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Daily Review 21/07/2017
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Synthetic cannabis deaths
In news today - Seven deaths in Kiwi synthetic cannabis epidemic this month Police, Coroner investigating multiple synthetic cannabis deaths: 'further people are going to die' There are still stockpiled supplies of synthetic cannabis from before it was made illegal. These stockpiles are obviously dangerous.…
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NZ’s climate change guinea pigs
Last week RNZ covered a conflict between residents of a coastal village and their local council over climate change action (video below). The Whakatane District Council wants to evict 34 households because it believes they are no longer safe in extreme weather event floods. They've offered…
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Government admits it has “no idea” on homeless
Today in news that makes you want to scream: Govt admits it had 'no idea' of emergency housing costs Deputy Prime Minister Paula Bennett has admitted "in hindsight" the Government's response to the housing crisis has been too slow. At current spending rates, $50 million…
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The Catholic Church is urging its parishoners to vote
The following is a pamphlet that the Bishops of the Catholic Church in New Zealand is delivering to its parishioners. Looks like the Church is getting political. Good on it. Following is the text of the pamphlet. “Nothing else will change the world but people…
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Bravo Clare Curran
I've only just found out about this, or I would have written about it sooner: Making stand for homeless Moral judgements are not all that helpful when deciding who gets a house, Dunedin South MP Clare Curran says. "The bottom line is people need somewhere…
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Tax cuts or fix this…
Auckland City Councilor Richard Hills was on to something yesterday when he tweeted: There's a few more things below need fixing before tax cuts. You might want to add your own in comments. Good thing Labour is promising to cancel the tax cuts and spend…
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Open Mike 21/07/2017
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Daily Review 20/07/2017
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Why be a public servant?
Why be a public servant? Why in particular work in a government department in Wellington? Twenty years ago there was still a mythology that such office jobs were cushy numbers with great perks. Ten years ago some could still say they had a calling to…
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Break Left!
Hillary Clinton is currently less popular then Donald Trump. Yup. Not surprisingly, Bernie Sanders is still the most popular politician in the US. In the UK, Jeremy“unelectable”Corbyn would apparently become PM if a general election was to be held tomorrow. In pre-Corbyn Scotland, the SNP…
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Maori Party proposes immigrant slave labour!
There's a certain kind of employer that just loves migrant workers - Kiwifruit worker exploitation only the tip of the iceberg, and see 2016 - Uncovered: Exploitation of migrant workers rife in NZ. They'll probably be pretty pleased at this gem from the Maori Party…
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National reckon public health and education are a waste of money?
Voters have a clear choice this election - tax cuts for the already rich or more spending on social services. There's a good summary by Bernard Hickey on Newsroom - How Labour plans to spend $17bn and stay in surplus The key to Labour's spending…
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There is something rotten in the Ministry of Transport
Radio New Zealand is reporting that the State Services Commission review of the handling of the whistleblowers at the Ministry of Transport will conclude that they were forced out of their jobs by Joanne Harrison, the woman whose actions they complained about and who was…
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#IamMetiria
If you know that feeling of dread when you find a letter from WINZ in your letter box, or if you've experienced the roiling anxiety that comes from being 'called in' for an interview by WINZ, or if you've sighed that sigh of relief when…
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Open Mike 20/07/2017
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Daily Review 19/07/2017
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Winston back flips on his abolish Maori seats bottom line
Two days ago at his party conference Winston Peters promised "explosive policy" and one in particular that red necks throughout the country would support, putting the future of the Maori seats up for a general referendum. From Stuff at the time: Speaking to media following…
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Labour’s plan – billions for health and education
It's on: Labour lays out financial plan with billions more for health, education Labour has run its numbers and opened its books, promising multi-billion-dollar injections into health and education. If elected, Labour leader Andrew Little said he would pump $8b more over four years into…
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I am Metiria
I'm old enough to remember that in the mid 1980s people weren't blamed for being on a benefit. On the contrary, there was overt sympathy for people on the dole because the Labour government was busy experimenting on the economy and the alarming increase in…
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The Doctor Who helpline
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Flavell has “no idea” how homelessness got so bad
Hapless Te Ururoa Flavell has spent too long in Wellington - Waiariki candidates debate issues on TV But the number one issue for Mr Flavell was homelessness in the wider region. While Mr Flavell said he had "no idea" how homelessness got so bad in…
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Open Mike 19/07/2017
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Daily Review 18/07/2017
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Nats’ shameful surrender on suicide
The Nats know all about the importance of monitoring and goals when it comes to effecting change. For example, when it comes to beneficiary bashing: Mr English said the valuation [of benefit costs] was an important “performance tool” and would change the behaviour of the…
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Regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture is based on the idea that nature is a powerhouse of sustainability. It uses nature mimicry to establish productive systems that are self sustaining, require little external inputs, and that focus on ecological cycles like those that build soil rather than mechanistic systems…
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David Seymour is the smeghead of the year
I know the year is only part way through and that it is election year so there will be endless opportunities for politicians to be really dickish about things but I think we should call it now. We have a winner. No politican will be…
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Labour’s first campaign ad
The Greens a pushing hard for the strong left vote, Labour is aiming for the moderate / center left. Good tactics from the team that understands MMP. Labour's first campaign ad strongly features Andrew Little, see Vernon Small - 'Andrew Little, regular guy' is the…
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Benefit fraud vs white collar crime
The political hills are echoing with the aftermath of Meteri Turei's confession of lying to WINZ, and Paula Bennett's conciliatory and very precisely worded claim of not having done so "deliberately". A good time to revisit the topic of benefit fraud vs white collar crime…
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Open Mike 18/07/2017
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