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Open mike 18/05/2016
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Daily Review 17/05/2016
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Homeless coverage goes international
The Guardian has covered the Auckland homeless crisis: New Zealand housing crisis forces hundreds to live in tents and garages Property prices in Auckland have increased by nearly 80% in five years, leaving some families unable to buy or rent Hundreds of families in Auckland…
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The 2016 Scoop Foundation Membership Drive
Everyone says they want to support good journalism. Here's you chance! Journalism: A New Model - The 2016 Scoop Foundation Membership Drive The Scoop Foundation is seeking public support to safeguard the future of public interest journalism in New Zealand. To ensure public access to…
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Tax cuts! No! Yes! Maybe! Look over there!
No country with record, climbing debt and homeless living in cars should be considering tax cuts. Bill English was right to rule them out for this term: Budget 2016: Government rules out tax cuts The Government says tax cuts are now off the table in…
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Open mike 17/05/2016
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Daily Review 16/05/2016
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Nice weather down here…
April 2016 - the average combined ocean and land surface temperature for this April was 1.29°C above the historical average land and ocean surface temperature for April. And this April was by far the hottest April on a record running back to 1880. March was…
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We have to have poverty so we can have a tax cut
National's 2017 campaign strategy is now out of the bag. An earlier report by Richard Harman (paywalled) that Bill English was predicting a Government surplus in the billions is now being backed up by discussion of a possible tax cut in next year's budget. From…
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NZ fishery catch 2.7 times reported – new study says
New Zealand’s fishery catch has been estimated at a staggering 2.7 times more than reported, over a 60 year period, according to a new, long-term, peer-reviewed study. New Zealand’s fishing quota system has been paraded as an international success story of how a national fishery…
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The hidden homeless and the speculators
Some excellent pieces on Auckland's housing over the weekend. From The Nation: Auckland's hidden homeless A growing numbers of families are being forced to live in cars because of unaffordable housing. Families living in their cars. Brighter Future! Government figures show rents for three-bedroom houses…
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The real reason that politicians will take no action on tax haven corruption
Size of the circle represents the named profession's proportion of occurrence in the Panama Papers - Shocking, right? Actually, this data is probably unreliable - "Some people may see that politicians are the largest group, but that might simply be an artifact of the notability…
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Open mike 16/05/2016
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