Ice
There’s something about Antarctica…
Homeless families are living in cars … and tents
Remember how early on during his reign as National leader John Key talked about the underclass and how they were a blight on New Zealand society? Well over the past year WINZ has been giving grants to homeless families to live in tents.
Open Mike 13/04/2018
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Daily Review 12/04/2018
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Is New Zealand really as ‘racist as fuck’?
I am inclined to believe that there are at least some New Zealanders who are as “racist as fuck”.
Government blocks off shore oil and gas drilling
The Government has announced that there will be no new offshore oil and gas exploration permits issued under the block offer process.
Crazees and clowns
Can we have some sanity please?
Open Mike 12/04/2018
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Daily Review 11/04/2018
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Is this a new cold war?
It’s really easy to get cranky right now and believe the world is retreating into to a sad Cold War binary in which Russia and its allies are always in high tension with the United States and its allies. A new Cold War.
We did not know it would be this bad
Marama Davidson’s question to Jacinda Ardern in Parliament yesterday allowed Jacinda to outline the enormous mess the last National Government has left the country in.
Open Mike 11/04/2018
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Daily Review 10/04/2018
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What did we want from Marama Davidson?
While there has been some informed commentary on Marama Davidson’s ascension as co-leader of the Green Party, some of the more right-wing outfits have failed to understand the dynamics within the party right now. What did Marama promise, and what were Greens expecting of her?
The hidden infrastructure fiscal crisis gets real
Steven Joyce’s $11.7 billion fiscal hole is becoming more and more of a reality although it is in hidden infrastructure costs that National had suppressed in search of the elusive surplus.
immigration profiling
A data modelling programme that includes race and ethnicity as factors for consideration is a bad idea.
Open Mike 10/04/2018
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Daily Review 09/04/2018
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Mike Hosking reckons: Minimum wage increase will be terrible for everyone
Mike Hosking reckons that an increase in the minimum wage will increase housing unaffordability and cause job losses and business closures.
free-to-air sports
The comprehensive Commonwealth Games coverage on free-to-air TV is refreshing and something we need to see a lot more of.
Explaining is losing (but only in politics)
Politics is war by other means and nobody likes losing.
Open Mike 09/04/2018
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Green Party female co-leader announcement: Marama Davidson (updated)
Marama Davidson is the new female co-leader. Speech and transcript, with a bit of analysis of what this means for the party and NZ politics.
Labour speaks up.
Partial transcript of a speech as reported in “The Independent”
Doofus of the week – April 7, 2018
Another easy decision. Gerry Brownlee wins for overseeing a $210 million blow out in EWC’s liability for Christchurch earthquake re-repair work and for being upset when Megan Woods called him on it.
Open Mike 08/04/2018
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Ardern was right to hold back on Russia
Remember two weeks ago when Jacinda Ardern’s handling of the Russian poisoning scandal was considered to be a major misstep? Well with the benefit of hindsight it appears to have been a very balanced nuanced response to an incident that is not as clear cut as it was presented.
North Korea redux
Does being incoherent work sometimes? With the President of North Korea visiting China for the first time, meeting with the South Korean President for the first time, and preparing to meet with the Japanese President and with the President of the United States, was Trump’s approach actually right for the circumstances?
Open Mike 07/04/2018
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Daily Review 06/04/2018
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Gaza
Is it the new by-word for silence?
Regrets, John Key’s had a few *
or more accurately one. A failed vanity flag referendum.
National’s strong economic management …
Between the crisis facing Middlemore Hospital’s buildings and the farce surrounding the cost of repairs of repairs of the Canterbury rebuild, National’s claim that it is a party of strong economic management looks at least misguided.
Open Mike 06/04/2018
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Daily Review 05/04/2018
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Tax is violence
Can we please now save David Seymour from his violent oppression and relieve him of his tax-funded salary?