Open Mike 27/08/25
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Daily review 26/08/2025
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Gaslighters of the world unite
David Seymour has complained that New Zealand has “some of the most anemic governing arrangements in the world constitutionally” without acknowledging that his Goverment could change this.
Open Mike 26/08/25
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Daily review 25/08/2025
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Foreign Buyers Ban Will Be Lifted Under Urgency
PM Luxon has said he wants the repeal completed by the end of the year
Open Mike 25/08/25
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Open Mike 24/08/25
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Van Velden pressures ERA to reduce worker compensation payments
Brooke Van Velden has announced the appointment of four new members to the Employment Relations Authority and has expressed the wish that compensation payments to workers will be reduced.
Open Mike 23/08/25
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Daily review 22/08/2025
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NZ consumed 30% more Russian disinformation than the USA during Covid
Russian troll farms successfully penetrated Kiwi country and culture. The consumption remained high and the fervour hasn’t stopped
Fight Like You Mean It: Why Message Discipline Matters
Screaming on social media about how weak Chris Hipkins is as Labour leader may make us feel good. But It also won’t do much do push back against the Coalition of Cockups. So, what if instead of searching fruitlessly for ideological purity, we put our energy and effort into winning instead?
Open Mike 22/08/25
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Daily review 21/08/2025
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No mandate for this
Partial strike law penalties used on nurses trying to keep themselves safe is emblematic of the wider libertarian playbook within the NZ government
Open Mike 21/08/25
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Daily review 20/08/2025
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Nicola Willis: National gave “tens of dollars” to Kiwis
Willis attacks Carmel Sepulonia as Ingrid Hipkiss assists.
Open Mike 20/08/25
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Daily review 19/08/2025
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National Government will have increased gross debt by over $100b – Who benefits ?
The debt bogeyman has been unleashed in NZ, which we will examine – but even on face value, National Party debt is 25% more than Labour’s full debt contribution over 6 years – with no global pandemic
“Dirty Politics” Rachel Glucina Is Behind Nicola Willis PM Rumours
Stuff and The Post was eager to repeat rumours of a PM Nicola Willis. Who was behind it?
Open Mike 19/08/25
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Daily review 18/08/2025
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The $671 million dollar woman
The Government is trying to spin that cancellation of the ferry contract will cost the country $144 million when the actual figure is at least $671 million.
The Curious Case of Central Otago
How can a region be so pretty, so rich, but so poor?
Open Mike 18/08/25
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Open Mike 17/08/25
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Open Mike 16/08/25
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How was National able to take down construction so quickly?
Industry experts say Chris Bishop and his party are to blame, but Bishop denies it, saying construction industry leaders are just “wrong”
Daily review 15/08/2025
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Open Mike 15/08/25
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Daily review 14/08/2025
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Open Mike 14/08/25
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Should Labour attend a set-up?
The Government is accusing Labour of all sorts of bad things for not attending the second week of the Covid-19 inquiry.