I suspect that Heather Du Plessis Allan may be off National's christmas card list. Because she has been pointing out some rather inconvenient truths. Like how National has made the leaking of sensitive information an art form. And she has squarely placed the leaking of…
Ten seconds of Peak Greenwash that have got me all ranty, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frkw6aurVUY#t=1m03s https://twitter.com/jose_miguel_fdz/status/1164037111743275008 https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1162741706053312512 We will not be able to eat electric cars, or breathe them. This shit has to stop and it needs us to make it stop. Greenwashed BAU is a death trap.…
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https://twitter.com/protectihumatao/status/1163646331467886592 Sign the petition here. Protect Ihumātao hope to get the number of signatures to 30,000 by the end of the hīkoi today. FB Video of the start of the Ihumātao hīkoi this morning, Other FB livestreams on the Protect Ihumātao FB page.RadioNZ report,…
During the election campaign in 2017 it became a concern that despite Labour's stated intention that all New Zealanders deserved to live with dignity and be free from poverty, their approach to welfare was that there would be certain New Zealanders who would be sacrificed…
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I am really not a fan of political candidates bullshitting that they and only they can get the unachievable in politics. John Tamihere - candidate for Auckland city Mayor, is just the epitome of this kind of blowhard. Politically over many years, he has been…
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I've just been reading the decision by the IPCA on the botched and quite illegally obtained warrants for a search of Nicky Hager's house and belongings, and the unwarranted searches of his accounts with various businesses. The whole process in this investigation just stinks. It…
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Kelvin Davis, Andrew Little and the Maori caucus in the Labour Party are showing their mettle by proposing reforms to the prison system that are radical and which will no doubt incense the lauranorda brigade. Let's face it. The current system is not working. Our…
Three years ago I put up a post What if there were only 34 more whitebait harvests left? It was based on this graphic by freshwater fish expert Stella McQueen that suggests whitebait will be extinct by 2050. From the post, "We've seen this increase…
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When the Clark-Cullen government formed Fonterra, they formed a Leviathan to stand astride its global markets and take on the might of the European and U.S. giants. That Labour-led government had ambition for New Zealand. Brian Easton noted in a 2016 paper to the Fabian…
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The Pacific Leaders' Forum has occurred this week. The area is the first to feel the effects of climate change. Increased intensity of storms and storm surges and rising sea levels are already making Pacific life hard. The writing is on the wall for many…
A very informative analysis showed that patriarchy is alive and well in NZ local authorities. The face of local government in NZ is white, male, and middle-aged. Since 1989, the number of female candidates and elected women has been gradually rising. However, the voter turnout…
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I'm very pleased to see the government moving to protect prime food growing land from development. Environment Minister David Parker said the government would "prefer potatoes" to more subdivisions. He and the Agriculture Minister today released a document for public consultation on the threats this…
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