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On Al Jazeera NewsHour this morning, there were two reports on environmental issues in different parts of the planet. Both stories focus on the tension between pursuit of economic "growth" and the destruction of the environment. In one country the cultural heritage of a small…
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A recent article by Jesse Columbo in [published on the website of] that doyen of capitalist magazines Forbes about New Zealand's housing market is a very interesting if somewhat terrifying read. Although he is not the first to claim that our property market is unsustainable he…
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One of the most annoying things I read on the internet is when right wingers offer apparently sincere advice to the left on how the left's electoral predicament can be improved. The advice drips of passive aggressiveness and when you boil it down basically they…
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Rob Salmond's take on the boundary changes announced yesterday. As he (and Ben yesterday) point out in a MMP election system the actual electoral boundaries usually only really matter to a few MPs. It isn't likely to make much of a difference unless National manages…
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This site gets rather a lot of comments. Every time a comment is made the page it is on has to be regenerated, which limits the amount of static caching that can be done. So on a dynamic site like this one we require rather a…
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This week had everything, It started off with John Key challenging David Cunliffe to a debate on housing, Cunliffe eagerly accepting and then Key backing out quickly. The media then said that it was Cunliffe who was afraid for not turning up to Parliament on…
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David Cunliffe has launched Labour's policy to get more manufacturing jobs back in New Zealand: Labour leader David Cunliffe launched the policy to an Auckland business audience this morning, adding the depreciation and procurement policies to the known suite of Labour's approach for manufacturing, including research and…
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ImperatorFish generously allows us to repost some of his posts. It was impossible to resist this satire. I can’t believe I’m having to explain myself yet again. Didn’t I already provide a perfectly clear explanation? These allegations are disgusting and outrageous. How could anyone for a…
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The new electorate boundaries are out. Some noticeable changes around Port Hills, but mainly only tinkering from the previous proposals. So Paula Bennett can go from committed Westie to Shore girl in the new Upper Harbour electorate. Phil Goff & Ruth Dyson aren't having their…
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That's how much National gave away today, by setting the price too low on Genesis. They were scared that they couldn't attract enough buyers and it would be clear how unpopular their policy is, but they made it enough of a lolly-scramble that the few…
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No Right Turn points out here about a select committee filtering out submissions because of language. Parliament has been rejecting select committee submissions for not being written in English or Maori: The Health Select Committee is rejecting 60 submissions against plain packaging legislation because they were made…
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The following is a speech that David Cunliffe has delivered today concerning Labour's Manufacturing Policy. "Today I am announcing Labour’s Manufacturing Economic Upgrade. It’s part of Labour’s strategy to shift an economy that’s merely idling into a higher gear. To an economy that can support…
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Local Bodies has this excellent post on the proposed changes to the Teachers Council that we are happy to repost for more comment. When I first started teaching I spent a number of happy years in rural communities. In the early eighties all teachers were…
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Amongst all the noise created by the disintegration of Judith Collins' political career there is a much more important story that has avoided the headlines yet presents a much more significant event. The shareholding of Genesis Energy has been sold at a price that is…
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No Right Turn on the Environmental Reporting Bill that has the watchdogs up in arms. Listening to Amy Adams last night going on about how transparent and open to public scrutiny regulations are made me wonder what bloody universe she lived in - bizarro world perhaps.…
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Judith Collins has gone from being one of National's most assured performers and a likely future National Party leader to someone who is under increasing pressure and who must be one further disclosure away from being fired. As Minister for ACC she has to take…
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TV One Seven Sharp has raised questions about whether there has been a conflict of interest for Peter Dunne. This is with respect to his son James Dunne's legal representation of advocates for the recreational synthetic drug industry. To me it seems possible that father…
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On the weekend David Cunliffe criticised the Government's handling of housing issues. He said that in his own electorate of New Lynn housing is the number one electorate issue facing people, and that there are not enough affordable homes. He also expressed concern at the impact…
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It looks like No Right Turn is back from his larping and looking at the third IPCC report of AR5. Thats worth commenting. Last month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the second part of its Fifth Assessment report, showing the dire future we faced if we…
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Maori TV's Native Affairs show has been engaged in some impressive investigative journalism. Last night it presented the story on how the Maori Party arranged a fundraiser at the Northern Club at $5,000 a head with John Key as the guest of honour. For this…
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Rob Salmond did his original post here. The Political Anorak News is full of the $5,000-a-plate fundraiser for the Maori Party hosted by John Key at the Northern Club in Auckland. A few thoughts: Nothing illegal about this at all, or really anything immoral either. Key wants…
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This article in the Herald gave me a giggle today. It refers to a cash payment being made to Parliamentary Services staff who are part of their workplace collective employment agreement. Similar cash payments have been denounced by National in the past - when it…
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The NBR is reporting (behind the paywall) and now at TV3 news that Matt Blomfield, the person currently suing Cameron Slater in defamation, was attacked on the weekend by a male. A gunshot was fired and although it is not specified it is understood that…
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Rob Salmond at Polity comments on the resolutions of the Kōhanga Reo over the weekend. The Kohanga Reo Trust held a hui over the weekend to discuss the government's proposals for revamping its financial affairs following revelations of misusing public funds: The Government in a confidential…