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Daily Review 30/09/2015
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NRT: Muppets
I/S at No Right Turn on the Crown's apparent bungling of the Dotcom extradition case - and the potential cost to NZ. Muppets Kim Dotcom's extradition hearing is currently underway, and it appears to have hit a hurdle: the government can't find key documentation: The…
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Standard Changes
As a fair few peeps are aware ‘the standard’ has shed a wee few authors of late. This post isn’t about that. There has been some back end discussion on what positive structural or organisational changes we might be able to implement. That’s what this…
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Dunne: Our foreign policy lacks any commitment to human rights
Peter Dunne seems to be having an attack of conscience: Dunne Speaks Our foreign policy lacks any commitment to human rights. A bold conclusion maybe, but the most realistic one to be drawn from a couple of recent events where New Zealand appears to have…
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English: it’s all the planners’ fault
The NZHerald reports Finance Minister Bill English warning that Auckland housing has a risk of a massive house price crash because of an over-supply of housing, eight years from the initial shock in demand. Apparently a number of international studies show it takes eight years…
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Key pinches Labour’s Kermadec Sanctuary Policy
Someone ring the police. National has been stealing Labour's policies again. Last election Labour promised this: Kermadec world sanctuary area The Kermadec Islands are a part of New Zealand 1000 km to the northeast, and straddle tropical and temperate climates. The Kermadec marine region is…
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Open mike 30/09/2015
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Daily Review 29/09/2015
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It Came From the North
The Blairites in UK Labour, if Lord Mandelson was to be believed, kinda sorta issued a détente over Corbyn’s leadership. Anyone surprised to learn that they, erm, lied? When Corbyn became leader I said that SNP support could well get dented. But I also commented…
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Jarrod Gilbert on National’s Lies
There's a hard-hitting piece in the Herald today - from Jarrod Gilbert on how National has lied to the country's face and got away with it. Tolley claimed before the election that 34% of drug offences and 25% of homicides were by a small group…
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Commentary on research cuts
On a day when science is very much in the news, research in NZ is very much under fire. It's not just lefties such as yours truly who think it's mad to cut agricultural, especially emissions research. Today's anonymous editorial in The Herald: Research cuts…
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What other countries are doing about climate change
Greenpeace, 350 Aotearoa and the Coal Action Network have all called on the Government to stop Tim Groser from travelling to the Paris Climate change talks. And I agree with them. Not only is the Government's proposal so inept and so short of what is…
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Future Jobs
I'm going to get to reviewing Labour's next 3 Future of Work papers, honest. But in the meantime, I have something to share from Andrew McAfee. Just a great Ted Talk on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXQrbxD9_Ng He's looking at the opportunities and problems that technology is bringing…
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Christianity doesn’t compromise with other religions
Banning a piece of music from the Nelson's cathedral because of its Islamic content is part of the "bigotry" that has sparked religious conflicts, its composer says. Sir Karl Jenkins, who composed The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, has slammed the decision by Christ…
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Open mike 29/09/2015
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Daily Review 28/09/2015
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Groser don’t go
Greenpeace, 350 Aotearoa and the Coal Action Network have jointly urged John Key not to send Tim Groser to Paris for the climate change talks. They have also started an online campaign using the hashtag #Groserdontgo. Following is the text of their press release which…
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Campbell: The TPP dairy deal is done
Gordon Campbell (one of the last known practitioners of the dying art of journalism) claims that the TPP dairy deal is already done. Gordon Campbell on New Zealand’s TPP done deal on dairy, and on investor-state disputes For five years, the public has been denied…
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The problem is child poverty not CYF
The Government is busily trying to blame Child Youth and Family for its inability to handle the tsunami of social problems caused by child poverty. It clearly wants to make dramatic change to the Service and then claim that it has done something. Earlier…
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From out of the Shadows
SATAN'S CHOICE By Bonita Wagner Yesterday Phil Goff addressed Judith Collin's interesting diatribe about Corbyn by accusing her of beginning her move against John Key (and therefore Steven Joyce). Phil Goff is not, as some of you may…
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Goff: Collins planning her move
Judith Collins probably felt pretty pleased with her Sunday opinion piece: Judith Collins: Centre voters just the core, the action is on the fringes Thanks to Jeremy Corbyn's staggering rise to the top of the ranks in the British Labour Party, all I am hearing…
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Nats and reproductive rights
In the news this weekend: State may try to stop some families having more children Some families who have come to the attention of authorities may be stopped from having more children by the Government. ... Tolley acknowledged it would be a "huge step" for…
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Open mike 28/09/2015
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The decline of the Herald
The New Zealand Herald has always been essentially a cheerleader for the right. Its right wing dominated pages were however subject to the occasional burst of clearness and light provided by the likes of Brian Rudman and Dita di Boni. It also had writers capable…
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Oil drilling in Maui’s Dolphin’s habitat
Recent events have shown an unfortunate variation in the way that the Government handles issues concerning wildlife. During this month it has expressed willingness to house a couple of pandas at great cost while at the same time it has shown disregard for the future…
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Open mike 27/09/2015
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Bunnings strike
Bunnings staff are striking today after rejecting unfair contracts: Bunnings staff striking at New Zealand stores About 70 Bunnings workers delivered a strike notice at the company's head office on Thursday. First Union Retail and finance secretary Maxine Gay said Bunnings was proposing a collective…
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NZ doing more harm than good on climate change
How crap is it that we have come to this: Key told not to attend Paris and to pull NZ delegation Friday, 25 September 2015, 10:01 am Press Release: Greenpeace A coalition of environmental organisations (1), is calling for John Key not to attend the…
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Pope Francis speaks
Pope Francis is a breath of fresh air. While I have some pretty fundamental issues with aspects of Catholicism, there's no denying that Francis is saying many things that need to be said. He's given two important speeches recently, the first (full text) to the…
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