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Date published: 6:00 am, October 24th, 2016 - 74 comments
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Date published: 5:48 am, October 24th, 2016 - 31 comments
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Date published: 9:16 am, October 23rd, 2016 - 198 comments
Convincing workers not to organise in their own best interests is one of the great successes of right-wing politics.
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Date published: 8:11 am, October 23rd, 2016 - 16 comments
Some inspiration for the activists in the audience.
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Date published: 7:00 am, October 23rd, 2016 - 58 comments
Robert Guyton continues his series on life in a Riverton Food Forest.
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 23rd, 2016 - 60 comments
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Date published: 5:55 am, October 23rd, 2016 - 50 comments
The weekend post for all random comments and links on the US election.
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Date published: 9:23 am, October 22nd, 2016 - 21 comments
The Japanese proved decades ago that shared ownership – involving workers in management – is a highly successful and productive model. Seems that it works for the All Blacks too.
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Date published: 8:54 am, October 22nd, 2016 - 44 comments
Barack Obama recently talked about the possible need for a universal basic income because of the disappearance of work. Is a UBI so different to collective ownership of wealth?
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 22nd, 2016 - 52 comments
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Date published: 6:11 pm, October 21st, 2016 - 4 comments
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Date published: 4:00 pm, October 21st, 2016 - 22 comments
Originally posted at Tangerina. This is in response to an earlier column Society, not rugby, needs to change its culture by Peter Jackson, Editor of the Northland Age. Mr Jackson is right; society does need to change its culture. Rugby doesn’t exist in a vacuum – it’s played and managed by people. Imperfect people, impressionable people, people […]
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Date published: 9:01 am, October 21st, 2016 - 45 comments
The top 200 tech “exporters” are now turning over NZD 9.4 billion. This year revenue increased by more that NZD 1 billion. Which is pretty phenomenal bearing in mind the sluggish world economy. It meant that they grew an additional 3000 odd highly paid jobs in just those top companies. Even this intellectually bereft government isn’t proving to be too much of a hindrance to tech business.
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Date published: 8:36 am, October 21st, 2016 - 21 comments
The government is proud of their surplus, which at 0.7% of GDP isn’t quite as dramatic as the 9% of GDP deficit they had in 2011. But as soon as we have a surplus, National starts salivating over tax cuts. But may I continue on where I left off on other things that are far […]
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Date published: 8:03 am, October 21st, 2016 - 140 comments
The Court of Appeal has ruled that Darren Watson’s Planet Key song should not have been banned during the 2014 election campaign.
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 21st, 2016 - 89 comments
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Date published: 5:55 am, October 21st, 2016 - 114 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 20th, 2016 - 42 comments
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Date published: 8:46 am, October 20th, 2016 - 191 comments
We’re almost there, folks! The third and final presidential debate kicks off this arvo. Will Trump turn it around? Will Hillary bother turning up? Will Fox News beome a legitimate news outlet now that they’re allowed to run a debate? All will be revealed at 2 PM this arvo.
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Date published: 7:13 am, October 20th, 2016 - 95 comments
A decade ago peak oil, or the capping of supply was thought to be an imminent problem. Now it is looking more likely that demand will peak, and soon.
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 20th, 2016 - 89 comments
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Date published: 5:55 am, October 20th, 2016 - 108 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 19th, 2016 - 33 comments
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Date published: 3:00 pm, October 19th, 2016 - 44 comments
Junior doctors are speaking out against the misinformation being spread by DHBs.
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Date published: 12:07 pm, October 19th, 2016 - 80 comments
Hekia Parata is to leave Parliament next year. The bad news is that she is probably going to stay on as education minister till then.
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Date published: 12:00 pm, October 19th, 2016 - 9 comments
Vincent O’Malley writes at The Guardian about how we should, or don’t, remember the New Zealand wars.
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Date published: 10:51 am, October 19th, 2016 - 16 comments
Excerpts from a lengthy Bernie Sanders interview published in the ‘New Republic’.
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Date published: 9:34 am, October 19th, 2016 - 7 comments
With the sudden departure of deep sea drilling company Statoil from Northland here’s a timely look the role of community action in that, the state of play in NZ and what is next.
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Date published: 8:32 am, October 19th, 2016 - 8 comments
Herald: “…the Government ought to be banking surpluses, just as Sir Michael Cullen did during the boom of 2000-2007”.
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Date published: 8:00 am, October 19th, 2016 - 163 comments
Deep into its third term and despite its many transgressions National still remains relatively popular. What gives?
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 19th, 2016 - 144 comments
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