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CWC15 Final
Big day for NZ cricket - all the best to the Black Caps! A post for those who want to discuss the cricket. Or if not, I - (r0b) have this theory that right wingers are much more "tribal" about sporting events than lefties -…
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LocalBodies: Northland speaks and National still isn’t listening
Reposted from Local Bodies. Steven Joyce was interviewed on Q & A about the heavy loss National had experienced in the Northland bye-election. He was challenged by Corin Dann regarding the Government's neglect of the regions. Joyce was adamant that Northland was unique and what…
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Crowdfunding Scoop – last chance
The Scoop crowdfunding campaign at Pledgeme has met its initial target, but if you value independent news and investigative journalism there is still 12 hours left to give them a hand: We plan to transform into a not-for-profit media organisation held for the benefit of…
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Some random thoughts on the Northland result
Stephanie Rodgers has covered the implications of the Northland election result well but I thought I would add a few comments. Firstly I am not aware of such a significant swing ever occurring in a New Zealand election. To go from a 9,300 majority to…
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Open mike 29/03/2015
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By-elections are FPP
Just now on TV3's Northland special Patrick Gower and Duncan Garner were saying that Labour had lost all moral high ground on "dirty deals" and Little had done a deal with Winston. Presumably as "that's MMP" and this result stinks likes Epsom. Except... it doesn't.…
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Random observations
https://twitter.com/rsalmond/status/581723810459570176 https://twitter.com/NanaiaMahuta/status/581715151063109632 https://twitter.com/WillowPrime/status/581732421374087168 https://twitter.com/rnzbenedict/status/581739395469873152 https://twitter.com/michaelwoodnz/status/581729135153680384 https://twitter.com/farmgeek/status/581722703461158912 https://twitter.com/MatthewHootonNZ/status/581727520090816512 https://twitter.com/MatthewHootonNZ/status/581727290561728512 https://twitter.com/hcirePT/status/581720277903499264 https://twitter.com/ColeyTangerina/status/581723533836881920 https://twitter.com/RobJStewartNZ/status/581724721219174400 https://twitter.com/FoxyLustyGrover/status/581717094632304640 https://twitter.com/ConradReyners/status/581719597960683520 https://twitter.com/CitizenBomber/status/581719122385338368 https://twitter.com/bryce_edwards/status/581726340807692288 https://twitter.com/nzlabour/status/581729863553261568
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Winston takes Northland
I was planning on posting this in the morning ... but it seems pointless to wait! Well. The only word to describe that is "a pasting". Winston was hugely ahead from the moment the first results dropped on the Electoral Commission's wonderfully sturdy website, and…
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The Northland Buy Election
The polling booths are closed and the count has begun. Will National lose one of its safest seats to the man National attacked and ridiculed in 2008? Will this be the beginning of the end of the John Key reign? Will the good people of…
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International reaction to our spying
How are other nations going to react to our spying on them? Key's response when the question arose in Korea was very typical of him - bullshit and bluster: Mr Key says the Koreans simply do not care, "because they wouldn't give a monkey's and…
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Open mike 28/03/2015
Today being buy election day in Northland means that everyone should refrain from making comments about the buy election until polling booths close at 7:00 pm. There will be a post up at 7:01 pm where you can comment to your heart's content. Apart from…
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Weekend social 27/03/2015
Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?
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Trying to get the truth out of a Nat
Russel Norman tries to get the truth out of Simon Bridges. Bridges really really doesn't want to admit that NZ's emissions have increased by 20% from 2008 to 2012. 5 minutes and 10 seconds of painful nonsense to get an answer... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMZGKzr8ZzI
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Tremain on Northland
Tremain in the Otago Daily Times (via comments):
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Dim-Post tracking poll
Danyl at Dim-Post does great work with his tracking poll (average of polls), yesterday updated for the first time since the election. Check out the post for notes on the poll and discussion, but the take-home message is:
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The Key magic
If National lose in Northland (and despite the polls I still find it hard to believe that a party machine that well resourced and that desperate can be beaten) then the main casualty will be the myth of the "Key magic". John Armstrong still believes…
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Open mike 27/03/2015
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Caption competition
Courtesy of Claire Trevett:
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IGIS to investigate GCSB Pacific spying
Press Release from the Inspector General of Intelligence and Security on Scoop: Inquiry into allegations of GCSB interception in Pacific The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, Cheryl Gwyn, will commence an inquiry into complaints over alleged interception of communications of New Zealanders working or travelling…
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Woodhouse: tough on bad employers?
It should be heartening to see a National Minister of Labour (sorry, "Workplace Relations and Safety") handing out to "bad" employers some of the no-nonsense tough-talk the right usually reserves for pregnant teenagers and people who don't like being illegally spied on: Employers who exploit…
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Labour History Project 2015 essay competition
For the second time, the Labour History Project is running an essay competition to inspire debate on alternative futures. In December 2014, an OECD report ranked New Zealand as the most deeply affected by growing income inequality out of all developed countries. It makes the…
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Wikileaks releases TPP chapter
Announcement here: Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) - Investment Chapter WikiLeaks releases today the "Investment Chapter" from the secret negotiations of the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) agreement. The document adds to the previous WikiLeaks publications of the chapters for Intellectual Property Rights (November 2013) and the…
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Peters: Northland wants an explanation
Winston Peters is heading down to the wire. Too little, too late for National - Winston Peters It's too little too late for Prime Minister John Key when it comes to saving his party's seat in Northland, by-election front-runner Winston Peters says. After cutting short…
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John Key’s Lies Since The 2014 Election
' He's been a busy lad, that John Key. Lying pretty much non-stop during the 2014 election campaign with his "left wing conspiracy" mantra, he's slowed down a bit since polling day on 20 September, settling into a more sedate but steady pace. Stretching from the very…
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Open mike 26/03/2015
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Northland: 3News Poll Nails Nats.
The latest 3News/Reid Research poll confirms that voters are seeing this as a two horse race. And one of the two horses is decidedly lame. Winston Peters is on 54%, well ahead of National's Mark Osborne (34%) and Labour’s Willow-Jean Prime is coming a distant…
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NRT: An unwarranted invasion of privacy
From I/S at No Right Turn... An unwarranted invasion of privacy The Herald's David Fisher reports that the police are regularly accessing people's private and personal information without any form of warrant or oversight: Broad swathes of people's personal data are being sought regularly by police from…
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Early heavy voting in Northland continues
The heavy voting in Northland that we pointed out last week is continuing. Its cumulative total as at yesterday at just under 7809 votes is close to double that in the 2014 election when it was about 4387 at the same time in the lead up to the…
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Caption Contest: Northland Special
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Peters for Northland
I have changed my mind.* I advocated previously for Northland Progressives to support Willow Jean Prime. While she is still deserving of support I now think that strategic considerations make the defeat of National of utmost importance and, dare I say this, Winston winning is the only realistic…