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Open mike 10/04/2021
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Daily review 09/04/2021
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The Covid India issue
This is a desperately difficult issue. India is currently experiencing a surge in Covid cases. Per head of population the number is not huge. But Mumbai, where a significant number of returning kiwis transit through is a hot spot. And the number of infected people…
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Bridges is back?
Judith Collins has more reasons to be worried. There is a rumour of a Simon Bridges-Chris Luxon leadership ticket potentially having a run for the leadership of the National Party. In this paywalled article Claire Trevett in the Herald reports that there is talk about…
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Open mike 09/04/2021
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Daily review 08/04/2021
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Click bait frenzy
Media has been awash with discussion about Mike Hosking's recent interaction with Jacinda Ardern. She was invited onto his show, agreed to appear, was grilled on isolation facility beds, and gave responses. End of story you would think. But NZME then constructed a story out…
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Open mike 08/04/2021
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Daily review 07/04/2021
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Open mike 07/04/2021
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Go well Kiri Allan
Kiri Allan has announced that she is suffering from stage three cervical cancer. It says so much about her character that on the day she had ultrasound tests was the day that she fronted the media to guide the country through the threat posed by…
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Daily review 06/04/2021
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Bubble bubble toil and trouble
An announcement on the Trans Tasman bubble is expected this afternoon. From Radio New Zealand: The government will today announce when the country will begin a long anticipated trans-Tasman bubble with Australia. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will make the announcement this afternoon, after meeting with…
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Open mike 06/04/2021
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The biggest grifter
Possibly the greatest grifter the world have ever seen has been caught out involved in the most spectacular grift you can imagine. Basically his campaign team sucked in a whole lot of republican voters by asking for urgent donations but then treating them as regular…
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What is Socialism – a primer for idiots
I know I should not take the bait but occasionally I bite at the Herald’s click bait masquerading as opinion pieces. One recent example was this dumpster fire of an opinion piece by Merchant Banker Troy Bowker. He is the Executive director of Caniwi Capital,…
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Open mike 05/04/2021
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Open mike 04/04/2021
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Open mike 03/04/2021
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Greta Thunberg is now 18
Greta Thunberg turned 18 a few months ago and I did not notice it until now. She has had this cut through with the world's media for the past few years. She set herself up as a one person campaign against climate change. She simply…
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Open mike 02/04/2021
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Daily review 01/04/2021
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National Party leadership spill under way
Credible sources indicate that a Chris Penk-Simeon Brown ticket have the numbers for a National Party leadership spill and have started the process. Stand by for developments.
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Open mike 01/04/2021
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