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Marama Fox vs Bill English – who will blink?

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Date published: 6:49 am, February 16th, 2017 - 167 comments

Marama Fox and Bill English have painted themselves into a bit of a corner, and Fox is threatening to “walk away from the Government”. Key would have handled this better.

Open Mike 16/02/2017

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 16th, 2017 - 49 comments

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Daily Review 15/02/2017

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 15th, 2017 - 62 comments

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John Oliver returns – calls Trump ‘a pathological liar’

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Date published: 2:32 pm, February 15th, 2017 - 11 comments

Our long Oliver-less nightmare is over.

Your government MPs in the news

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Date published: 11:23 am, February 15th, 2017 - 20 comments

Who can even keep up with it all?

Hypocrisy watch – Michael Flynn

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Date published: 9:35 am, February 15th, 2017 - 35 comments

Over in the United States of Trumpsville National Security Advisor to the Trump White House Mike Flynn, who famously said that Hillary Clinton should be locked up for threatening national security by having a private email server, has been sacked for threatening national security and for lying to the vice president.

Auckland: Stop Niki’s Eviction!

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Date published: 8:00 am, February 15th, 2017 - 82 comments

Time to take action against the destruction of communities and privatisation of social housing.

Human Rights Commission calls for an inquiry – English says no

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Date published: 7:02 am, February 15th, 2017 - 10 comments

Open Mike 15/02/2017

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 15th, 2017 - 45 comments

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Daily Review 14/02/2017

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 14th, 2017 - 37 comments

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English “will be taken down by housing”

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Date published: 2:40 pm, February 14th, 2017 - 67 comments

In the middle of a housing crisis “Housing New Zealand documents obtained under the Official Information Act show that there are nearly 2,500 empty state houses, more than 500 of which have been empty for over a year.”

Government will not support victims of domestic violence

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Date published: 9:33 am, February 14th, 2017 - 19 comments

The Government is refusing to support Jan Logie’s bill aimed at helping the victims of domestic violence despite the bill receiving support from the ANZ and Business New Zealand supporting the bill going at least to select committee.

Auckland NIMBYs refused

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Date published: 9:18 am, February 14th, 2017 - 12 comments

If Auckland as a city wish to retain representative samples of our past, then we should concentrate on how to preserve those rather than trying to deny the migration that increases its population by something like 50 thousand people per year. This is a working city – not a museum.

Greens stand aside in Ōhāriu

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Date published: 8:47 am, February 14th, 2017 - 114 comments

Putting aside misgivings for the sake of the greater good is a mark of political maturity which many politicians and commentators could learn from.

Is this the impossibility turning point?

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Date published: 8:11 am, February 14th, 2017 - 49 comments

There’s a wonderful fiction still propelling the world that the 21st century will bring an ever-expanding arc of freedom and prosperity to the vast majority of humanity but the reality seems to be anything but.

Open Mike 14/02/2017

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 14th, 2017 - 34 comments

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We Are All ‘Identarian’ Now

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Date published: 12:31 am, February 14th, 2017 - 106 comments

There has been an unfortunate trend developing in recent weeks, of negatively labelling people who dare to have a different opinion on equality to the labeller, as identarian. This description is something to be appreciated in these times when dark forces appear to be on the rise again.

Daily Review 13/02/2017

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 13th, 2017 - 19 comments

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Watch Bill English lying through his teeth on housing

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Date published: 2:03 pm, February 13th, 2017 - 36 comments

English is a less convincing liar than Key.

Panama Papers – Mossack Fonseca founders arrested

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Date published: 8:09 am, February 13th, 2017 - 30 comments

In the story that keeps rolling on, Mossack Fonseca founders arrested for money laundering.

First major party leader in 15 years to not speak at Big Gay Out

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Date published: 7:03 am, February 13th, 2017 - 37 comments

Open Mike 13/02/2017

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 13th, 2017 - 13 comments

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Greg O’Connor selected for Ōhāriu

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Date published: 5:52 pm, February 12th, 2017 - 150 comments

The former Police Association president has been confirmed as a Labour’s candidate for Wellington’s Ōhāriu electorate.

Russia’s ‘traditional family values’

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Date published: 11:05 am, February 12th, 2017 - 22 comments

Constructive and positive ‘conservative’ organisations everywhere should be outraged at the way the use of ‘traditional family values’ gets corrupted, and they should be doing more to speak out against it.

Bloomberg warns world of New Zealand’s toxic trusts

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Date published: 7:56 am, February 12th, 2017 - 21 comments

Bloomberg magazine has highlighted how foreign trusts are damaging New Zealand’s reputation and are being used for criminal activity.

Open Mike 12/02/2017

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 12th, 2017 - 53 comments

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Deborah Russell for New Lynn

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Date published: 3:23 pm, February 11th, 2017 - 69 comments

Senior Lecturer and tax law expert Deborah Russell has won the Labour selection for New Lynn – congratulations! You’re going to make a fantastic MP! Also Paul Eagle selected for Rongotai.

New Zealand Second?

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Date published: 10:48 am, February 11th, 2017 - 13 comments

Herald documentary: Under The Bridge

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Date published: 9:00 am, February 11th, 2017 - 9 comments

If you didn’t catch up with this in The Herald this week – Under The Bridge – you should take a look now. An excellent piece of long-form journalism.

Greenpeace on braided rivers and govt-funded pollution

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Date published: 8:00 am, February 11th, 2017 - 45 comments

Clean, green farming is much better for our rivers, our land and our international reputation.

Open Mike 11/02/2017

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 11th, 2017 - 95 comments

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