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Yesterday, Phil O'Reilly's Business New Zealand basically declared war on Labour and the Greens. Their 'open letter' demanded opposition parties to withdraw the NZ Power policy or risk a capital strike. Unprecedented in modern NZ history. It was a boots and all attempt by the…
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"MP's 'disgusting' behaviour" "Lawyer 'unfairly tarnished' by Gilmore"
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No Right Turn points out National's inherent strategic coalition flaw after the next election.. Writing on Stuff, Vernon Small highlights what's really at stake in the upcoming Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election: National's future coalition options: If between them he, Mr Jones and the Ikaroa-Rawhiti candidate can further wound the…
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As I posted a couple of days ago, John Key's networks of influence incorporate people and multinational corporates involved in the potentially damaging exploration for oil in NZ. Today Werewolf published a well-researched and damning article by Gordon Campbell. Campbell exposes the false claims of Anadarko Petroleum,…
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The John Key brand used to have a couple of big advantages. First, he was successfully sold as different, not an ordinary politician. Second, he was sold as positive, sunny, optimistic, a nice guy. Well, the first advantage crumbled under the weight of repeated lies,…
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To say Brian Gaynor is excited about the Mighty River sale is an understatement. Of his last five Herald columns, two have been about how great it will be, and two have been about how awful NZ Power is. His other media appearances have been…
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NZ Herald top managers and editors probably think the Fourth Estate is a planned new greenfield development on the outer margins of Auckland: a Dickensian kind of space where people poorly paid wage slaves and those on social security, can be hidden away from wealthy property owners and business…
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While most of the world recognises the 1st of May as International Workers Day, here in NZ young workers have nothing to celebrate. Law changes from the government that would love to see wages drop come in to effect today, as described in yesterday's press…
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A couple of people have questioned this series of posts outing the financial interests of supposedly 'independent' commentators who are coming out against the Green/Labour plan to lower power prices. 'Everyone has links to everyone in New Zealand'. Maybe so, but not everyone is paid…
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