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Daily review 07/02/2024
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Toitu te Tiriti
This Waitangi Day has been fascinating. Can I acknowledge the response of Ngāpuhi and other Iwi to the Government during the past couple of weeks. Their anger is palpable and their reo very direct but they made their protest noisily but peacefully and given the Government…
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Open mike 07/02/2024
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Daily review 06/02/2024
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Ratana and The Treaty of Waitangi
"My understanding is a guy came out as a prophet of his own religious movement in the 1870s. And politicians feel a strange obligation to be there every year. I've never felt that." David Seymour is shallow as a birdbath. With the Bible in one…
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Open mike 06/02/2024
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Daily review 05/02/2024
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A modest proposal on Waitangi day
While we are mourning the election result and wondering why the masses rejected the offer of GST off fruit and vegetables, I thought I would map out some suggestions that could make the New Zealand Labour Party, the party of our future. We might see…
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Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Originally published on Nick Kelly's blog Many question the value of the performing arts and drama. At the start of 2024, the ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office did what journalists, politicians and broader civil society have failed to do over the last…
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Open mike 05/02/2024
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The “New Zealand model” for prostitution liberalisation doesn’t work
lprent: There is an unsubstantiated assertion of fact in this Guest post that the Green party has been putting pressure to relax section 19 of the Prostitution Law Reform Act 2003. See my comment at the end of the post weka: The Women's Rights Party…
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Open mike 04/02/2024
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Coffee and Cigarettes
Coffee and cigarettes go hand-in-hand and hand-to-mouth. They are social lubricants but also good company in solitude. They are warm, comforting, and stimulating at the same time. A cup of coffee contains many components, notwithstanding the many over-used additions of sugar (and artificial sweeteners for…
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Open mike 03/02/2024
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Daily review 02/02/2024
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Which party are “we” bringing food to, Judith?
War with China? Or cocktails with the Colonels? I haven't got the invitations, but I'm a no for both. Speaking to Radio New Zealand about the prospect of New Zealand joining the AUKUS nuclear submarine-related deal, Defence Minister Judith Collins said: While the US has…
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The Apparatus behind the Curtain
The release from the Public Health Communication Centre Aotearoa around tobacco industry interference was a glimpse behind the curtain. And just like the curtain being pulled back in the Wizard of Oz, what we saw is the mechanics behind a mirage. The mirage in this…
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It has been a long week for Casey Costello
Spare a thought for Casey Costello. Fresh from her being elected to Parliament and rushed into Cabinet she has spent the first few weeks getting used to the job. And making a complete hash of it. On January 25 Radio New Zealand revealed that the…
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Open mike 02/02/2024
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Daily review 01/02/2024
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ACT’s performative FedFoke virtual signalling
Leaving aside the party politics for a moment, can I just say as someone who does housework, lives in the country and wears gumboots most of the year, this image is cringe af. You take your dirty boots off at the door, ya numpties. The…
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Christopher Luxon is no John Key
Yesterday in Parliament Christopher Luxon showed that he is struggling on the job. Good Prime Ministers have a solid grasp of the detail. They are briefed, are on top of the facts and understand and are prepared for the variety of potential attacks on the…
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Open mike 01/02/2024
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