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In a striking example of the typical climate change denier, the "Australian Young Coal Coalition" released a photo bemoaning the mess left by friday's climate change strike rally in Hyde Park. Pity that it was a lying fake. Being put out by climate change deniers,…
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It is regrettable, and not helpful for a properly functioning democracy, but National's rhetoric is getting more extreme, and getting to the pants on fire stage. As well as being unnecessarily personal. Take for instance this tweet sent out on Thursday. https://twitter.com/simonjbridges/status/1174472795952074753 There was one…
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The day before the Global Climate Strike, the Guardian published an open letter from a large number of Australian academics, declaring their support for Extinction Rebellion, It is unconscionable that we, our children and grandchildren should have to bear the terrifying brunt of this unprecedented…
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Press Release from NZIER Getting the balance right : The effect of water quality proposals on the New Zealand economy 16 September 2019 NZIER report to the New Zealand Fish and Game Council, Forest and Bird and Greenpeace. Many of New Zealand’s waterways are now…
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Even though New Zealand is one of the most oil-reliant countries on earth, this government appears unable to pronounce the words let alone respond to what is going on. Three things inside a month are really bringing this home big time. The first on Monday…
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Last month Idiot/Savant at No Right Turn wrote:_____________________________________________________________________________ Yesterday, we learned that Auckland Transport wanted to turn Auckland into a surveillance state, with an extra 8,000 cameras equipped with facial recognition technology. Today, we learned that the police want to use those cameras: The…
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France President Macron's remarkable and wide-ranging speech to French ambassadors after France hosted the recent G7 conference in Biarritz is well worth a read. He lays it all out - so much better than Trump's tweets or BoJo's bluster. An overview: We are probably in…
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18 September 2019Media release Kiingi Tuuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII has successfully guided the mana whenua of lhumaatao to reach a consensus on the future of their whenua. The King visited lhumaatao on Saturday 3rd August with a message of unity and peace and offered…
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Simon Bridges is struggling. The latest evidence is his attacking Jacinda Ardern over the Christchurch Call, designed to address hate speech on social media. Last week the Herald reported him as saying this: "Somehow by having a talkfest with Twitter and Facebook and coming up…
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Next weekend is the United Nations Climate Action Summit. Everyone will be there, including our Prime Minister. The two Godzillas of CO2 production who influence our little country the most are, by a massive degree, Australia and China. And the key to their CO2 contribution…
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Radio New Zealand reported this morning that an independent inquiry has concluded that an Oravida associated company was implicated in the rupturing of the oil line that caused something of a crisis for Auckland's jet fuel supply. From Radio New Zealand: The inquiry found "with…
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It feels like Jacinda Ardern and the Labour Party have been hung drawn and quartered when it comes time to discussing the sexual assault allegations. But was there a rush to judgment? I mean I can understand the relative motivations. From the left is the…
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It’s been on my mind for some time to write down some thoughts on the race within the Democratic Party for some time. So here are some thoughts. There are just three candidates in the race who might make a reasonable claim to being progressive…
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The war that Saudi Arabia and its allies has been waging against the Houthi side in the civil war in Yemen took a interesting turn yesterday. Houthi claimed an attack on Saudi oil processing facilities using drone strikes. It is likely to significantly reduce the…
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As you may be aware in Auckland right now we have a local government election campaign. The most difficult job in New Zealand politics, the Auckland Mayoralty, is being contested fiercely. The leading contenders are Phil Goff and John Tamihere. There are another 19 lesser…
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I'm just going to get straight to the best routes they still have. Naturally, make the most of your leader. Jacinda Ardern is the best politician in front of a television camera we've had since John Key's first term. Everyone, I mean everyone loses a…
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