Open Mike 18/08/2026
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Daily review 17/08/2026
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How To Ensure Power Shifts
There is now a 50-50 chance that the government will change in November 2026, and Labour must have the plan to fully shift power beyond Parliament. This is how you do it.
Open Mike 17/08/2026
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Vote Climate
When voting this year vote Climate.
Naidoo deserves an apology
A late police response to an OIA request concerning Labour List candidate Rakesh Naidoo raises concerns that the Police are acting politically.
Open Mike 16/08/2026
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Big Hairy Te Tiriti Debate
The debaters for the night are:
David Seymour (ACT)
Casey Costello (NZ First)
Willie Jackson (Labour)
Marama Davidson (Greens)
Also participating is:
Pat & Chewie (BHN)
Paul Barlow (The Collective)
Ripeka Lessels (NZEI)
Nathan Seiuli (Pillar NZ)
Open Mike 15/08/2026
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Daily review 14/08/2026
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Open Mike 14/08/2026
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Daily review 13/08/2026
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Winning the battle but losing the war
Christopher Luxon may have kept the National Party leadership yesterday but National’s chances in this year’s election just became much worse.
Open Mike 13/08/2026
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Daily review 12/08/2026
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Will he stay or will he go?
Christopher Luxon’s decision to call a National Caucus meeting this morning to vote on his leadership may result in him being forced to walk the plank.
Open Mike 12/08/2026
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Daily review 11/08/2026
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Open Mike 11/08/2026
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The mythological climate saviour
Carbon capture and storage is bullshit, another lie from the fossil fuel industries so they can keep making money instead of reducing emissions
Daily review 10/08/2026
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Open Mike 10/08/2026
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Open Mike 09/08/2026
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Protest against American Imerialism
Anti imperialism protest on this afternoon at 2 pm at Auckland.
Open Mike 08/08/2026
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Daily review 07/08/2026
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Luxon, Yahoo and Numpty
Christopher Luxon completed a week from Hell by calling his coleaders Yahoo and Numpty and obliterating Media coverage of the announcement of the opening of Auckland’s City Rail Tunnel and of new industry designed school subjects.
Open Mike 07/08/2026
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Daily review 06/08/2026
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A Labour Government Is Good For Business
In the week that the Prime Minister offended small business, unemployment rose to 170,000 and over 6% in the North Island, and the Reserve Bank continues to raise interest rates, Labour showed, again, why the public knows they are better for small business than any other party.
Does Policy Still Win the 2026 Election?
In a 2026 election beset already by bombast and hyperbole, is the big-policy-first approach of the left still working?
Uber Air Force One
It has been disclosed that Christopher Luxon used an Air Force plane to fly him from a National Party fundraiser in Whanganui to his home in Auckland.
Open Mike 06/08/2026
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Daily review 05/08/2026
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Open Mike 05/08/2026
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Daily review 04/08/2026
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