Labour to campaign on tax reform
1News: The party leader told Q+A that Labour would be announcing its tax policy later this year, ahead of the 2026 election. He […]
Open mike 10/03/2025
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The Villain Board
“we could move the villains into different zones hour by hour”
Great America
The United States of America is in full territorial expansion mode and there is little that anyone can do about it.
Open mike 09/03/2025
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Another blow against decency and truth: the flourishing of evil.
I am an ordinary citizen of Aotearoa. I am deeply angered at and ashamed of the actions of Winston Peters in dismissing Phil Goff as our High Commissioner in London. It is a deplorable decision.
Open mike 08/03/2025
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Daily review 07/03/2025
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Luxon’s Untenable Grasp
Last year I predicted Luxon would be replaced within the term. But by linking his credibility to Seymour’s preservative laden, scalding, burning and burnt school lunch program this week, Luxon has accelerated his political demise.
Open mike 07/03/2025
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Daily review 06/03/2025
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Fox in a henhouse
Simeon Brown has appointed John Carnegie to the EECA even though Carnegie has some decidedly anti energy conservation ideas.
Open mike 06/03/2025
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Daily review 05/03/2025
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Blink twice if you are being held hostage
Vladimir Zelensky has apologised to Donald Trump for being the receipient of Trump’s appalling behaviour recently. And Trump has sparked a full on trade war with some of America’s closest allies.
Open mike 05/03/2025
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Daily review 04/03/2025
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Open mike 04/03/2025
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Daily review 03/03/2025
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Canadian billionaire linked to right wing websites buys a near 10% of NZME shares
James “Jim” Grenon spends almost $10 million to buy a ~10% stake in the publisher of NZ Herald and owner of Newstalk ZB.
3 Things To Know About This Government – 8 Things We Should All Do Now
This is an excerpt from a longer article: What Can We Do Again?
Helen Clark’s nuanced take on world events
In a recent interview Helen Clark managed to neatly summarise current world problems and express a desire for New Zealand to maintain its independent foreign policy.
Open mike 03/03/2025
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The new world order
Yesterday’s press conference involving Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky suggests that the United States is now solidly aligned with Russia against the Western World and Western values.
Open mike 02/03/2025
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The Chinese Shadowboxing Show at Sea
The World is at war and the level of mind-control is mind-blowing.
Looks like rail enabled ferries may be back
You have to hand it to Winston and New Zealand First. On the issue of rail enabled ferries they have performed outstanding work. That good that what looked like a foregone conclusion, the dismantling of the Cook Strait Rail Link, may not happen after all.
Capitawism
“Socialism only sounds good in theory!”
Open mike 01/03/2025
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Daily review 28/02/2025
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Its the end of the Media as we know it …
Two recent media related stories made me wonder if there was now formal acknowledgement that the concept that media should fearlessly and impartially report the news is now dead.
Some more thoughts about National’s vigilante justice policy
National’s forary into supporting vigilante justice raises some thorny legal issues it appears National has not thught about.
Open mike 28/02/2025
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Daily review 27/02/2025
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The Greens plan for a Green Budget
The Green Party co-leaders gave their annual State of the Planet speech yesterday.
Open mike 27/02/2025
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