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Open mike 21/11/2021
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Mothers of the Revolution
Inspiring NZ in-cinema premiere of this NZ -made movie about the amazing women of Greenham Common at the Wellington Film Festival today. Their years-long protest led directly to the INF treaty, a major advance in nuclear safety. It's well worth seeing - a timely reminder…
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Astroturfers of the world unite
Well this is unfortunate. Two days before what is claimed will be the mother of all protests links between the Groundswell organisation and the Taxpayers Union have been discovered. Groundswell has a website up and running to coordinate events and no doubt to harvest the…
act feminism making shit up national same old national spin tax taxpayers union you couldn't make this shit up
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Open mike 20/11/2021
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Daily review 19/11/2021
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The pandemic response is like driving a car
We live in interesting times and there is so much to think and write about. I’ve been mulling the mandate hot potato and some of its more predictable (as in likely) consequences but I’ll leave that for now because I’m getting all steamed up when…
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Is This The New State We Want?
The New Zealand state is gaining power again, but is it what we want? Some, just a few, may still remember a grey old time when central government was simple and huge. It provided you with electricity and gas, insurance, postal and banking services, local-focused…
Economy kiwisaver Privatisation social democracy Social issues superannuation uncategorized
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National is being utterly irresponsible
Yesterday's behaviour from the National Party reinforced why I should use every spare minute I have to make sure that Labour and the Greens should continue to form the Government. Because in the middle of a pandemic where the numbers in hospital are increasing and…
chris bishop covid-19 health Judith Collins national same old national
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Open mike 19/11/2021
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Daily review 18/11/2021
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Auckland could become a ghost town this summer
Many Aucklanders are poised to leave the city when the borders open (and the bubble bursts?) on 15 December. This is understandable after having been cooped up for months and no chance of taking selfies on the beach outside of Auckland and the conviction that…
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Open mike 18/11/2021
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Daily review 17/11/2021
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The Mandate To Say Goodbye
Amana Christian School Principal Roslyn King, unvaccinated, as of yesterday cannot enter the grounds of her school. The school has lost two of their four staff and the Principal claims it is one of the darkest days in New Zealand education. There are many such…
covid-19 education health human rights religion uncategorized
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Down the rabbit hole
Former National MP Matt King who Judith Collins thinks is a lovely guy, is in the news again. From Radio New Zealand: The National Party is distancing itself from a former MP who has questioned the effectiveness of the Covid vaccine in a lengthy video…
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Open mike 17/11/2021
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Daily review 16/11/2021
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Open mike 16/11/2021
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Daily review 15/11/2021
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How Covid may play out
So Aotearoa New Zealand finds itself in a situation where pretty well every other nation in the world has found itself repeatedly. We have now had four Covid waves. The first three were dealt with fairly quickly. This Delta wave is proving to be much…
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Open mike 15/11/2021
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