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Has John Key now read Dirty Politics? Because having set up his incredibly narrow inquiry into Judith Collins - to try and investigate her for the one thing she didn't do - he's now scared to give her her 'Honourable' title, before she is 'cleared'.…
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Parliamentary reporters are tweeting that Nanaia Mahuta is to enter Labour's leadership race. Update: And Nanaia's candidacy has been confirmed. From Stuff: Mahuta said she had decided this afternoon to run for the top job. She joins Grant Robertson, David Parker and Andrew Little in the…
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The "Kiwi dream" is over - the housing crisis just gets worse and worse: Housing affordability plummets across New Zealand New research from Massey University shows the affordability of homes nationwide has dropped by 11.4% over the past 12 months ... Even worse news, The…
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It has been disappointing in the last few days to see the lack of respect that some of the Labour politicians on the right of the caucus have for the policy of restraint requested by the party. Vindictive attacks by David Shearer before and after…
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NZ and the world needs a new green left direction, now and for the future. And this new direction needs to embrace some original core, left wing values, principles and processes, while being adapted to 21st century realities. Politically in New Zealand/Aotearoa this could mean a…
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Suddenly I have some more independence. Instead of people thinking I am some sort of mouthpiece I can just be myself and say what I think. I would like to start with this new feeling of independence by saying to David Shearer that the thing…
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Good to see David Cunliffe backing Andrew Little. He's a strong left-wing candidate who is already taking John Key's attack on workers rights head-on today. Law changes shaping up to be worse than first thought by Andrew Little on October 13, 2014 The Prime Minister needs to…
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I am obviously really saddened by David's announcement that he is withdrawing from the Labour leadership contest. The combination of a poor electoral result, internal pressure and adverse media, created and fuelled from some within his own Parliamentary ranks, and a review of what is best for the…
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Statement from David Cunliffe I am today announcing that I have decided not to nominate for the 2014 Labour Party leadership contest. It has been a hard decision to make but it is one that I believe is in the best interests of the wider…
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Only a rumour at this stage... https://twitter.com/LIVENewsDesk/status/521442751993221120
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From I/S at No Right Turn: The GCSB has been using our embassies as spybases Last night, The Intercept leaked the NSA's "core secrets" - or rather, the list of classification keywords covering them. While the descriptions are intentionally vague, they're still illuminating - especially the ones marked…
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John Key is playing the terror card for all it's worth (and contradicting himself in the process). It's about to get worse: NZ PM talks changes to anti-terror laws similar to Australia New Zealand is considering detaining people with terrorist links on the grounds they…
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