New Zealand is not an intellectual or innovation powerhouse but the rapid decline of our entire tertiary education is a tragedy. This week notices were sent out to thousands of polytech employees and many many hundred of them will shortly have no job. This was…
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The story of wire stories having been altered for the last five years on the RNZ website undetected is mindboggling. However, I don’t think this is an isolated case and more of these kinds of ‘mistakes’ will surface in other websites of NZ news media.…
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I have met the enemy, and he is charmingly mild. In a 0 centigrade night the Wanaka town hall was so full that they moved us all from a 60-seater to 200 seater auditorium with all the speed of a fire evacuation in a retirement…
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Press release from Greenpeace Aotearoa 14/6/23 Grandmother and climate activist Rosemary Penwarden was today found guilty of two charges brought against her for sending a satirical letter notifying oil industry conference speakers that the 2019 PEPANZ Petroleum Conference had been postponed until further notice due…
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Over recent periods National has run a very tightly focused campaign against state support for Tesla owners. The aim is to minimise the credit that should be given to the Government's Clean Car Discount Policy. This is a policy designed to make people choose more…
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When Don Brash strode the country seeking to be its next Prime Minister he divided, abused minority groups, got caught trying to hop into When John Key strode the country seeking to be its next Prime Minister he did the opposite, he brokered a deal…
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I feel very sorry for Michael Wood. Like Bomber Bradbury I consider him to be a scrupulously moral and ethical man of enormous mana. As a Minister he has been on top of his game and has been hard working and conscientious. And it is…
Last night I watched Christopher Luxon in a interview with Jack Tame on Q&A from youtube. My takeaway from it was that I don't want this fool anywhere near actual policy. Even worse was that was in the question of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), A…
James Shaw, co-leader of the Green Party of New Zealand, speaking at the launch of the Greens' new Ending Poverty Together plan yesterday, The Governments that we have been a part of since 2017 have lifted just shy of thirty thousand children out of poverty.…
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