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OK most of us want a change of Government and a new Labour/Green Government possibly with Mana support so that Aotearoa will become a better and more sustainable place to live in. So we need to do the practical basic stuff to improve the chances…
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The selection for the Labour Candidate for the Manukau East seat is being held today. The nomination is heavily contested and there are a number of candidates who could perform the job well. Of course there can be only one winner but hopefully for the…
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Politicheck, a local version of fact check websites such as the US sites Factcheck and Politifact, and the Australian website Politifact Australia was launched this week. The front page says the following: Politicheck.org.nz's goal is to analyse all statements made during the election by all parties and say whether…
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Popular songs can often capture the heartbeat of communities, in ways the serious media fail to grasp. Today's infotainment media can ignore the meanings, while drawing on the celebrity culture at the centre of much of the popular music industry. Many in our media are…
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The latest from the organisation that has branded itself as having mastery of cyberspace shows that it is is having trouble counting. It presented its annual report to Parliament yesterday but had to insert an erratum into the report because someone in the organisation cannot…
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Porirua mayor Nick Leggett has put up a couple of interesting posts for an international audience on progressonline, about Labour's prospects in the upcoming election. While I don't necessarily agree with all his specific policy preferences, I think his political message is timely and accurate.…
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I have been rather bemused by all this fuss about David Cunliffe’s home. It is no secret that he and I know each other and I have been to said house. It’s a nice house in a nice street, but it’s no mansion. It’s the…
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Yesterday, Rob Salmond offered Chris Trotter a bet based on Chris writing an over-excited interpretation of an online poll. Who writes posts on the basis of online polls of less than 400 people? It is the same problem as interpreting small junk "markets" like iPredict…
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In 2005 Fran O’Sullivan outlined John Key’s plans to "Key chases luck o’ the Irish Key is clearly on a roll as he lists the options New Zealand could explore if it decided to abandon outdated ideology and take a more pragmatic approach to growing…
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Readers of The Standard have read and engaged on the campaign for forestry safety. There is now a Review underway and we need to maintain the organising momentum to ensure change is made. On 28 April is International Workers Memorial Day and we have invited the…
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As No Right Turn says, this is an inappropriately short sentence for committing electoral fraud. It is hardly a deterrent to prospective politicians from trying to fiddle the electoral system. What was interesting was the way that the fraud was picked up - using back…
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The original of this post is here. Here's the Prime Minister in Question Time yesterday: Hon David Cunliffe: Is he taking economic advice from Colin Craig and are Māori not looking really hard for jobs as the Māori unemployment rate has increased by 3 percent…
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So, for anyone interested in proper, investigative journalism... The Intercept, a publication of First Look Media, was created by Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, and Jeremy Scahill. It has a two-fold mission: one short-term, the other long-term. Our short-term mission is to provide a platform to…
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Just when it looks like the right wing smoke and mirror spin in the media is getting even stronger, there are a couple of bright spots in this week's mainstream. A documentary and a Radio Live interview focus on poverty and inequality. Evidence shows that…
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The original of this post is here at Local Bodies. Russel Norman's recent announcement of the Green Party's solar energy initiative is a fiscally neutral, smart policy. Home owners will access cheap government loans that are attached to the house, not the person, and will be…
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The original of this post is here at Polity. There has been some discussion recently about whether we should tax fizzy drinks as a threat to public health. Otago University public health people say yes. Various anti-tax groups say no. Here's my 2c: 1. The principle is sound…
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Susan Nact reporting. In a dramatic turn of events, cadet reporter Tracy Whatshite (drinking in a Ponsonby cafe), found an envelope labelled “Top Secret, Property of TVNZ”. We can reveal that inside was a script for a new television series that will be screening on…
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With the hope that this comment will not result in a solicitor's letter from Chapman Tripp it seems that Colin Craig is overly sensitive to criticism. He has had Chapman Tripp write to Green's leader Russel Norman seeking an apology and retraction for Norman saying…
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Good to see Labour has stood up against National's "harder-to-vote" Bill. David Farrar went apoplectic when Andrew Little announced Labour would oppose changes to the Electoral Amendment Bill dumping the easier-vote card, and adding a provision making voters state their name as well as have…
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Coal Action Network Aotearoa has this characteristic story of the problems with the cost structure of opportunistic mining in NZ. The current world price of the coal found on the Denniston Plateau has sunk considerably below Bathurst Resources' stated break-even price and shows no signs of rising. What is…
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As Lynn points out in his post today 'National's Herald shows its true colours', the very visible flaunting of connections between National MPS, the ACT Party, an NZ Herald gossip columnist and Cameron Slater is puzzling. This all resulted from the press statements by John…
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What is happening at the Herald? Suddenly Rachel Glucina is the breaker of very important political news such as the visits to Dotcom mansion by various politicians. Then Cameron Slater lets bygones be bygones and instead of describing her in derogatory terms praises her journalism.…
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The original speech is here. Introduction: Standing on the threshold The anticipation in the air at this conference is like no other that I can remember. We are standing on the threshold of history — the moment when the Green Party forms New Zealand's first…
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