Israel’s latest atrocities

In the past week it has been disclosed that Israel’s Artificial Intelligence driven security system was responsible for the killing of seven international aid workers. And there are reports that Israel directed a missile attack on the Iraqi embassy in Syria.

Open mike 06/04/2024

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Daily review 05/04/2024

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Strike!

Please choose life today and support the strike in any way you can: attend in person, share information on social media, talk to people you know today about why it matters.

Open mike 05/04/2024

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Daily review 04/04/2024

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Forest and Bird: on the Fast Track Approvals Bill and how to make a submission

“this is going to take all of us using our voice for nature, in all the places we are, to make it clear that we’re not against regulation, we actually quite like it, but we want regulation that is isn’t unbridled and puts power in the hands of Ministers in a way that New Zealand has never seen before.” – Nicola Toki CE of Forest and Bird

Open mike 04/04/2024

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Daily review 03/04/2024

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Open mike 03/04/2024

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Daily review 02/04/2024

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The future of UK Labour and what it means for Aotearoa

It appears almost inevitable that Keir Starmer will be the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. But his taking the party to the right and an active drive to rid the party of left wingers raises the spectre that his Goverment would be a pale immitation of its predecessors.

Open mike 02/04/2024

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Open mike 01/04/2024

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Open mike 31/03/2024

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Open mike 30/03/2024

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The Culture War Coalition

We have just had yet another week of the Government manufacturing culture wars and picking fights while ignoring the big issues. Like dealing with climate change, child poverty and homelessness.

Open mike 29/03/2024

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Daily review 28/03/2024

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Open mike 28/03/2024

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Daily review 27/03/2024

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NZ Initiative – tax cuts are silly at present. I have to agree.

I don’t agree with people from New Zealand Initiative often. Mostly I just growl. But Oliver Hartwich who is the Initiative’s Executive Director wrote a article in The Australian “Christopher Luxon’s challenge for NZ economy: fiscal discipline or tax cuts”. Hard to find anyone aware of the current recession who could disagree outside of a small political minority in the National caucus.

Open mike 27/03/2024

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Daily review 26/03/2024

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Open mike 26/03/2024

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Daily review 25/03/2024

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Open mike 25/03/2024

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The GCSB revelations

RNZ has reported that a foreign agency collected signals intelligence out of the GCSB for years without ministers knowing. And the collection only stopped after the equipment broke down.

Open mike 24/03/2024

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