END GAME
What is the game plan for the Coalition government? What characteristics can we observe and what is the “end game?”
Open mike 24/11/2024
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A guide to making a submission on the Treaty Principles Bill
Want to make a submission opposing David Seymour’s dog whistle Treaty Principles Bill? Here’s how.
Open mike 23/11/2024
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Daily review 22/11/2024
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Open mike 22/11/2024
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Daily review 21/11/2024
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The Left Trumped?
We woke up last week to the post-mortem on the US election. How and why Trump won, and their implications for political alignments everywhere, are front and centre. A fundamental issue, explicitly identified when Trump won in 2016, is the presence of large sections of the working class vote into the Trump camp. So why has that happened – again?
Open mike 21/11/2024
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The Fast Death of Our Major Forestry Mills
2024 is the worst-ever year for our forest export industry as a whole, with most of our largest sawmills closing and the loss of hundreds of jobs.
Daily review 20/11/2024
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On the whining and treason of David Seymour
In recent days, David Seymour has been whining that no-one is seriously debating his stupid little bill to supposedly try to redefine what the Treaty means. But it is the constitutional arrangements of this country that this bill attacks. The bill is essentially treasonous. It also isn’t worth debating. Prepare against a dictatorship of the executive.
Open mike 20/11/2024
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Daily review 19/11/2024
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The great gaslighter
In the gaslight to end gaslights David Seymour is suggesting that anyone opposed to his Treaty Principles Bill is also opposed to fundamental human rights.
Open mike 19/11/2024
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Daily review 18/11/2024
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Open mike 18/11/2024
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Blowout in costs of Roads of National Significance
There has been a major blowout in the cost of the Roads of National Significance with the cost being potentially $10 billion more than National claimed during last year’s campaign.
Open mike 17/11/2024
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Open mike 16/11/2024
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Daily review 15/11/2024
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Justified outrage
There were some dramatic scenes in Parliament yesterday with Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke leading a fiery haka during the count of Act’s Treaty of Waitangi Principles Bill.
Open mike 15/11/2024
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Daily review 14/11/2024
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This Government’s day of shame
David Seymour thinks that opponents to his bill cannot explain what it is they are opposed to but ignores the clear advice of 40 Kings Counsel who have written to the Government telling it that the bill is itself a breach of the treaty.
Open mike 14/11/2024
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Daily review 13/11/2024
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Open mike 13/11/2024
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Daily review 12/11/2024
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Open mike 12/11/2024
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Daily review 11/11/2024
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Government bars Journalist for asking tough questions
The Government has prevented journalist Aaron Smale from attending the Crown apology to victims of abuse in state care because his questions are too tough.
Open mike 11/11/2024
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What happened?
Why did America vote for the least suitable candidate imaginable? And what are the implications for New Zealand politics?
Nicola Willis Deflects As National Splurge On Roads
Nicola Willis deflects a question on why National are spending billions on roads without a business case – after cancelling the 2026 i-Rex – which had a strong business case and required $1.4bn more to complete seismic upgraded ports and next generation ferries.