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Daily review 09/12/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 9th, 2022 - 21 comments

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Labour and National and Industry Intervention

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Date published: 8:51 am, December 9th, 2022 - 73 comments

Minister Mahuta’s water reforms are by some measure the most consequential industry intervention of this Labour government, and likely to be the most successful in over a decade.

Open mike 09/12/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 9th, 2022 - 47 comments

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Daily review 08/12/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 8th, 2022 - 46 comments

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Open mike 08/12/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 8th, 2022 - 81 comments

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Daily review 07/12/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 7th, 2022 - 151 comments

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Open mike 07/12/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 7th, 2022 - 67 comments

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Daily review 06/12/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 6th, 2022 - 29 comments

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Open mike 06/12/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 6th, 2022 - 45 comments

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Daily review 05/12/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 5th, 2022 - 34 comments

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Open mike 05/12/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 5th, 2022 - 138 comments

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Sustainability Sunday

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Date published: 2:47 pm, December 4th, 2022 - 6 comments

So many good initiatives that demonstrate that sustainability and community resiliency are intertwined. The sheer numbers of people involved now is heartening at a time when we are inundated with what is going wrong.

We’ve never had so much choice in what we can do to effect good change. We know the problems, now is the time to put our attention to the solutions, what is already working. and then get on with it.

Luxon’s first year

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Date published: 8:46 am, December 4th, 2022 - 56 comments

Chris Luxon marked the anniversary of his becoming National leader this week by showing that he is that out of touch he had no idea what the single rate of superannuation is.

Open mike 04/12/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 4th, 2022 - 61 comments

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Open mike 03/12/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 3rd, 2022 - 43 comments

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Daily review 02/12/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 2nd, 2022 - 3 comments

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Open mike 02/12/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 2nd, 2022 - 84 comments

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Daily review 01/12/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 1st, 2022 - 8 comments

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Open mike 01/12/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, December 1st, 2022 - 64 comments

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Daily review 30/11/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 30th, 2022 - 14 comments

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Co-Governance is Orthodox Policy for both National and Labour

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Date published: 8:12 am, November 30th, 2022 - 412 comments

National, the party which enacted legislation that gave Waikato command over the allocation of the Waikato River, iwi command over the Taupo catchment and full Maori control over the massive Uruwera water catchment, has not traditionally been opposed to co governance.

Open mike 30/11/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 30th, 2022 - 59 comments

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Daily review 29/11/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 29th, 2022 - 35 comments

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Three strikes law is not the answer

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Date published: 12:13 pm, November 29th, 2022 - 25 comments

National is proposing a return of the Three Strikes legislation, despite the Supreme Court ruling that the law went well beyond excessive punishment and would shock the conscience of properly informed New Zealanders, and was so disproportionately severe as to breach the Bill of Rights.  And despite there being no evidence that it would actually work.

Open mike 29/11/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 29th, 2022 - 33 comments

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Daily review 28/11/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 28th, 2022 - 16 comments

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Newscorp and Victorian Liberals were just so out of touch. Just like National and Act here

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Date published: 2:17 pm, November 28th, 2022 - 12 comments

The Liberal/Nat victory that Newscorp had been promoting in the Victorian state elections simply didn’t materialise. For some reason pandering to the loud and noisy just isn’t what it used to be. Fortunately those who still rely on traditional media and who haven’t been immunised against the idiots on the net are a diminishing voting resource.

What Is Labour’s Purpose This Term?

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Date published: 7:57 am, November 28th, 2022 - 35 comments

It is time to set out succinctly and without recourse to abstract nouns exactly what this Labour government has intended, is doing, and how it seeks to alter the country.

Open mike 28/11/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 28th, 2022 - 28 comments

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Overblown rhetoric and Laura Norder

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Date published: 10:19 am, November 27th, 2022 - 69 comments

This week has seen some extreme rhetoric from various quarters about who to blame for a recent senseless killing.  But news that the person arrested had recently been extradited from Australia has shown the rhetoric to be entirely misplaced.

Open mike 27/11/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 27th, 2022 - 205 comments

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