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Open Mike 15/03/2026
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The oil crisis – What would Jacinda do?
The Iranian war will severely test Christopher Luxon's leadership capabilities and so far he has been very quiet. Apart from bungling New Zealand's response to the illegality of the US and Israel attacks on Iran Luxon has been missing. And this made me wonder. How…
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Open Mike 14/03/2026
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Will Israel/US wreck the Gulf States & Iran?
The US and Israel have for decades pursued the destruction of Iran as a sovereign state. We are now in the opening days of what may be the final, decisive war to determine either the survival of the Iranian state or the expulsion of the…
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Open Mike 13/03/2026
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The oil crisis: she’ll be right?
I sat down last night to catch up on what is happening with global oil supply (something that would normally make my eyes glaze over). It reminded me of those early weeks of the pandemic when we first started hearing truly alarming stories out of…
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Lies, damned lies and Shane Jones’ Oil Refinery take
NZ First and Shane Jones in particular have been making a song and dance about how the previous Labour Government was responsible for the closure of the Marsden Point Refinery. For instance in Parliament this week he said: I never said that the Labour Government…
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Open Mike 12/03/2026
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What Should Be In the Plan for New Zealand’s Upcoming Oil Crisis?
With more time to plan than the Labour government had with COVID, a responsible government should be planning the whole of New Zealand for 91 petrol at $4 a litre and potential supply constraints beyond existing supply on shore and within the EEZ. In the…
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Open Mike 11/03/2026
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Open Mike 10/03/2026
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What will Winston do if National sacks Luxon?
Winston Peters has been in this scenario before. Back in 1998 the National Party moved to replace Jim Bolger with Jenny Shipley. The process was pretty brutal. Wikipedia records that "Shipley grew increasingly frustrated and disillusioned with the cautious pace of the National-led government under Jim…
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Open Mike 09/03/2026
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