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Date published: 12:06 pm, February 3rd, 2022 - 113 comments
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a phased reopening of the country’s border. Update: video of the speech is added.
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 3rd, 2022 - 169 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 2nd, 2022 - 49 comments
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Date published: 7:41 am, February 2nd, 2022 - 107 comments
With Ardern getting a good-old media beat-down, remember here’s how to change a country for good like no one else but Labour can.
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 2nd, 2022 - 165 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 1st, 2022 - 37 comments
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Date published: 9:04 am, February 1st, 2022 - 93 comments
It may not be apparent from the wall to wall sound emanating from the opposition and from the media but this Government’s Covid response has been exceptionally good and way better than that of pretty well every other major country in the world.
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 1st, 2022 - 203 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, January 31st, 2022 - 62 comments
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Date published: 12:57 pm, January 31st, 2022 - 211 comments
While social and mainstream media hash out the details of Charlotte Bellis’ situation, her case points to the gross inequity that women still face even in countries like New Zealand.
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Date published: 9:46 am, January 31st, 2022 - 30 comments
The light rail route and mode decision this week shows something new. It’s in the nature of the state itself.
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 31st, 2022 - 160 comments
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Date published: 11:04 am, January 30th, 2022 - 40 comments
Worrying news emerged this morning with a report that Jacinda Ardern is a close contact of an Omicron case on an Air New Zealand flight.
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 30th, 2022 - 221 comments
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Date published: 10:58 am, January 29th, 2022 - 166 comments
Neil Young’s decision to withdraw his music from Spotify because of its insistence on highlighting self declared idiot Joe Rogan has seen a number of people either cancelling their subscriptions or considering alternatives.
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 29th, 2022 - 313 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, January 28th, 2022 - 18 comments
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Date published: 12:01 pm, January 28th, 2022 - 16 comments
Because I love accurate comparisons and because the media typically do a shit job of looking at political polls, I decided that a look backwards to a comparable poll in the last parliament, Colmar Brunton early Feb 2019. National has lost support to Act but the overall conservative vote has minimal change. The Greens haven’t died. Labour looks very likely to lead the parliament.
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Date published: 8:15 am, January 28th, 2022 - 52 comments
The latest Colmar Brunton (now Kantar) poll has now been released and some of the commentary and analysis is pretty ordinary.
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 28th, 2022 - 69 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, January 27th, 2022 - 44 comments
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Date published: 1:14 pm, January 27th, 2022 - 154 comments
The Government’s Covid 19 response, mainly via Reserve Bank measures, has enabled a mind-boggling increase in inequality, according to influential financial commentator Bernard Hickey. Covid response has saved multiple lives, but its refusal to simultaneously address inequality via taxes raises uncomfortable questions about how a leftist government has overseen a once-in-a-generation shift in wealth
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Date published: 8:58 am, January 27th, 2022 - 55 comments
With an Omicron surge appearing to be inevitable the importance of proper mask wearing has never been more important.
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 27th, 2022 - 144 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, January 26th, 2022 - 30 comments
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Date published: 12:32 pm, January 26th, 2022 - 59 comments
The entity making the most money out of threatening the Ukraine is the Russian Federation government itself. Follow the money.
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 26th, 2022 - 221 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, January 25th, 2022 - 44 comments
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Date published: 9:25 am, January 25th, 2022 - 212 comments
It appears that social media allegations against Jacinda Ardern are becoming more and more extreme.
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 25th, 2022 - 143 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, January 24th, 2022 - 31 comments
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