Daily review 21/05/2026
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New Zealand And Palantir
Palantir, founded by Alex Karp and New Zealand citizen Peter Thiel, is at the centre of an array of A.I. driven kill programmes for the US, Israeli and other militaries, including the NZDF.
National Is Destroying Wellington
Wellington is being deliberately targeted by National and it is destroying the third largest region of New Zealand.
Open Mike 21/05/2026
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Daily review 20/05/2026
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Open Mike 20/05/2026
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Daily review 19/05/2026
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The beatings will continue until morale improves
National today intensified efforts to alienate the entire public service by announcing that a further 9,000 public positions will be culled if, god help us, they are returned to power.
Open Mike 19/05/2026
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Politicians are like adulterers
Voter beware – some politicians are pathological populists who cannot be trusted.
Daily review 18/05/2026
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Should we renationalise the BNZ?
Winston Peters is trying to appeal to the far left by calling for the renationalisation of the Bank of New Zealand.
Open Mike 18/05/2026
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Open Mike 17/05/2026
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Open Mike 16/05/2026
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The framing of Chris Hipkins’ Auckland speech – read what you like
What you read in the media is not what happened.
Daily review 15/05/2026
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Reformism or bust?: Making the best of a bleak future
Some initial ideas about the integrated policy package Labour must consider if it is to meet contemporary challenges posed by emerging populism and the narrowing of the Labour vision over the past five decades
Open Mike 15/05/2026
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Daily review 14/05/2026
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Stop This Madness
Why is Chris Bishop wanting to review the cost of the City Rail Link while at the same time is happy to proceed with roads of national signficance that are very expensive but provide limited financial return?
Open Mike 14/05/2026
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Daily review 13/05/2026
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Open Mike 13/05/2026
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Daily review 12/05/2026
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Constitutional outrage
The Government’s plans to retrospectively change the law to stop a case seeking damages for climate damage caused by heavy emitters is a constitutional outrage and shows not only contempt for the rule of law but also contempt for any action taken by a citizen against climate change.
Open Mike 12/05/2026
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Daily review 11/05/2026
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Smash Left populism, get Right populism
That’s Starmer’s achievement, as the local elections show. He always was a muppet puppet; his string-pullers are much more sinister.
Open Mike 11/05/2026
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Dirty Politics 2.0
National has engaged in a Dirty Politics style attack on TVNZ reporter Maiki Sherman in an attempt to cower the media in election year.
Open Mike 10/05/2026
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Does the centre left need Te Pāti Māori to win the election?
Does the centre left need Te Pāti Māori to win the election?
The Last Old Party Election
Anyone who thinks that New Zealand won’t be touched by the same rapid democratic pessimism as we see in our most comparable democracies, is like those who thought COVID could be stopped from reaching us.
Open Mike 09/05/2026
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Daily review 08/05/2026
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