Last night in Auckland…
Open mike 11/06/2015
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Daily Review 10/06/2015 #CampbellLives
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Caption competition
Spark sponsoring hate blogger
Hey Spark – this is a terrible, terrible decision…
OECD sounding the alarm
Freeing up Auckland land for private development and sale at market rates isn’t going to cut it.
Is this progress?
Richard Harman has broken a story about the formation of a Blairite third way think tank within the Labour Party. Those involved include Stuart Nash, Phil Quin, Josie Pagani and Nick Legget.
Open mike 10/06/2015
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Daily Review 09/06/2015 #CampbellLives
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Another death linked to cold state house
This should not be happening in New Zealand.
Petition for safer workplaces
Helen Kelly: “Sign our petition and tell John Key that you support better health and safety in workplaces!”
NRT: Half-measures on housing quality
I/S at No Right Turn: “Any improvement is better than what we’ve got now .. At the same time, we should recognise that this is pathetically weak.”
The myth of “Retirement Savings”
Advocates of Kiwisaver and other funded “retirement savings” schemes perpetuate the fundamental misunderstanding that “conventional” in New Zealand’s case “neo-liberal” economists, speculators, finance companies, politicians and those with a lot of share holding wealth in non-productive enterprises like to perpetuate.
Relationships Aotearoa to close today
Relationships Aotearoa is closing its doors today, as a result of ineptitude and indifference on the part of the Government. Claimed safeguards are looking incredibly shaky. Only three of the five organisations touted to take up the work are prepared to do so. And MSD has caused upset to the Privacy Commissioner by misrepresenting his views.
Flip Flop isn’t just another word for a Jandal
IN a breaking news update, the New Zealand Prime Minister has a revelation on Health and Safety
Open mike 09/06/2015
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Daily Review 08/06/2015 #CampbellLives
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Predictable collapse in TV3 numbers
“Prime News outrates TV3 as audience numbers halve”
Anti-union rant in The Herald
An anonymous editorial in The Herald this morning really is atrocious. Apparently the limited uptake one of the Nats’ pet education policies is all the fault of the unions.
Little weighs in on dirty politics
Andrew Little on the latest round of dirty politics.
“It beggars belief any politician – like John Key and Judith Collins – wants to have anything to do with him [Cameron Slater].”
Cameron Slater’s statement on Ben Rachinger
Cameron Slater has posted one statement in response to Ben Rachinger’s allegations. It was by way of a jpg and was not searchable. As a public service broadcast I thought that New Zealand should have the benefit of the text of his response.
Open mike 08/06/2015
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Helen Kelly Q+A on health and safety
Update on dirty politics developments
A brief roundup of coverage and developments in the latest dirty politics revelations.
Murdoch on state houses then and now
Open mike 07/06/2015
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We need to ACT on the innumeracy of MPs
After a mere 5 years, some numerically and legally challenged current and ex-MP have been demonstrating their inability to understand their Three Strikes stupidity. They seem to think that people who have probably been in court or banged up in prison for violent offences have had time to go to court three times. FFS: these dickheads need mandatory remedial maths.
What does courage look like?
I hesitated before writing this. I knew that nothing I could write would do justice to the courage of Ms Seales and her […]
Welcome to The Standard
Welcome to any new readers checking out this blog today as a result of the “dirty politics” segment on The Nation. Here’s a bit about us…
Update: For those that didn’t see The Nation, there is a summary in The Herald.
The shame of poverty in NZ
According to the Ministry of Social Development child poverty is worse in NZ than in any European country. According to the Child Poverty Action Group new figures are going to show an increase in poverty. According to the coroner a damp unhealthy state house contributed to the death of a child. Welcome to the “brighter future”.
More dirty politics revealed on The Nation today
You might want to tune in and watch The Nation this morning at 9:30.
Open mike 06/06/2015
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Daily Review 05/06/2015 #CampbellLives
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De Boni on privatising mental health
A superb piece by Dita De Boni on the Nats’ plans to privatise mental health. See also (and sign!) Labour’s open letter opposing the “social bonds” scheme.
O’Brien on health and safety
Tova O’Brien has written an excellent piece on squabbles within National over health and safety legislation, calling it a disgrace and a power-play by the Collins faction.
Kia kaha Mihingarangi Forbes
Mihingarangi Forbes resigned yesterday as a reporter for Marae Televison apparently because of managerial interference in a story she intended to run. In the week since Aotearoa lost Campbell Lives it has now lost arguably the best investigative reporter that the country has.