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Open mike 21/11/2013
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Greenpeace v Simon Bridges
In a David verses Goliath type scenario the Greenpeace yacht Vega has recently engaged in passive opposition to Andarko's plans to drill a deep sea oil well off Raglan. The Vega has been doing what yachts can do the world over, that is sail the…
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Tin ear or cold heart?
Since he came to office, John Key's government has spent over $350 billion (and borrowed over $50 billion). It has handed out taxpayer largesse to casinos, rich sailors, finance companies, and international corporations. So, why the blunt refusal to pay just $3.4 million to the…
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Open mike 20/11/2013
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The right thing to do
David Cunliffe has pledged that the next Labour government will pay the court-ordered compensation owed to the families of the disaster’s victims, and will then recover the money from Pike’s shareholders. As he succinctly puts it - this is the right thing to do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S6tmR1gw9Q
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Enrol for the referendum by the 21st
If you aren't currently enrolled or are unsure, then you will have to be enrolled in the next few days. HOW TO VOTE IN THE 2013 CITIZENS INITIATED REFERENDUM You can only vote in the 2013 Citizens Initiated Referendum if you are enrolled before voting…
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Poverty, women & rape culture
Trigger warning: This post addresses some difficult and sensitive issues about poverty, women and rape culture. Subsequent comments will be tightly moderated. In the aftermath of the news coverage given to the Roastbusters, the meme of "free speech" and "middle class" values have been used…
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Oil rigs – coming to a beach near you?
Exploration for oil has been in the news recently. The Government scheduled consultation with local government about the release of offshore petroleum exploration permits from September 20 until November 14, during the Local Government election campaign period and before newly elected Councils had settled down to work.…
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Open mike 19/11/2013
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Nats’ demolition derby
John Key's government is going full tilt at dismantling everything of value in NZ, and selling as much as possible to the overseas investors with money to burn. It's the government of Drill it: Although Anadarko is making a cat and mouse game of it,…
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Shhh! It’s the ‘P’ word.
You don’t have to be white and male and financially wealthy to assume a prominent position within systems of patriarchy, but it helps. And you don’t have to be financially strapped and black and female to feel the full weight of patriarchy always pressing down…
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Open mike 18/11/2013
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Air New Zealand sale starts tomorrow
From the Herald: The Government has confirmed plans to sell down its stake in Air New Zealand, with 20 per cent of the shares on sale from tomorrow. The state owns 73 per cent of the national carrier, and plans to reduce that were tipped…
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Sunday Reading
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: science vs…
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Open mike 17/11/2013
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Everything you need to know about National, in two paragraphs
Andrea Vance reports: "Foreign minister Murray McCully returned from the Tamil-led north of Sri Lanka last night and indicated he believes New Zealand should not support an independent investigation into war crimes. Shortly after his return to Colombo, McCully signed a dairy co-operation agreement with…
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National Day of Action Against Rape – today (16 Nov)
A reminder of the actions in various locations around NZ today for the Day of Action against rape culture. A reminder of the background to the Day of Action - parts of my earlier post: Press release: Stop Rape Now: National day of action against rape…
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Key refuses to pay compensation for Pike River
I blogged earlier on this subject and expressed the hope that the Pike River families would receive adequate compensation. And David Cunliffe elegantly skewered John Key on the issue in Parliament this week. But regrettably John Key has ruled compensation by the Government out unless…
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Open mike 16/11/2013
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National day of action against rape culture: 16 Nov (&15th)
A reminder of the actions in various locations around NZ for the Day of Action against rape culture. At least one piece of action is planned for this evening in Nelson. Most demonstrations will take place tomorrow. A reminder of the background to the Day…
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Coleman’s disgracefully cowardly display
National's, weird, favourite line at the moment is to say 'we're going to ignore the asset sales referendum and the opposition are hypocrites because they ignored the smacking referendum'. Russel Norman finally had had enough yesterday, and asked Jonathan Coleman just who had been PM…
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Open mike 15/11/2013
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New website – “I am someone”
Looks like some of my friends are getting serious about making sure that having dickheads around like the duo of JT and Willie, prevaricators like John Key and the incredibly slack police response get a better idea about what is at stake... This press statement on…
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ImperatorFish: Are they really the Green Taleban?
Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here. Peter Dunne last week said that some of the Green Party’s MPs were as extreme as Afghanistan’s Taleban. But is he right? Let’s put the Greens…
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Thanks Wikileaks
Wikileaks have released the TPP advanced draft chapter on intellectual property. It includes all the government positions on the main issues, including all those where the New Zealand negotiators are opposed to the US. The Herald received an advance copy and reported on it today.…
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Colin Craig and the Conservative Tea Party are National’s best chance
National has signalled early that it is looking towards the Conservative Party as a potential coalition partner. There appear to be a few rather huge policy dead frogs that it must swallow if it is going to cement relations. But already it appears to be…
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Groser says govt ministers in denial of reality
3news has shaken out hidden science denialists in National. This follows the disgraceful booing of Russel Norman by National MPs who did not want to hear him 'inappropriately' quote a Filipino official attributing the typhoon to climate change at a time apparently meant for empty…
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Open mike 14/11/2013
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Air NZ sale coming on the quiet
Word is out that National is going to slam through the sale of its Air NZ shares early next week ahead of the referendum. No mention of 'mum and dad' investors this time. No ad campaign imploring you get 'get your share'. Nope. It'll be…
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Inequality meeting plus…
From our friends at Closing the Gap (a lobby group against income inequality - join if you haven't!): - Max Rashbrooke talking about his book Inequality: a New Zealand Crisis and more on Monday 18 November, 5.30pm @ Auckland Trades Hall, 147 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn - The…