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Date published: 6:00 am, November 16th, 2022 - 122 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 15th, 2022 - 30 comments
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Date published: 8:30 am, November 15th, 2022 - 25 comments
FIRST Union, NZCTU, and 350 Aotearoa have just released a joint report suggesting that the privatisation of our power companies by National were not only disastrous for the country’s finances but also disastrous for the planet.
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 15th, 2022 - 46 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 14th, 2022 - 205 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 14th, 2022 - 85 comments
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Date published: 10:39 am, November 13th, 2022 - 42 comments
After the epic Women’s World Cup result from last night’s final the question has to be asked, why aren’t the Black Ferns and the All Blacks paid the same amount?
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Date published: 7:00 am, November 13th, 2022 - 19 comments
If 2020 was the worst year in my lifetime how does 2022 compare?
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 13th, 2022 - 80 comments
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Date published: 11:11 am, November 12th, 2022 - 42 comments
It is really quite something to be watching in real time, the implosion of twitter at the hands of Elon Musk.
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 12th, 2022 - 86 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 11th, 2022 - 22 comments
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Date published: 4:47 pm, November 11th, 2022 - 13 comments
Climate change has ensured that this is the winter that broke skiing.
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 11th, 2022 - 99 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 10th, 2022 - 7 comments
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Date published: 8:22 am, November 10th, 2022 - 29 comments
Except in Florida, where Ron DeSantis led a convincing set of Republican gains, the Republican party in the US have had a disappointing mid-term election. The Democrats expecting to face a mid-term vote against incumbents, will be pleasantly surprised. There are still a lot of votes to count. This being the US, lawyers will be trying to set court dates.
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Date published: 7:40 am, November 10th, 2022 - 140 comments
So why is Labour and Ardern struggling when the economy is so strong?
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 10th, 2022 - 13 comments
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Date published: 9:02 pm, November 9th, 2022 - 17 comments
Elon Musk and Wayne Brown both deliberately promote chaos.
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 9th, 2022 - 69 comments
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Date published: 11:06 am, November 9th, 2022 - 127 comments
Left wing contrarian Chris Trotter has made some outlandish claims about Jacinda Ardern’s recent conference speech.
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 9th, 2022 - 59 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 8th, 2022 - 6 comments
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Date published: 8:37 am, November 8th, 2022 - 95 comments
It seems strange to type this but Twitter may be terminal. The social media site that has become the go to for many years for journalists, politicians and any one interested in news especially breaking news may be on its death bed.
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Date published: 8:08 am, November 8th, 2022 - 12 comments
Unlike even Brazil’s election and transition of power, events are going to make the full restoration of functioning democracy in the United States very, very hard and starting soon.
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 8th, 2022 - 90 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 7th, 2022 - 21 comments
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Date published: 7:52 am, November 7th, 2022 - 32 comments
The text of an excellent speech given by Kelvin Davis to the Labour Party conference on climate change.
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 7th, 2022 - 82 comments
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Date published: 1:46 am, November 7th, 2022 - 3 comments
At a campaign event last week President Biden said that in these mid-term elections “democracy is on the ballot”. This is absolutely true, and the outcome will be decided by those who show up to vote.
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Date published: 3:46 pm, November 6th, 2022 - 157 comments
Text and video of Jacinda Ardern’s speech today to the Labour Party Annual Conference.