Open Mike 16/09/2026
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Daily review 15/09/2026
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Open Mike 15/09/2026
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To frigate or not to frigate
The NZ Initiative, who gave us neoliberalism, says we need to buy four to keep one at sea. Just Defence says there are a lot better uses for the money. I’m with them.
Kiwisaver and the 2026 Election
A review of its behaviour over time shows that National can’t be trusted with your Kiwisaver.
Daily review 14/09/2026
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The problem with foreign funded polls
Why does our media allow potentially foreign funded polls that are out of kilter with other polling results to affect local political discourse?
War Without Shooting When They Used To Be Allies
We are witnessing a full-scale trade war between Canada and the United States and there’s every sign it will get much, much worse.
Open Mike 14/09/2026
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Open Mike 13/09/2026
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City Rail Link Is Really About Workers
Plenty of politicians will seek credit when it opens, but none of them will have lifted a spade. The reason New Zealand’s largest infrastructure project exists is because over 1700 workers actually built it.
Open Mike 12/09/2026
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Daily review 11/09/2026
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The fatal friend
Henry Kissinger is reported to have said “it may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal.” Australia should take note, enmeshed as it is with US bases. The fallout may affect us too.
Why does National despise the poor?
Under National the MSD thinks that food is not an essential need. And it pushed through under urgency a botched up law change which cut the benefits for tens of thousands of elderly kiwis.
The robots are coming to get us
AI techies are sound the alarm on where AI is going and how dangerous it will be. We can and should act now to prevent that.
Open Mike 11/09/2026
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Daily review 10/09/2026
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Open Mike 10/09/2026
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Daily review 09/09/2026
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Open Mike 09/09/2026
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Taxpayers Union hides its funding
The Taxpayers Union has now gone offline so that we have no idea where its funding came from. And if Curia polling is paid for by Atlas aligned organistions.
Daily review 08/09/2026
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Labour to accelerate climate action
“Labour is fully committed to the Paris Agreement and will put New Zealand on course to meet its targets…. Walking away from it, as National and its mates are planning to do, would be giving up on our kids’ future and impose huge costs on our economy.”
The Right is winning the bullshit media narrative
Last weekend saw a continuation of right wing parties coming out with inane policy announcements that make a media splash without any hard questions being asked.
Open Mike 08/09/2026
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Daily review 07/09/2026
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Open Mike 07/09/2026
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Greens launch plan to break up the supermarket duopoly and bring down the price of food
“The Green Party has today announced a plan to break up the supermarket duopoly by creating a publicly owned supermarket chain called KiwiMart, as part of its Affordable Kai election policy”
Government makes Move On Orders Bill less shit
This week the Government reluctantly reversed its intent to allow homeless teenagers to be prosecuted if they did not move to somewhere less safe when required to move on by police.
Open Mike 06/09/2026
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Open Mike 05/09/2026
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Daily review 04/09/2026
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New Zealand’s Gas Panic Was Entirely Lies
Anyone remember it was just a year ago that businesses and government politicians were crying about the loss of natural gas availability?
Open Mike 04/09/2026
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Daily review 03/09/2026
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