Lying, incompetent or duped. One of these descriptions applies to Transport Minister Simon Bridges. He’s been sprung allowing Kiwirail to mothball a rail line he has repeatedly said was not under threat. What did he know and when? If he didn’t know, why the hell didn’t he know?
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Dr Ranginui Walker, leader, academic and writer on Māori issues, has died aged 83.
Charter schools showered with even more money for missing their targets. Something to do with forests, apparently.
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Next week the voting on part two of the Key Legacy Project © begins. We’re being given a choice between the outdated and the bland. The Butcher’s Apron or the Tea Towel. Do you care?
Ad on why the left should look at Trump’s populism and adopt some of the better parts.
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As with Corbyn, and as with Syriza, the US oligarchy is now finding out that ordinary people are refusing to buy into the status quo regardless of how much big money spin is being spun.
John Palino has all but announced that he will also stand for the super city Mayoralty and there is a rumour that Simon Lusk will be his campaign manager.
David Seymour will at ACT’s conference today outline why ACT and not the Greens is the real environmental party.
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The humans of Remuera succeeded this week in getting Auckland Council to withdraw evidence from the Unitary Plan hearing supporting increased intensification in the leafy suburbs.
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In an apparent irony free statement Don Brash is complaining that young Maori woman Josie Butler may be the recipient of some privilege.
A new edition of “Confessions of an Economic Hitman” has been released. It makes it clear that we are in the grip of a global “Death Economy” and a collective embrace of ‘Thanatos’, the death instinct.
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There was a gathering in Cathedral Square in Christchurch on Sunday the 21st of February.
A one and a half hour recording of the event was put on youtube. Speaking begins at around 13min.
Barak Obama has moved to fulfill a very old election pledge and is attempting to close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Centre.
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The pro change Flag Campaign has been launched on Social Media using themes that will appeal to progressives about the need for change. The problem is what they want it to be changed to.
The Middle East temperature is heating up and Turkey is finding itself in trouble on many fronts.
Looks like the top 1% and the cashed up asset rich are doing just fine. The rest of you, work harder.
Physical attacks on politicians is going too far. So too is faking a hate-speech outbreak.
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Danyl McLauchlan at the Dim-Post remarks that the Opposition continues to be unable to get voters to question the Key Government or to even consider the alternative that they are presenting.
The latest Colmar Brunton poll result suggests that it is not all doom and gloom for the left.
The people of Christchurch don’t need any more words about how brave and resilient they are. They need action.
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Russia understands how to defeat ISIS and the UK should be helping not opposing them, says a former UK Army chief of staff.
Some thoughts on yesterday’s gay pride parade and why National has in the space of 30 years changed from being deeply anti gay rights to being superficially in support.
Cyclone Winston is the strongest ever southern hemisphere storm. Fiji has been hit hard.
