Something to go to in Auckland tonight
Labour Party Senior Vice President candidate Eva Hartshorn-Sanders will be holding a meet the candidate event at Galbraith’s Alehouse between 5:30 and 7:30 […]
The main risk to New Zealand according to John Key
John Key is pretty good at providing media commentary on what problems New Zealand faces. But is he any good at addressing those problems?
Campaigning westie style …
The Matafai aiga from West Auckland show how to campaign.
Open Mike 06/10/2016
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Daily Review 05/10/2016
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Alert Memo to President Obama: it’s better to Jaw Jaw Jaw than War War War
Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity advise Obama that the best way to get out of the dangerously escalating hawkish jam that parts of his government have put him in is to meet directly with Putin.
Clinton, Trump, Greeks and ideals
In a democracy what is better? A cold calculated pragmatic response or advocating for ideals that all citizens should strive, sacrifice and die for?
Phil Twyford: the Housing Crisis
Phil Twyford argues housing will be the defining challenge for the next Labour-led Government, and sets out Labour’s reform agenda.
Open Mike 05/10/2016
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NRT: Targets for everything but poverty
No Right Turn on National’s refusal to set any child poverty targets, when setting targets are the way the operate – as exemplified by the target they set the same afternoon on wild kiwi.
Open Mike 04/10/2016
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Colinoscopy
In which we learn that Colin Craig had already lost another case months before being done over in his defamation trial.
Daily Review 03/10/2016
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Goff on foreign buyers; and Vote!
Ban them / tax them, but lets reduce demand. And make sure you get your vote in for local elections!
How difficult to measure poverty?
Amazing lead story on RNZ – Easier to count rodents than kids in poverty, suggests Key. There are a number of good measures, […]
Donald Trump has a really big tax write off
Donald Trump’s reluctance to release his tax returns has now been explained. He has possibly not paid tax for decades.
Open Mike 03/10/2016
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The middle vs the centre
The notion is there’s a left/right continuum and people are smoothly spread across it in a kind of a bell curve. The implication is there’s a big chunk of voters out there who think the same way politically. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way.
False Equivalence
John Oliver excellent as always – this time on the difference in scandal quality between Clinton & Trump.
The Propaganda War
Under the rubble of lies…
Open Mike 02/10/2016
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Our most effective Prime Minister
Ad ranks post second world war according to criteria which produces some interesting result.
Open Mike 01/10/2016
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Daily Review 30/09/2016
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He isn’t a racist because his ex wife is from Singapore
Don Brash and a group of other predominately privileged white males are complaining that Maori may also be receiving some privilege.
WMBAD: #PleaseNewZealand, get out and vote
Your voting papers may be terrifying, but you have to make them count.
Open Mike 30/09/2016
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Daily Review 29/09/2016
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Out of the mouths of babes
Watch five-year old Brook Blair give it to Theresa May about homeless people. Got the right answers too. Brilliant!
New GG
Congrats to Dame Patsy and how strange it’s always such a small story…
When’s the Republic coming?
Cronyism
So Paula Bennett has been giving a lolly scramble to her National mates with the Rules Reduction Taskforce.
Which is fine, because the Taskforce did great work in finding out that the ‘loopy’ rule of lolly scrambles being illegal wasn’t in fact true.
Arrest Blair’s Mate
The downing of Malaysian Airlines MH17 was a Russian sponsored war crime. When will Vladimir Putin be arrested?
UPDATE: Animation and actual photos and video of the BUK launcher added.
Open Mike 29/09/2016
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Twyford to chair Labour’s election campaign
Twyford has been made Labour’s campaign chairman, which puts him charge of strategy for the election.
Daily Review 28/09/2016
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Polls
While politicos were watching Hillary defeat Donald in the first debate, Roy Morgan released their latest poll, showing Labour massively up and National down a chunk. Is the media narrative broken?