Open Mike 16/04/2017
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“We are unstoppable, another world is possible”
Activism and protest done well, here are the faces of the emerging climate justice movement in NZ.
Labour’s leadership team
Big turnouts for Labour meetings. Some commentators just can’t quite get to grips with how well the new leadership team is working.
Open Mike 15/04/2017
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Big Barrel Bomb
Firstly, remember how you’re meant to feel about even the mere accusation of the use of barrel bombs. Now put those feelings aside.
Canada
Every once in a while, an administration that doesn’t check it’s collective brain out at the door assumes office. That may be the case with Canada’s current government.
Monbiot on the embedded economy
A model for a sustainable economy. Something to ponder on a wet holiday weekend.
RNZ: The 9th floor – Moore
Guyon Espiner’s excellent RNZ series The 9th Floor, consists of interviews with five ex NZ PMs. Here’s Mike Moore.
Open Mike 14/04/2017
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Daily Review 13/04/2017
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Help Scoop ‘Open the Election’ : The Open News Project
Help Scoop supercharge our 2017 election journalism.
Stormy weather in the North
You’d have to say that an Easter cyclone is one of those truly awful scenarios for Auckland. Forget the water. What happens when the Harbour Bridge and the Airport probably close? It is going to be a hell of an Easter on the roads and travelling. More extreme weather brought to you from climate change.
Help Scoop ‘open the election’
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Good on you Andrew Little
Andrew Little questioned the actions of this government, as he should, and has fronted up and taken personal responsibility for offense taken by other parties, as he should. He has endured a costly and draining leagal process with a result widely hailed as a victory for democracy. But apparently that isn’t enough, so here we go again.
Won’t the Government think about the kiwis?
The Government has granted Alpine Pure the right to construct a pipeline through a breeding area for a critically endangered Kiwi so that it can extract water from a Unesco World Heritage site for free.
Climate change, political heroes, political culture
How ironic that Parliament is to debate climate change today, as the latest in a torrent of warming-fueled extreme weather events bears down on the country, and as the government charges Russel Norman and the other heroes trying to end oil exploration in NZ waters.
Open Mike 13/04/2017
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Framing Syria
If you’re determined to believe that western liberal democracy is essentially benign and only ever makes mistakes and honest mis-judgements, or is something that’s sometimes marred by an odd ‘bad apple’ or two, then this post on Syria probably isn’t the post for you.
Daily Review 12/04/2017
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Craig wins rehearing in Williams defamation case
Colin Craig has had a major success in court with Justice Katz ordering a retrial on the basis that the award of damages by the Jury was excessive.
Weather warnings – be prepared
Newshub: “MetService warns Cyclone Cook will be the worst to hit NZ since 1968, people advised to stock up on food and water”
The United Airlines fiasco
United Airlines in America has in the past few days provided a text book example of how a large corporation should not behave.
Stay on the treadmill suckers!
That is the Nats’ advice to aspiring Auckland house buyers.
Little’s court win good for democracy
The defamation case against Andrew Little has been an unwelcome distraction while he should have been free to do his job as leader of the largest opposition party. The consensus is that the process delivered a qualified win for Little, and a clear win for democracy.
Open Mike 12/04/2017
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Daily Review 11/04/2017
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Greenpeace’s Taitu confronts oil exploration ship
Thank you Greenpeace, and specifically thank you Russel Norman and the crew of the Taitu, for taking to the seas to fight this little battle in the most important struggle of our age.
Motels are full of homeless so now what?
Ordinary people are priced out of home ownership and increasingly out of renting, the state-housing safety net has been deliberately run down, and now the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff is full. National leaps into action – by asking the Salvation Army for ideas…
Perhaps climate change will go away if we ignore it?
That seems to be Bill English’s position.
David Cunliffe’s valedictory speech party
David Cunliffe delivers his veledictory speech today at 5:30 pm. Eanna Doyle, one of David’s most loyal of supporters (there are many tales to tell) will be hosting a veledictory speech party for Aucklanders at his bar at Toucan Bistro in Albany starting 5 pm. The speech will be shown live. Update: Video of the speech added.
Open Mike 11/04/2017
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A basic primer on the law of defamation
There has been some very confused reporting on the fate of Andrew Little in the Hagaman defamation trial.
Daily Review 10/04/2017
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Bugger.
John Clarke has died.
Bid for Helen (for Women’s Refuge)
A rescued portrait of Helen Clark is raising money for Women’s Refuge via TradeMe.
Mediawatch on Hit and Run
“Has the meaning of book Hit and Run been obscured by all the claims and counter-claims in the media?” – Yes of course it has, and that is a deliberate strategy on the part of people who are desperate to avoid an inquiry.