Synopsis: Where are we going under this right wing Coalition government? What does it look like? What do they ultimately want? Beliefs Before we get there, I want to quickly re-clarify some core beliefs I started writing after I took a closer look at the…
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David Seymour's dog whistle Principles of Treaty of Waitangi Bill has now been introduced and has been referred to the Justice Select Committee for the consideration of submissions. The right will no doubt be rallying their supporters making sure they put submissions in. They will…
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We woke up last week to the post-mortem on the US election. How and why Trump won, and their implications for political alignments everywhere, are front and centre. A fundamental issue, explicitly identified when Trump won in 2016, is the presence of large sections of…
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2024 is the worst-ever year for our forest export industry as a whole, with most of our largest sawmills closing and the loss of hundreds of jobs. In the latest, Kinleith is about to close with the loss of 230 jobs. The politics of this…
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In recent days, David Seymour has been whining that no-one is seriously debating his stupid little bill to supposedly try to redefine what the Treaty of Waitangi means. The problem is that it is not the Treaty of Waitangi that this bill attacks. It is…
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You have to admire David Seymour's ability to completely misrepresent reality. Like yesterday in this Herald opinion piece where he calimed that the Treaty Principles Bill "commits to protecting the rights of everyone, including Māori, and upholding Treaty settlements. It commits to give equal enjoyment…
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