The absurdity of the Move on Orders law
Paul Goldsmith’s move on orders bill applies to young people aged 14 even though existing legislation provides police with all the powers they need to deal with homeless young people.
Open Mike 24/05/2026
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Open Mike 23/05/2026
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Daily review 22/05/2026
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Walking backwards off the cliff
The coming oil shock is not just about oil. The future is baked in, and its not good. National’s backward-looking budget will make it much worse.
Do We Still Want Socialism?
There are still those who pine, from the readership of Jacinda Ardern’s biography, for a state that is perfectly kind, does everything with speed and authority, and brims with patrician wisdom for us all. Her 1.5 terms held many instances in which the state operated on the extremes of control to respond to massive crises.
National wages war on the poor
How cruel do you have to be to raise rents for some of our poorest citizens during a cost of living crisis?
Open Mike 22/05/2026
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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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