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Daily review 30/04/2024
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The best of climate communication
Hands down, this is one of the best pieces of climate communication I have ever seen. Environmentalist and journalist Bill McKibben nails it in two minutes. Transcript below, but the video is better. https://twitter.com/briefbutspectac/status/1783152584787652701 Climate change is unique among our political problems in that it…
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Open mike 30/04/2024
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Right wing plunges in latest poll
We were told it would rock the entire Parliament and this latest One News Verian Poll and it will. I can sense a deathly silence in the halls of Government once this poll result came out. The results are: National - 36% down 2 Act…
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Daily review 29/04/2024
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The Treaty of Waitangi and Oranga Tamariki
For Court watchers there has been some interesting recent developments. The Waitangi Tribunal has been considering complaints that the removal of reference to te Tiriti o Waitangi is a breach of te Tiriti. Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act, which was introduced by the…
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The Jack Tame and James Shaw korero
Ahead of his leaving parliament, James Shaw was interviewed by Jack Tame on TVNZ's Q & A yesterday. Tame is at his usual excellent standard, choosing this time to facilitate the conversation rather than pushing on the hard questions. Shaw is open and relaxed, much…
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Open mike 29/04/2024
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Open mike 28/04/2024
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This is fine
There is absolutely nothing to worry about if the Fast-track Approvals Bill gets passed into law and Shane Jones gets extraordinary powers to decide on consent applications which normally would be subject to enormous rigour and oversight. I mean he would not be that brazen…
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NZ White Rural Rage
Maori forced all the banks to close. Jacinda was a pretty little communist. Gays forced cows to stop defacating in the streams. Transsexuals put Council rates up to pay for Three Waters. Jacinda made the world car manufacturers go electric. The EU and the UN…
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Open mike 27/04/2024
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Daily review 26/04/2024
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Open mike 26/04/2024
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New Zealand Needs a Security Alliance Fast
If only the world were as Helen Clark sees it. But Helen Clark is wrong. In a recent panel discussion at Parliament, Helen Clark was forthright in opposition against New Zealand joining AUKUS. Not entirely wrong. If we align ourselves too far into an Australia-United…
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Open mike 25/04/2024
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Daily review 24/04/2024
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Goneburger
As predicted 10 days ago the first Ministerial goneburger has occurred and it is Melissa Lee. It will be interesting to find out what happened in the background. The fingerprints of Winston Peters already appear to be all over this. Penny Simmonds has lost the…
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What does this Government have against the environment
It is almost as if the environment was really cruel to senior members of the Government when they were kids. But whatever the reason this Government appears to be intent on wrecking the local environment with a degree of vengeance and stupidity not seen before.…
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It’s not a culture war, it’s a class war, and the left should be naming it as such
Micky had a good post up last month listing the current blue muckery NACTF are engaged in. I am however going to disagree that this is the culture war. It's class war and we should be naming it as such. The culture wars exist, and…
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Open mike 24/04/2024
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Daily review 23/04/2024
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Open mike 23/04/2024
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Daily review 22/04/2024
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Open mike 22/04/2024
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Joining US military alliance not in our national interest
Cross-posted from Solidarity Helen Clark, o how I miss you. The former New Zealand Prime Minister – the safest pair of hands this country has had in living memory – gave a masterclass on the importance of maintaining an independent foreign policy when she spoke…
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The list
Making a major infrastructure deal happen takes years of planning, exceptionally qualified people on all sides, and in New Zealand it takes about ten years of your life. Until now. What it now requires is the ability to draft a proposal just far enough that…
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The Liz Truss of the South Seas
Readers will no doubt recall Liz Truss, the former UK Prime Minister who enjoyed the shortest reign in the office and who was famously outlasted by an iceberg lettuce. She has recently released a book ominously titled "Ten Years to save the West". Reviews of…
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Open mike 21/04/2024
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Open mike 20/04/2024
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