https://twitter.com/NewsroomNZ/status/969644622820532224 From the Newsroom link, Fonterra obtains injunction to keep secrets Dairy giant Fonterra has obtained a High Court injunction against a number of parties including Newsroom to prevent disclosure of 'confidential information'. The injunction was granted by Justice Karen Clark in the High Court…
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Spare a thought for Simon Bridges. This week he has taken on the most difficult job in politics, being the leader of the opposition. The first week is very important. It is a chance to make a name for yourself and set down the themes…
Does anyone want to take a punt on where the U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum will go? I think the first to move will be Canada, who will see it as a direct threat against its own huge steel and aluminum industry, as well…
https://www.facebook.com/nzgreenparty/videos/10155088007796372/ Transcript from greens.org.nz _______________________________________________________________________________ Tīhei mauriora! He mihi nui ki te whenua o te takiwā nei, Ngāti Kahungungu, me te haukaingā o tēnei marae o Pukemokimoki, tēnā koutou katoa mō tō manaakitanga. Greetings to the mana whenua of this area, Ngāti Kahungungu, and…
https://twitter.com/ChrisBramwell/status/969657917874958336 https://twitter.com/bootstheory/status/969664151277551616 https://twitter.com/AlexHannant/status/969780325025947648 From greens.org.nz ____________________________________________________________________________________ Green Party announces new transparency measures James Shaw MP on Saturday, March 3, 2018 - 12:13 Green Party Co-leader James Shaw has today announced two important new transparency measures, which will apply to Green Party Ministers, MPs and staff,…
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No contest this week. The winner of Doofus of the week was streets ahead of the competition. And he is the first person to win two doofus awards. Maybe this makes him a doofii. No surprises it is David Seymour, champion of the libertarian right,…
Idiot/Savant at No Right Turn writes: ______________________________________________________________________ Over on SciBlogs, Massey University's Ralph Sims argues that we should end exploration for oil and gas. The basic argument is that we have already polluted the atmosphere with too much carbon, and if we are to have…
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Does technology threaten democracy? Here's a recent dialogue from the most recent Munich Security Conference which suggests that it does. It is time to regulate the power of cyber criminals and cyber monopolies. I’m going to approach this briefly in two ways. The first is…
Last night Stuff's political reporter Henry Cooke hosted a Q and A session with Green Party female co-leader candidates Marama Davidson and Julie Anne Genter. There is useful insight into what the two women are thinking about the co-leadership and where the party is going,…
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This sounds quite good at first blush In the Netherlands, Ekoplaza will roll out plastic-free aisles across its 74 branches by the end of this year. But does "plastic free" incorporate the entire supply chain? Are the pallets that the goods are loaded on shrink…
Avid watchers of Simon Bridges’ regular breakfast television appearances debating Jacinda Ardern when they were both relatively junior MPs will recall that 9 times out of ten Jacinda wiped the floor with the new Head Tory. Fast forward a few years, and judging by Question…
https://twitter.com/golrizghahraman/status/933916882448482304 Yesterday in parliament, Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership—Release of Text Hon DAVID PARKER (Minister for Trade and Export Growth): I move, That this House note that the text of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership has been released, and will…
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It's pretty grim reading for the new Nat leader this morning - Barry Soper: National selecting Simon Bridges counts itself out of next election While the National Party whips were counting the votes for Simon Bridges after the second ballot in their super secret caucus…
We are awaiting the results of the first part of the review of the Reserve Bank. There is a case to be made that the Reserve Bank should be eradicated. Clutch your pearls, but the stage was set yesterday by Ministers Little and Parker about…
https://twitter.com/Arctic_Chunkys/status/968432141083299840 I don't know who Chunk is or what they are referring to, but I found their tweet apposite in the middle of a storm of #arctic news last night. More and more I think we have no idea what is going to happen. Both in…
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With a certain amount of schadenfreude I am watching the right's response to the decision to elevate Simon Bridges to the leadership. Having been involved in the Labour Party during a time of turmoil it is satisfying knowing that it is now National's turn to…
The new leader of the National Party has been announced. It is Simon Bridges with Paula Bennett remaining as deputy. Best of British to them. The next poll will be interesting.
We should know round about lunch time who the new leader of the National Party is going to be. The decision will show if National is planning for the future or dwelling in the past. Either is possible. If Simon Bridges wins, and he appears…
So in constitutional terms, Andrew Little and the Prime Minister dropped something of a bombshell at her post-cabinet press conference yesterday, announcing plans that the Government would give courts the ability to send legislation back to Parliament for them to review if it was ruled…
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