Open mike 10/04/2025
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Daily review 09/04/2025
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Open mike 09/04/2025
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Daily review 08/04/2025
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Tamatha Paul on BHN
The Sensible Sentencing Trust’s free publicity, and what defunding the policy means.
NZD Freefalls & NZ First Linked To Green Party Attack Ads
Headlines: NZD free falls, misleading Green Party attack ads linked to NZ First, making NZDF lethal, and American billionaires regret support for Trump
All they are saying is give War a chance
At a time when the need for increased spending in health, education and the environment is so pressing the Government wants to spend a further $12 billion over the next four years on rearming.
Open mike 08/04/2025
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Misleading Billboards Are a Threat to Electoral Integrity
Misleading the public never is good for politics.
Daily review 07/04/2025
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Open mike 07/04/2025
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Trump’s Secret Sauce Hits NZ
What is Trump’s secret sauce? And what parallels and lessons can we draw in Aotearoa New Zealand, before it’s too late?
Trump Schadenfreude
All the fools supporting hard right political leadership will now be reminded of what they signed up for.
Open mike 06/04/2025
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Trade Like You Mean It: How Aotearoa Can Lead with Values in a Volatile World
In an era of weaponised tariffs, crumbling institutions, and trade policy made on the campaign trail, New Zealand’s long game is trust, credibility, and coherence.
If we choose to play it.
Aotearoa take a bow
The Justice Select Committee has returned Act’s odious Treaty Principles Bill to Parliament. And in its report it has noted that the overwhelming majority of submitters opposed the bill.
Open mike 05/04/2025
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Daily review 04/04/2025
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Fabians: On Rwanda invading DRC
I turn up to Fabian meetings, when I remember . They are often useful for understanding how other people view topics that I am either familar with or sometimes have little information on. Like the Zoom tonight on the ongoing conflict in the Congo from invading Rwandan troops and their local proxy insurgents.
Go Phil!
Phil Goff doubles down on criticism of Trump’s lies.
Open mike 04/04/2025
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Daily review 03/04/2025
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US imposes 10% tariff on NZ imports
While 10% is at the lower end of this unjustified tax, it is very serious for our whole NZ economy.
Open mike 03/04/2025
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Daily review 02/04/2025
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Open mike 02/04/2025
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Daily review 01/04/2025
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Vilification of Russia not good for peace in Europe.
Putinversteher – one who “understands” Putin. It is meant as a slur but Professor Geoffrey Roberts, a British historian of Russia, embraces the term.
The RNZ-Reid Research poll
The new RNZ/Reid Research poll has its first results.
Open mike 01/04/2025
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Daily review 31/03/2025
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Open mike 31/03/2025
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NZ Leftist Collective March 2025
Samah Huriwai-Seger, Shane te Pou. Craig Renney, Kieran McAnulty, hosted by Pat Brittenden
Open mike 30/03/2025
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When Government does not want to listen to the people
The Coalition is utterly disrespectful to the people.
Open mike 29/03/2025
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