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Date published: 6:00 am, February 25th, 2017 - 60 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 24th, 2017 - 10 comments
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Date published: 11:29 am, February 24th, 2017 - 80 comments
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.
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Date published: 10:24 am, February 24th, 2017 - 10 comments
This is what you get with a hasty, reactive, “top down” policy process.
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Date published: 9:05 am, February 24th, 2017 - 62 comments
The Government intends to change the definitions of various indicators in an effort to solve some of the country’s most serious problems.
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Date published: 8:10 am, February 24th, 2017 - 25 comments
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.
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 24th, 2017 - 108 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 23rd, 2017 - 5 comments
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Date published: 4:21 pm, February 23rd, 2017 - 125 comments
So National’s great plan for swimmable rivers by 2040 is to allow twice as much shit in them and still call them “swimmable.”
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Date published: 11:39 am, February 23rd, 2017 - 120 comments
That Orwell was ahead of his time.
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Date published: 9:17 am, February 23rd, 2017 - 13 comments
Someone should ask English whether he still believes the opinions stated in the press release, and if not, why not?
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Date published: 7:48 am, February 23rd, 2017 - 130 comments
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?
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 23rd, 2017 - 38 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 22nd, 2017 - 14 comments
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Date published: 10:50 am, February 22nd, 2017 - 329 comments
What if we based our politics on relationships not power?
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Date published: 10:12 am, February 22nd, 2017 - 38 comments
Willie Jackson is using his return to the political spotlight to good effect.
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Date published: 9:21 am, February 22nd, 2017 - 20 comments
We should probably just schedule this as a monthly post.
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Date published: 8:50 am, February 22nd, 2017 - 3 comments
Jonathan Pie on why being a socialist is actually a good thing.
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 22nd, 2017 - 63 comments
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Date published: 1:29 pm, February 21st, 2017 - 29 comments
The Privacy Commission issues a ruling that should not have been unnecessary.
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Date published: 9:34 am, February 21st, 2017 - 30 comments
The living wage rises, and an odd argument for abolishing the minimum wage.
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Date published: 7:41 am, February 21st, 2017 - 15 comments
Idiot/Savant suggests removing the 5% threshold and introducing preferential voting for electorate seats.
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Date published: 7:05 am, February 21st, 2017 - 71 comments
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.
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 21st, 2017 - 110 comments
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Date published: 8:43 pm, February 20th, 2017 - 13 comments
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.
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Date published: 8:27 pm, February 20th, 2017 - 8 comments
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.
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Date published: 5:51 pm, February 20th, 2017 - 54 comments
The agreement between the Mana Movement and the Māori Party.
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 20th, 2017 - 16 comments
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Date published: 2:13 pm, February 20th, 2017 - 13 comments
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.
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Date published: 12:18 pm, February 20th, 2017 - 166 comments
As reported on Stuff: “Hone Harawira gets clear Te Tai Tokerau run for Mana not running against Maori Party in other seats”.
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Date published: 9:58 am, February 20th, 2017 - 40 comments
Another strong Labour selection in an interesting electorate.
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