The Carbon Zero Legislation

If you have useful thoughts on how we should deal with climate change, now is the time not to have defeatist or pessimistic thoughts. Now is the time to put pen to paper and get your thoughts straight to James Shaw and help shape this legislation before the first draft hits Parliament.

Open Mike 08/06/2018

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Daily Review 07/06/2018

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Open Mike 07/06/2018

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Daily Review 06/06/2018

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Dud advice

The methamphetamine debacle continues with questions raised about if the Auckland District Health Board provided confidential information to Housing New Zealand about its tenants.  And Simon Bridges directly contradicts Bill English by claiming that the last Government had no idea the guidelines were not fit for purpose.

Who needs strategy?

Perhaps the idea that it’s necessary to have national objectives and realistic plans to achieve them, is overrated. Seems to be working for Trump.

Forward to the 70s

National thinks that getting back to full employment, having wages and conditions sufficient to allow a working family to live in decency on one full time wage, and home ownership rates of about 70% are a bad thing.

Open Mike 06/06/2018

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Daily Review 05/06/2018

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Open Mike 05/06/2018

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Open Mike 04/06/2018

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Who Really is Judging the Poor?

Some conversations about poverty are harming those in need. Those conversations contribute to the stigma and shame experienced by struggling families, who are barely surviving, but still trying to maintain some dignity.  As a result even those in need are differentiating between the deserving and undeserving poor.

Doofus of the week – June 3, 2018

Finalists this week are David Farrar for recklessly misrepresenting Labour’s view on the three strikes repeal proposal, Judith Collins for thinking a two year old photo used on the Standard was a current photo and evidence of the police being politicised and Paula Bennett for at the same time not knowing and knowing but being unable to do anything about the terrorising of state house tenants. And the winner is …

Open Mike 03/06/2018

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Steaming cow poo.

Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth according to a Guardian headline.

Yeah. No it’s not.

Open Mike 02/06/2018

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Daily Review 01/06/2018

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Reclaiming the Mountain

Central and local Government have announced new funding for projects to preserve and enhance the natural environment in Taranaki.

Open Mike 01/06/2018

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Daily Review 31/05/2018

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Open Mike 31/05/2018

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Daily Review 30/05/2018

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Strange Democracy.

Quietly mulling on the difference between foreign interference (malign) and influence (benign).

Gluckman: Methamphetamine policy was a crock

The Prime Minister’s chief science adviser Peter Gluckman has described the previous Government’s policy on methamphetamine in Housing Corp houses as hysterical and concluded that there has never been a documented case of someone getting sick from third-hand exposure to methamphetamine.

Open Mike 30/05/2018

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Daily Review 29/05/2018

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Draining the swamp

One Nation has made an appearance in Aotearoa New Zealand, complete with all the nuttiness of its Australian counterpart, some Donald Trump insanity and some support for the hard right in the United Kingdom.