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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…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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