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Your New Zealand Herald reports on the latest lie of Judith Collins: Justice Minister Judith Collins' "cup of tea on the way to the airport" at her friend Stone Shi's company in Shanghai involved a 30km detour in the opposite direction, it was revealed yesterday...…
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The crazy thing about Gerry Brownlee is that he is so incompetent because he never seems to study anything that he is responsible for. And yet people on the inside of the National party appear to rate him? I guess that says more about their…
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The original of this post is at No Right Turn. What will climate change do to human civilisation? According to the IPCC, war, disease, and famine: Climate change will displace hundreds of millions of people by the end of this century, increasing the risk of violent…
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I posted previously on James Dann's analysis of Amy Adams' landholding and issues this raises for her in her role as Minister of the Environment. The post attracted the attention of her Press Secretary Nathan Beaumont who left a pleasant enough comment pointing out that…
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As I've previously pointed out, John Key's National government only serves the privileged elite. But their policy of only favouring the favoured few is not only venal, it's really stupid economics as well. The reason why it's stupid is simple Econ 101, supply and demand.…
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This was No Right Turn's take on David Cunliffe's broad stroke economic policy on Friday. David Cunliffe presented the broad strokes of his economic policy today, under the slogan of an "economic upgrade". Much of it was stuff we'd heard before: capital gains tax, universal kiwisaver,…
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Rob Salmond at Polity looks at the draft Green party list. The Greens have released their draft party list today, in advance of a party member STV vote. The top 20 is: 1 Turei, Metiria 2 Norman, Russel 3 Hague, Kevin 4 Sage, Eugenie 5…
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Simon Collins has a very good article in the NZ Herald this morning: the first in a series planned on closing the gaps between Māori and Pacific people and other ethnic groups. It is a well researched article, with a strong focus on the relative…
benefits education employment equality Maori Issues pasifika poverty Public Private Partnerships
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Like Labour, National has a strongly held view of the importance of education. Unlike Labour National prefers that the system is tailored so that market forces operate in such a way that the children of its supporters benefit. When it was first elected National obviously…
education Hekia parata national national/act government same old national schools
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Happy Saint Patrick's day. Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike ...
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I am going to say something unusual for me and praise actions taken by this Government. Its promotion of a United Nation's resolution which states that it is in the interest of humanity that nuclear weapons never be used again under any circumstances is both rational…
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There's a fairly straightforward and informative interview on Stuff today, providing an insight into Russel Norman's outlook on life. Prior to this I had been more familiar with Metiria Turei's working class background - something that has informed and motivated her campaign against child poverty…
capitalism child welfare greens Metiria Turei poverty russel norman workers' rights
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There wouldn't be one of China's billion and a half citizens who thought that Judith Collins' dinner with the Chinese official who was a "close personal friend" of Collins' close personal friend Oravida chairman Stone Shi wasn't about obtaining advantage for Oravida. That's the way…
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I just stumbled across an alternative film club in West Auckland; The Peasants Film Club. On it's Facebook page it says this: The greatest threat to freedom and well-being everywhere is corporate ambition: the greatest threat to corporate ambition is a well-informed public I came…
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OK six months ago Shane Jones’ political career was going nowhere. Watching porn on the country’s credit card is not a good look and people have not forgotten this. He was very entertaining during the Labour leadership campaign and made many people smile. There should…
election 2014 greens labour national russel norman Shane Jones winston peters
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Sorry to hear that Tony Benn has died today, at age 88. When I lived in England, I never quite understood why he was considered such an (unacceptable) "radical". With his distinctive sh sound, his animated speech, and lively mind, he always seemed to me…
class war democracy under attack democratic participation uk politics Unions workers' rights
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Yesterday one woman’s story blew the lid on our government’s treatment of beneficiaries. Sarah Wilson’s post on her ongoing struggles just to get Work and Income to do their job properly and give her the support she needs went viral, and as the comments flooded…
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Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. I would like to acknowledge the New Zealand Initiative and its Executive Director, Dr Oliver Hartwich. Oliver it’s great to be here with you today - and I know this group greatly values the open contest of ideas.…
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This statement has been reposted from ImperatorFish and is believed to be a work of satire by Scott Yorke (who generously allows us to reproduce his posts). However with Shane Jones, one can never be too sure what is truth and what is fantasy. I’ve…
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The original of this post is here at No Right Turn. The latest NSALeak: the NSA is deliberately spreading malware on a massive scale to spy on everyone: Top-secret documents reveal that the National Security Agency is dramatically expanding its ability to covertly hack into computers…
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The details of the share float have now been announced. According to stuff: The Government has poured sugar on its offer of shares in Genesis Energy, pricing the company in a range below analyst valuations last month and offering a bonus share for every 15…
bill english debt / deficit national Privatisation same old national
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From Rob Salmond at Polity, this post on an interesting graph. Here's a pretty astounding graphic from the US about cellphone vs landline use, via Anzalone Lizst Grove Research: The US is a few years ahead of New Zealand on mobile adoption and decoupling from landlines,…
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The original of this post appeared here at Local Bodies on Monday. It got overshadowed in the news cycle by burst of corrupt stench of self-entitled elitist behaviour from National, but is worth reposting anyway. bsprout (aka Dave Kennedy) is the Green candidate for Invercargill.…