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Open mike 05/05/2025
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The Ukraine-United States Deal
In the spirit of John F. Kennedy seeking peace deals by humanising your enemy, and trading what you know the other side wants, a reprise to my prior post on peacemaking deals for Ukraine. The United States and Ukraine have signed a peace agreement to…
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Coalition definitively rejected in Aussie
The defining characteristic of the 2025 Federal election in Australia to me is that the Dutton model of vague way down in the future policies, and grumpy grievance now policies was soundly rejected. The voting of preferences is ongoing. But Labour has already up a…
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Labor Wins In Australia
This is a Labor landslide. Australia is by a long, long way the most important country to New Zealand. Nearly a million of us live there. So this election really matters to us. Dutton lost his seat. The Independents surged. The Greens got no seats.…
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Open mike 04/05/2025
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Open mike 03/05/2025
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The monkey still has the gun!
When John Oliver isn't ragging on New Zealand, which of course I am required to not have a sense of humour about. But , he and his writers have a keen senses in explaining complex topics clearly. He did one long section a couple of…
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Daily review 02/05/2025
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Blind Spots When Playing for Big Stakes
The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand has always worn its values proudly. Few political movements in this country have taken representation as seriously. And for that, it deserves real credit. Look at the current list and you’ll see something few other parties can claim:…
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Open mike 02/05/2025
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Daily review 01/05/2025
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The Greens’ Industrial Strategy: Green Jobs Guarantee and Ministry of Green Works
Released on May Day, the following is from the Green Party's website. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealanders should be in control of our economy, our jobs and our future. We don’t need to leave our fate to be decided by international shareholders From the West Coast of…
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National yet again wants to take away prisoner voting rights
This feels like the movie Groundhog Day. Yet again National has announced that it will take away voting rights for prisoners. It has some history in this area and looking at my previous posts I have been writing about this subject for a while. This…
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Open mike 01/05/2025
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Daily review 30/04/2025
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Open mike 30/04/2025
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Daily review 29/04/2025
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Culture wars and the Waitākere Ranges
Out west there have erupted claims that Auckland Council is giving away rights to the Waitākere Ranges to local iwi Te Kawerau ā Maki. The dreaded phrase "co governance" is being used. There is one distinct problem with what is being said. It is absolutely…
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After ANZAC Day
ANZAC Day 2025 is just so dark in the face of a hot war in the Ukraine, and the real lack of commanding peacemakers left on this earth. So I turned recently to Professor Jeffrey Sachs who wrote about what an actual peacemaker could do…
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Tory Whanau leaves Wellington mayoral race for Māori ward
Wellington mayor Tory Whanau has announced she won't run for mayor again at this year's local body elections. She names two reasons: one is former Labour Party leader Andrew Little stepping into the race, and her desire to continue working for Wellington as a Māori…
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Open mike 29/04/2025
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Daily review 28/04/2025
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Open mike 28/04/2025
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On Gallipoli and Gaza
Gallipoli was then. Gaza is now. Gallipoli was a disaster, driven by arrogance and incompetence. Gaza is an atrocity, driven by unconscionable evil. The news today that the Israeli forces are blockading all entry to Gaza, driving those inside to die of famine as food…
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Atlas and the Treaty Principles Bill
It is time to reflect on what happened with the Atlas Network and the Treaty Principles Bill. In January last year in this post I noted how George Monbiot described how the Atlas Network was behind leaders who sought to achieve the following: A crash…
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Open mike 27/04/2025
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Open mike 26/04/2025
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ANZAC Day.
The sentiment from many returned soldiers and ANZAC commemorations is "Never Again". Never Again sending young people to be minced up in a war. Never again to concentration camps, organised murder, imprisonment/starvation/extermination because you are part of a disliked minority or "the enemy". Never again…
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Open mike 25/04/2025
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Poking the dragon
Seven cross-party New Zealand politicians have just paid a “private” visit to Taiwan. They were received publicly by the Taiwanese government, who paid for the trip. In the current geopolitical environment, it was extraordinarily foolish. Reaction from the Chinese government was swift and strong. One…