Vale, Magista
Respects to the falling of the Rt Hon Jonathan Hunt.
Open mike 10/03/2024
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“Deliberate nuclear use
in a war over Taiwan” is the title of an Atlantic Council paper produced last September. They mean nuclear weapons. These are serious people; Undersecretary Bonnie Jenkins addressed them last year about AUKUS.
News and New Zealand Democracy
How do we prevent the decline of broadcast tv news being a deep wound to our democracy?
Open mike 09/03/2024
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Luxon crashes in latest Curia poll
The Atlas aligned Taxpayer’s Union has released its latest Curia poll results. And the results are bad news for Christopher Luxon.
Daily review 08/03/2024
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Open mike 08/03/2024
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Daily review 07/03/2024
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Open letter to Judge Glubb
… the assault had the very real potential to cause serious, possibly fatal injuries.
That fact should have featured in your sentencing, if only to use the opportunity to send a message to all men who punch women, and to young men who punch anyone in the head but especially old women, that it is an extremely dangerous act.
Open mike 07/03/2024
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Daily review 06/03/2024
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Open mike 06/03/2024
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Daily review 05/03/2024
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Let them eat cake
David Seymour has stated that funding for free school lunches will be cut by up to half.
Open mike 05/03/2024
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Daily review 04/03/2024
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Where is Melissa Lee?
The New Zealand media sector has been in turmoil during the past week. But Broadcasting Minister has refused to publicly discuss what is happening or what her government proposes to do about it.
Open mike 04/03/2024
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USUKAs
US Undersecretary of State Bonnie Jenkins is in Wellington this week with a hard sell for us on AUKUS Pillar 2 wunderwaffen maybes. We should say tai hoa.
Dune 2 and Gaza
What if life followed fiction and Gaza was explained by Dune 2? Sigh. It isn’t.
Open mike 03/03/2024
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Open mike 02/03/2024
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Daily review 01/03/2024
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Who is treating taxpayers as an ATM?
It has been revealed that Christopher Luxon receives $52,000 a year from the taxpayer to pay for him staying in his own apartment. Update within the space of an hour he has said that it was his entitlement but then said that he will pay the money back.
Open mike 01/03/2024
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Daily review 29/02/2024
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What does the Government have against Maori health?
National spent much of yesterday ramming through under urgency and without a select committee process two measures which will have detrimental effects on Māori health.
Newshub Closes
One can hate the mainstream media but OMG you sure will miss it when it’s gone.
Open mike 29/02/2024
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Daily review 28/02/2024
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Guns and gangs
The Government has announced yet another tough on gangs policy involving a severe restriction on the rights of freedom of expression at the same time that gun ownership laws will be liberalised.
Open mike 28/02/2024
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Daily review 27/02/2024
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Open mike 27/02/2024
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Daily review 26/02/2024
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