Open Mike 17/07/2026
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Green Party calls for union membership as default setting for new employees
“Workers deserve the right to safe, fair and decent work, and being automatically a part of a collective is one of the best ways to ensure their rights will be fought for.”
Daily review 16/07/2026
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Open Mike 16/07/2026
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Daily review 15/07/2026
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Open Mike 15/07/2026
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Does Parliament really need more shock jocks?
Michael Laws and Paul Henry are planning a return to Parliament. Laws as a potential New Zealand First MP and Henry as an Act MP. Does Parliament really need more shock jocks?
Daily review 14/07/2026
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Sam Neill you believed in us
It is no longer a trivial thing that a person makes their fortune in the world and still chooses to invest and stay in the land of their childhood, New Zealand. For this, and many other good reasons, we can all be proud of Sam Neill.
Latest poll – too close to call
The latest RNZ Reid Research Poll suggests that the chances of Christopher Luxon needing a new job after the next election are increasing.
Open Mike 14/07/2026
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Daily review 13/07/2026
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Fuck this shit
It’s not enough to say fuck this shit, but it’s necessary to start with. We then have to tell a different story, one that people want, that inspires hope, and opens the door to something better than denial or doom.
Open Mike 13/07/2026
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Open Mike 12/07/2026
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Open Mike 11/07/2026
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Daily review 10/07/2026
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Let’s celebrate Kiwi music
Something to do on Matariki Day, celebrate Te Ao Aotearoa. RNZ has invited people to vote and comment on the list of the 100 best Kiwi songs and the top 50 will be played today.
Open Mike 10/07/2026
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A Very High Impact Climbdown by Minister Bishop
Minister of Transport Chris Bishop has now finally admitted that National’s 2023 election promises in transport were “very ambitious, ” and pushed many of them into simply future unfunded ideas, at devastating economic cost.
Daily review 09/07/2026
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Simpleton Brown: an idiot about power
I was struck by just how out of touch Simeon Brown is with the frustration of residential consumers of electricity. The ever rising prices, the frequent outages, and the stupidity of our electricity market. National’s fast-track doesn’t address any of that, nor their minuscule solar plan. Labour’s plan is a more useful fast-track to transform our real productive economy. Far more so than just exporting profits offshore from mining and data centres
Labour: Solar without the Upfront Cost
This is a very impressive policy from Labour
Open Mike 09/07/2026
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Daily review 08/07/2026
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Open Mike 08/07/2026
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Daily review 07/07/2026
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Open Mike 07/07/2026
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Official talk of Independent Foreign Policy is farcical
If we are a “force multiplier” we are not independent. We are meant to multiply force for the US. Against China. Madness.
Daily review 06/07/2026
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Hate speech laws threaten free speech – Keith Locke memorial debate 2026
The second Keith Locke memorial debate was held in Auckland on the 2nd. There is a live stream of the debate on youtube, linked here.
Open Mike 06/07/2026
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Where the Fight Against the DSS Bill Now Stands
On Thursday, Victoria Coleman handed over a petition at Parliament calling for the Disability Support Services Bill to be scrapped — 16,458 signatures got in five weeks while she cares full-time for her seven-year-old son Levi. Campaigning on top of that responsibility tells you whats at stake for thousands.
Open Mike 05/07/2026
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Open Mike 04/07/2026
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Daily review 03/07/2026
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