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Open mike 07/02/2023
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Waitangi Day reading
https://twitter.com/domesticanimal/status/1621959640501354496 The Spinoff's Ranginui Walker: Te Tiriti and the abyss of meaning is a reprint of their 2001 excerpt from Walker's book Ka Whawhai Tonu Mātou, Struggle Without End (a history of Aotearoa from a Māori perspective). E-Tangata has David Williams: The Treaty, in English or Māori, is…
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Open mike 06/02/2023
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Gender Critical Disputes
Recent months have seen a rise in conflict in online spaces between different aspects of what is broadly called the gender critical movement (the wide range of views and politics that share in common the idea that biological sex is dimorphic, or binary, and that…
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Open mike 05/02/2023
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Open mike 04/02/2023
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Daily review 03/02/2023
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A week in the life of Mayor Wayne Brown
The Mayor of Supercity this week has given a textbook example of how not to communicate in a crisis. Friday: "It’s pissing down so no tennis." Saturday: "I've got to deal with media drongos over the flooding tomorrow so sadly no tennis for me tomorrow." Also…
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Protecting poor people: the call for a rent freeze in Auckland
You know how people like the Greens and climate activists bang on about the connection between social issues and environmental issues? And why Just Transition matters? Well, here's New Zealand's first major example visible to the mainstream: the climate-crisis-generated Auckland floods of the last week…
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Open mike 03/02/2023
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Daily review 02/02/2023
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National’s Brown problem
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is providing National strategists with a rather large headache. He was elected on the basis of being Mr Fixit, he ran a policy platform that was really light and during the campaign he was relentlessly negative. He also suggested his professional…
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Open mike 02/02/2023
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Daily review 01/02/2023
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2023: Year of the Long Grind
There will be no respite for any of us this year; it’s a politics and a society of endurance. 2023 will now be about Auckland’s recovery much as 2012 was about recovery for Christchurch. Daily travel will only recover slowly. For approximately 24 hours Auckland…
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The Cabinet Reshuffle
Chris Hipkins has announced his cabinet reshuffle and there have been some dramatic changes. Here is the list showing changes in ranking. Hipkins 4 Sepuloni 4 Davis 0 Robertson -2 Woods -1 Tinetti 9 Wood 9 Verrall 11 Jackson 5 Allan 6 Nash 1 O'Connor…
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Open mike 01/02/2023
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