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Daily review 31/07/2026
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Aotearoa’s very own Donald Trump
We are less than 100 days to the next election and the signs are showing. Politicians are beginning to misbehave, big time. The trouble with MMP, and I am a keen fan of the system, is that a minor party like NZ First does not…
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Sack Him Christopher
After the 2005 election, the Chinese Embassy sent Zhang Wei to ask me if Winston Peters would follow Labour government policy. I said I didn't know, but would ask. I was the Labour Party General Secretary at the time. I spoke to Phil Goff, who…
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Open Mike 31/07/2026
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Daily review 30/07/2026
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Open Mike 30/07/2026
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Daily review 29/07/2026
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Our Worst Recession
The very worst crisis is the one from which you learn nothing. New Zealand has not had an economic stagnation and housing market price decline this bad since the 1970s. For those old enough to remember that far back, there were multiple causes to our…
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Open Mike 29/07/2026
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Daily review 28/07/2026
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Open Mike 28/07/2026
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Daily review 27/07/2026
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The Greens in their own words
Chloe Swarbrick and Marama Davidson's speeches to the Green Party AGM on the weekend. Transcripts of both are here.Key policy announcement of a 1 year moratorium on new AI Data Centres, to give New Zealand time for a public discussion on what we want here…
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Open Mike 27/07/2026
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Open Mike 26/07/2026
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Open Mike 25/07/2026
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Daily review 24/07/2026
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Open Mike 24/07/2026
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Iranian Ambassador: why the US blundered so badly, the state of diplomacy and ways forward.
In this interview with His Excellency Reza Nazar Ahari, the Iranian Ambassador to Wellington, we discussed the war, the state of diplomacy with the West, issues of sovereignty, defence and the internal politics of Iran. He provided some fascinating analysis into why the Western strategy…
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Daily review 23/07/2026
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Stuart Gnash
So Stuart Nash is goneburger. It seems that even a party full of shock jocks has standards. He made deeply disparaging and untrue comments about his opponent National MP Katy Nimmo and has clearly been forced to resign as a NZ First candidate. I have…
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Open Mike 23/07/2026
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Daily review 22/07/2026
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Electricity Policy and Power Bills In Winter 2026
The Green Party has launched their electricity policy called Kiwipower. The full plan includes some big moves, with ideas we may have heard before. They include forming Kiwipower which is a new public utility that will ensure affordable power and energy security, fill the gaps in market…
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Open Mike 22/07/2026
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Daily review 21/07/2026
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Jones should be sacked
Donald Trump has a lot to answer for. Throughout the Western World careerist politicians who are wedded to public funding and the perks offered by public office think that being as obnoxious as possible is a career preserving and enhancing option. They generally rail against…
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Defusing the goddamn ticking time bomb
Seven minutes on Morning Report: Chlöe Swarbrick on Green Party’s new energy policy Swarbrick is in full electioneering mode, it's great to see. Campbell reins her in a bit to explain the new Kiwipower and Power for Us All energy policies. What we are seeing…
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The World Cup final, and Defence double standards in the Pacific
Gordon Campbell @ Werewolf Well, the football World Cup is over and the good guys won, geo-politically speaking. Meaning: Spain was the first European country to officially join the case that South Africa brought before the International Court of Justice over Israel’s genocidal actions in…
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Open Mike 21/07/2026
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