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Strike for Climate today

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Date published: 7:15 am, September 27th, 2019 - 55 comments

Countrywide events for today’s Strike for Climate.

Local government: who to vote for?

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Date published: 7:10 am, September 27th, 2019 - 1 comment

Resources for progressive voters, on candidates in the 2019 local body elections.

Open mike 27/09/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, September 27th, 2019 - 32 comments

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Daily review 26/09/2019

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 26th, 2019 - 31 comments

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How to vote in STV

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Date published: 12:15 pm, September 26th, 2019 - 21 comments

An example Single Transferable Vote ballot

It’s local voting time again, and more councils are using STV- while the Electoral Commission will tell you how to rank candidates, they won’t tell you how to vote effectively. Should you leave candidates off your list if you know what relative order they would go in?

Unrelentingly negative

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Date published: 11:19 am, September 26th, 2019 - 29 comments

National has chosen to attack Jacinda Ardern on her trip to New York for doing too much and not enough at the same time.  It seems to be a pattern.

Civilian offers a bleak look at our future.

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Date published: 8:41 am, September 26th, 2019 - 13 comments

The Civilian ‘reports’ in “Trump repeatedly asked Ardern if New Zealand gives asylum very often”. Oh shit! We need to reverse National’s large donation policy and proactively and preemptively pass a law against bolthole refugees.

The Greens on the need for rental law changes

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Date published: 7:15 am, September 26th, 2019 - 11 comments

Marama Davidson: renting has to be a valid way of life.

Robot creep

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Date published: 7:10 am, September 26th, 2019 - 23 comments

Tech is cute, right?

Open mike 26/09/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, September 26th, 2019 - 65 comments

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Daily review 25/09/2019

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 25th, 2019 - 8 comments

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Greta Thunberg’s speech to the UN Climate Action Summit: “This is all wrong”

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Date published: 9:48 am, September 25th, 2019 - 7 comments

“How dare you pretend that this can be solved with just ‘business as usual’ and some technical solutions?”

Open mike 25/09/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, September 25th, 2019 - 196 comments

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BoJo cornered

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Date published: 1:03 am, September 25th, 2019 - 75 comments

Lady Hale and the UK Supreme Court have torpedoed Boris Johnson’s cunning plan to prorogue Parliament. His request to the Queen was “unlawful, void, and of no effect.” Her Maj will not be pleased. Johnson is now boxed in – ask for an extension to Brexit, or resign.

 

Daily review 24/09/2019

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 24th, 2019 - 28 comments

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Fairy tales of eternal economic growth

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Date published: 8:13 am, September 24th, 2019 - 67 comments

Greta Thunberg has spoken at the UN Climate Change summit and has warned the world that it is stealing the dreams and hopes of young people through its failure to address climate change.

Climate choices

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Date published: 7:15 am, September 24th, 2019 - 16 comments

There’s good news and there’s bad news in the landmark United in Science report.

Open mike 24/09/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, September 24th, 2019 - 80 comments

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Daily review 23/09/2019

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Date published: 5:28 pm, September 23rd, 2019 - 22 comments

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Open mike 23/09/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, September 23rd, 2019 - 125 comments

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Lying : the preferred denier behavior

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Date published: 3:45 pm, September 22nd, 2019 - 26 comments

In a striking example of the typical climate change denier, the “Australian Young Coal Coalition” released a photo bemoaning the mess left by friday’s climate change strike rally in Hyde Park. Pity that it was a lying fake. Being put out by climate change deniers, of course it was just a lie. That is all […]

How To Get There 22/9/19

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Date published: 7:00 am, September 22nd, 2019 - 12 comments

Welcome to TS’s Sunday think piece. It’s a blank sheet, a tabula rasa, waiting for your thoughts on the future and How To Get There.  

Open mike 22/09/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, September 22nd, 2019 - 104 comments

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National’s rhetoric problem

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Date published: 7:48 am, September 21st, 2019 - 19 comments

National has displayed a concerning level of rhetoric this week involving a misrepresentation of the GDP figures and the attacking of a board appointee who cannot respond.

The climate action momentum

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Date published: 7:05 am, September 21st, 2019 - 33 comments

The global School Strikes this week and the upcoming International Rebellions are part of a large wave of change that gives us a chance at preventing the worst of climate disaster. 

Open mike 21/09/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, September 21st, 2019 - 105 comments

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Daily review 20/09/2019

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 20th, 2019 - 11 comments

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The NZIER Report on dairying and fresh water

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Date published: 8:47 am, September 20th, 2019 - 19 comments

“New Zealand does not face stark choices between having a dairy sector versus having clean waterways. Experience shows that, by focusing on profits, not production, farms can increase their economic returns and reduce their impact on the environment.”

Open mike 20/09/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, September 20th, 2019 - 187 comments

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Daily review 18/09/2019

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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 19th, 2019 - 11 comments

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Where is the Government on oil reliance?

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Date published: 7:57 am, September 19th, 2019 - 14 comments

Even though New Zealand is one of the most oil-reliant countries on earth, the Government has a disturbing lack of a plan for security of supply.