Daily review 31/07/2026
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Aotearoa’s very own Donald Trump
New Zealand First is peddling nonsense law changes straight out of the Donald Trump playbook. And engaging in obnoxious racist behaviour. And Christopher Luxon does not have the ability to stop them or control them.
Sack Him Christopher
After the 2005 election, the Chinese Embassy sent Zhang Wei to ask me if Winston Peters would follow Labour government policy. I said I didn’t know, but would ask.
Open Mike 31/07/2026
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Daily review 30/07/2026
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Open Mike 30/07/2026
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Daily review 29/07/2026
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Our Worst Recession
The very worst crisis is the one from which you learn nothing. New Zealand has not had an economic stagnation and housing market price decline this bad since the 1970s.
Open Mike 29/07/2026
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Daily review 28/07/2026
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Open Mike 28/07/2026
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Daily review 27/07/2026
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The Greens in their own words
The co-leader speeches at the AGM, and the new policy of a 1 year moratorium on AI data centres.
Open Mike 27/07/2026
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Open Mike 26/07/2026
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Open Mike 25/07/2026
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Daily review 24/07/2026
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Open Mike 24/07/2026
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Iranian Ambassador: why the US blundered so badly, the state of diplomacy and ways forward.
Iranian Ambassador Reza Nazar Ahari provides some fascinating analysis into why the Western strategy on Iran has been so disastrously flawed.
Daily review 23/07/2026
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Stuart Gnash
With the demise of Stuart Nash’s planned resumption of his political career the question has to be asked, did Stuart Nash leave NZ First or did NZ First leave Stuart Nash?
Open Mike 23/07/2026
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Daily review 22/07/2026
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Electricity Policy and Power Bills In Winter 2026
The Green Party’s Kiwipower policy has a lot of similarities to the policy that the Greens and Labour jointly launched in the 2014 election. It will again be major issue in this election.
Open Mike 22/07/2026
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Daily review 21/07/2026
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Jones should be sacked
Shane Jones underscored Christopher Luxon’s weakness by telling him publicly that he needed to “take off your kneepads” when receiving a visit from foreign leaders without repercussion.
Defusing the goddamn ticking time bomb
Our reliance on fossil fuels is a ticking timebomb, There Are Real Alternatives, and the Green Party have a plan
The World Cup final, and Defence double standards in the Pacific
The World Cup is over and the good guys won, geo-politically speaking. When China fired a test missile a few weeks ago, it was as if the sky had fallen in.
Open Mike 21/07/2026
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Daily review 20/07/2026
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The Greens: Kiwipower and Power for All of Us
The Greens’ energy policy is about reducing costs to citizens, and making our generation system more resilient
Open Mike 20/07/2026
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Open Mike 19/07/2026
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Four Promises, Fifty Years On
Norman Kirk once said people do not ask for much: someone to love, somewhere to live, somewhere to work, and something to hope for.
Dead Cats everywhere
Winston Peters has engaged in classic dead cat political behaviour by publicly announcing that one of the new Interisland ferries will be called “Cook” and diverting the debate from the cost to the name.