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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 7th, 2016 - 10 comments
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Date published: 9:30 am, October 7th, 2016 - 46 comments
The Chief Prison Inspector’s report on Mount Eden Corrections Facility has now been released and has presented a damning judgment on Serco’s management of the prison.
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Date published: 9:00 am, October 7th, 2016 - 134 comments
It’s year 8 of a National/ACT government and things are looking pretty bleak. And it’s really, really easy to spin down into a spiral of bleakness and anxiety. But we can make it through.
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Date published: 8:00 am, October 7th, 2016 - 8 comments
The South has responded to the Matafai West Auckland effort from yesterday. Sua William Sio says that South Auckland is the Gateway to the nation and the land of the young, beautiful and gifted. Judging by this video he may be right.
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 7th, 2016 - 272 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 6th, 2016 - 58 comments
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Date published: 2:33 pm, October 6th, 2016 - 25 comments
For seven months the next movement of social and environmental justice and resistance has been growing. We should be paying attention.
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Date published: 12:28 pm, October 6th, 2016 - 145 comments
The Israeli navy has intercepted a boat carrying female pro-Palestinian activists including Green MP Marama Davidson engaged in a peaceful protest against Israel’s blockade of the Gaza strip.
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Date published: 9:33 am, October 6th, 2016 - Comments Off on Something to go to in Auckland tonight
Labour Party Senior Vice President candidate Eva Hartshorn-Sanders will be holding a meet the candidate event at Galbraith’s Alehouse between 5:30 and 7:30 tonight. SVP plays a very important role in the party, so it’s well worth checking out the candidates if you get the chance.
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Date published: 9:15 am, October 6th, 2016 - 59 comments
John Key is pretty good at providing media commentary on what problems New Zealand faces. But is he any good at addressing those problems?
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Date published: 8:00 am, October 6th, 2016 - 12 comments
The Matafai aiga from West Auckland show how to campaign.
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 6th, 2016 - 210 comments
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Date published: 5:26 pm, October 5th, 2016 - 10 comments
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Date published: 10:57 am, October 5th, 2016 - 68 comments
Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity advise Obama that the best way to get out of the dangerously escalating hawkish jam that parts of his government have put him in is to meet directly with Putin.
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Date published: 10:00 am, October 5th, 2016 - 20 comments
In a democracy what is better? A cold calculated pragmatic response or advocating for ideals that all citizens should strive, sacrifice and die for?
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Date published: 8:00 am, October 5th, 2016 - 148 comments
Phil Twyford argues housing will be the defining challenge for the next Labour-led Government, and sets out Labour’s reform agenda.
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 5th, 2016 - 117 comments
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Date published: 9:00 am, October 4th, 2016 - 5 comments
No Right Turn on National’s refusal to set any child poverty targets, when setting targets are the way the operate – as exemplified by the target they set the same afternoon on wild kiwi.
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 4th, 2016 - 10 comments
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Date published: 6:32 pm, October 3rd, 2016 - 41 comments
In which we learn that Colin Craig had already lost another case months before being done over in his defamation trial.
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Date published: 5:42 pm, October 3rd, 2016 - 9 comments
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Date published: 2:06 pm, October 3rd, 2016 - 5 comments
Ban them / tax them, but lets reduce demand. And make sure you get your vote in for local elections!
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Date published: 9:47 am, October 3rd, 2016 - 104 comments
Amazing lead story on RNZ – Easier to count rodents than kids in poverty, suggests Key. There are a number of good measures, any one of which would do, but the new Children’s Commissioner just wants to get past that debate and get onto doing stuff to reduce the numbers. A government that is all […]
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Date published: 8:06 am, October 3rd, 2016 - 166 comments
Donald Trump’s reluctance to release his tax returns has now been explained. He has possibly not paid tax for decades.
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 3rd, 2016 - 26 comments
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Date published: 5:00 pm, October 2nd, 2016 - 42 comments
The notion is there’s a left/right continuum and people are smoothly spread across it in a kind of a bell curve. The implication is there’s a big chunk of voters out there who think the same way politically. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way.
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Date published: 4:47 pm, October 2nd, 2016 - 21 comments
John Oliver excellent as always – this time on the difference in scandal quality between Clinton & Trump.
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Date published: 10:38 am, October 2nd, 2016 - 89 comments
Under the rubble of lies…
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 2nd, 2016 - 184 comments
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Date published: 8:14 am, October 1st, 2016 - 234 comments
Ad ranks post second world war according to criteria which produces some interesting result.
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 1st, 2016 - 185 comments
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