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Open Mike 09/11/25
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Wrecking the country’s climate change response
If you thought that your contempt for the current administration had peaked let me disappoint you. There is an especially shitty policy change they have recently announced which is conclusive proof that they are fuckwits, idiots, have no comprehension of science or sense and should…
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Open Mike 08/11/25
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Daily review 07/11/2025
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Some Number 8 Fencing Wire in Gaza
There was a short segment on the 6pm TVNZ news programme (6 November), in which a BBC journalist, heavily overseen by the IDF, showed the level of destruction wrought in Gaza. It reminded me of “before and after” pictures of French villages in the First…
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Let them eat Michelin Stars
The Government's class prejudices are now on clear display. In the same week as news emerged that the Government is considering a ban on rough sleepers in major urban town centres further news emerged that it is subsidising Michelin to award Michelin stars to local…
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Open Mike 07/11/25
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Daily review 06/11/2025
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Open Mike 06/11/25
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Daily review 05/11/2025
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Treaty what treaty?
The Government's all out assault on te Tiriti o Waitangi continues. And this time supposed liberal Erica Stanford is engaged in the latest assault. From John Gerritsen at Radio New Zealand: The government's decision to axe schools' obligation to give effect to the Treaty of…
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Mamdani
Voting closes 3pm NZT in the election of the next New York City Mayor, and results should be in by 6pm NZT. Democrat Zohran Mamdani is expected to win, with New York falling to socialism. Mamdani's political positions. The Guardian has live updates. Jon Stewart…
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Open Mike 05/11/25
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Daily review 04/11/2025
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Open Mike 04/11/25
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National’s Measles Gambit
Measles is spreading across Aotearoa, New Zealand. Dr Oz Mansoor reports that the spread has been confined to local contacts so far, and the good news is that most of the country is immunised. The latest official count is 17 that officials are aware of,…
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Daily review 03/11/2025
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Open Mike 03/11/25
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