Daily Review 24/02/2017
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Mt Albert – the left and the right
All the best to all candidates, and thank you to Julie Anne Genter and Jacinda Ardern for showing us all such a model of cooperation.
Two big policy fails
This is what you get with a hasty, reactive, “top down” policy process.
Nick Smith becomes Minister of Government Information
The Government intends to change the definitions of various indicators in an effort to solve some of the country’s most serious problems.
Forest and Bird takes it the Government in the Supreme Court
The Crown is seeking to overturn the Court of Appeal decision obtained by Forest and Bird which is preventing Conservation land in the Hawkes Bay from being used for the controversial Ruataniwha dam.
Open Mike 24/02/2017
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Daily Review 23/02/2017
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Just allow more shit – a metaphor for this government
So National’s great plan for swimmable rivers by 2040 is to allow twice as much shit in them and still call them “swimmable.”
1984
That Orwell was ahead of his time.
English on the Māori seats
Someone should ask English whether he still believes the opinions stated in the press release, and if not, why not?
2017
The left is facing the possiblity of its fourth election loss in a row. What type of campaign should it run this year to win?
Open Mike 23/02/2017
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Daily Review 22/02/2017
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Kaupapa Pākehā
What if we based our politics on relationships not power?
Willie Jackson on democracy
Willie Jackson is using his return to the political spotlight to good effect.
Nick Smith screws up again
We should probably just schedule this as a monthly post.
Jonathan Pie – A Socialist agenda
Jonathan Pie on why being a socialist is actually a good thing.
Open Mike 22/02/2017
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Win for sanity in Hager vs Westpac
The Privacy Commission issues a ruling that should not have been unnecessary.
Living wage rises to $20.20 an hour
The living wage rises, and an odd argument for abolishing the minimum wage.
NRT: Two ideas to get rid of electorate deals
Idiot/Savant suggests removing the 5% threshold and introducing preferential voting for electorate seats.
What if anything does Bill English believe in?
Can anyone work out what English stands for? His actions and his words are at odds. Vernon Small tries and fails to pin English down on electoral deals, Winston Peters, abolishing the Maori seats, and more.
Open Mike 21/02/2017
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Maryan Street defers to Raymond Huo
For very human reasons former Labour Party President and Labour List MP Maryan Street has confirmed that if Jacinda Ardern wins the Mt Albert by election this weekend she will not seek to return to Parliament via the list.
Rocketwerkz – an enlightened employer
We sometimes give employers a bit of a hard time on this blog, so it’s nice to occasionally celebrate a good one. Dunedin gaming company Rocketwerkz is in the headlines for all the right reasons.
He Kawenata ki Waenga i Te Roopu MANA me Te Paati Māori
The agreement between the Mana Movement and the Māori Party.
Daily Review 20/02/2017
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The Greens in Te Tai Tokerau
Te Tai Tokerau looks to be a hotly contested seat in the 2017 general election, and the Greens are entering the fray there for the first time, with new candidate Godfrey Rudolph.
Māori Mana deal in Te Tai Tokerau
As reported on Stuff: “Hone Harawira gets clear Te Tai Tokerau run for Mana not running against Maori Party in other seats”.
Duncan Webb for Christchurch Central
Another strong Labour selection in an interesting electorate.
John Key – Mr 2%
John Key’s support as preferred Prime Minister has plunged in the latest Colmar Brunton poll. And he has been seen playing sponsored golf for a Japanese businessman with unusual characteristics.
National’s one-trick election pony – the eternal mirage of tax cuts
As Finance Minister Bill English effectively ruled out tax cuts, but it’s election year, and so of course the Nats can’t help but trot out their one-trick election pony again.
Open Mike 20/02/2017
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Colmar Brunton poll
1 News: “The gap between National and the centre left block of Labour and the Greens has tightened in the wake of John Key’s departure as leader, according to the first major poll since his shock resignation.”
The Trump bump
This week’s Economist looks at the resurgence in the business of the more effective mainstream media in the US. But the effect reaches all the way over here. Even I’m reading more on a the ongoing debacle that is the incompetent Trump White House. Good reporting and perfect reading for the summer season and I suspect that it is impacting all of the blogs at present.
The Standard Book Club – Small is Beautiful, Economics as if People Mattered
The Standard’s inaugural book club looks at E. F. Schumacher’s sustainability classic.