some time now Paula Bennett has said that she is proud to be a westie. She has been an important part of National's senior line up. She was a teenage mother on the DPB who according to her pulled herself up by her bootstraps…
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No Right Turn points to a study on what companies have produced the majority of greenhouse gas emissions. Makes quite a discrete target for litigation? Who's responsible for climate change? It turns out that 90 companies are responsible for nearly two-thirds of all emissions: The climate…
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I blogged about these previously. I thought that there would be a new North Harbour seat and that New Lynn and Maungakiekie would change dramatically. The draft boundaries have been released and suggest that this will happen but there are some radical changes proposed. Christchurch…
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We are now watching the death throes of public broadcasting in NZ. Helen Clark's Labour-led government did timidly set the stage for some possible positive developments. This was done with the advent of TVNZ 6 & 7, and the shift of the Auckland regional analog…
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So, Mum and Dad Kiwi, you listened to the multi-million dollar ad campaigns and the years of propaganda from National, and you bought shares in one of their asset sales. How are you doing so far? Don't listen to English, who claims you haven't lost…