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Daily review 08/11/2023
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Nigel Haworth on Labour at the crossroads
Professor Emeritus Management and International Business at University of Auckland, and former Labour Party President, Nigel Haworth made this comment yesterday morning ahead of the Labour Party Caucus leadership vote. No decision on leadership of the Labour Party should be made today. Any decisions about…
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Open mike 08/11/2023
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Hipkins endorsed
It was never going to be anything else, but two positives emerged. All policy options are back on the table, including tax, and there are the beginning of a realisation that the main task ahead is to rebuild a strong and progressive party. A very…
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Daily review 07/11/2023
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Open mike 07/11/2023
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Daily review 06/11/2023
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Nu phone who dis?
Let the circus start. It is very early days and already, in what appears to be a finely calibrated insult to make David Seymour appear weak, Winston Peters has responded to the first overture from the Act leader for talks by ignoring him. From Bridie…
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Open mike 06/11/2023
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What happened in the Maori seats
I am not sure that there was anyone, apart from John Tamihere, who were publicly predicting that Te Pāti Māori would pick up six seats. So what happened? The final results clearly indicate that there was a great deal of strategic voting taking place. Labour's…
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Open mike 05/11/2023
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Greenpeace: Luxon’s threat to roll back climate action at odds with emissions targets
Press Release from Christine Rose at Greenpeace 1/11/23 _______________________________________________________________ Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling on Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon to commit to real climate action, as reports reveal New Zealand is now at risk of not meeting its Paris Agreement emissions reduction targets. “It’s not enough…
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Open mike 04/11/2023
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Daily review 03/11/2023
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2023 Final results
National loses 2 electorate seats to Labour, Nelson by 29 votes and Te Atatu by 131 votes. National will probably pick up Port Waikato in the by-election. Te Pāti Māori picked up two electorate seats from Labour which means that parliament will have a 2…
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A point on the long wait
Today we will get the final election counts. It will now include the estimated special declaration vote of 567,000 (20.2% of the vote) to count including and estimated 80,000 overseas and dictation votes. This can change the precise balance in parliament and in electorate seats…
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Labour’s leadership
Now that the dust is settling it is time for the Labour Party to think about its future. The last election result was a disaster. Special votes due today may get the left a few electorate seats and another seat in total but Labour looked…
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Open mike 03/11/2023
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Daily review 02/11/2023
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Has Labour become a cadre Party? Pt 1 Leadership
In 2021, I voted against Labour's conference proposal for midstream leadership change to be determined by Caucus alone, saying that it risked Labour becoming a cadre party. A friend liked what I said, but thought few would understand what I meant. A series of posts…
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The Injustice of Blackball
There is no "just transition" occurring on New Zealand's west coast and there should be. Blackball was in many senses the start of the labour movement in New Zealand, with the big 1908 miners strike going for 10 weeks making it the longest in New…
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Open mike 02/11/2023
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Daily review 01/11/2023
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Pagani and Edwards do not understand the working class
Bryce Edwards has posted this article suggesting that the country needs more working class in Parliament. At one level I could not agree more. There are far too many wealthy people in Parliament and most of them are interested only in maintaining and improving their…
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Open mike 01/11/2023
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