Daily review 11/06/2026
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Open Mike 11/06/2026
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Daily review 10/06/2026
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Labour’s list
Labour’s recently announced list contains a number of new impressive candidates and is clear evidence that the party is being rejuvinated.
Open Mike 10/06/2026
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Daily review 09/06/2026
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Open Mike 09/06/2026
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The Fast Track Legislation Really is This Bad
There is growing local opposition to the prospect of open cast mining in the Central Otago approved by the Fast Track process.
Daily review 08/06/2026
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Open Mike 08/06/2026
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In defence of the MP’s lot
Surging populist thinking is compounding neo-liberalism’s dislike of the public sector and our democratic institutions.
Open Mike 07/06/2026
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They all do it…
FiveEyes issues warning re possible Chinese intelligence recruiting methods! Beware! China issues warning re already recruited anti-China MPs. Cue shock horror!
Should Kiwis dream of Electric Sheep?
Electricity and Data Centres are a major problem and opportunity for New Zealand.
Open Mike 06/06/2026
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Daily review 05/06/2026
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Kamikaze Chris does Labour a favour
On May 21st, 2026 National’s Chris Bishop did his best to lose the 2026 general election and his Hutt South electorate.
Open Mike 05/06/2026
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Daily review 04/06/2026
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When is a Free Speech Union not a Free Speech Union?
When it is a right wing astroturfing front.
Open Mike 04/06/2026
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Daily review 03/06/2026
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Open Mike 03/06/2026
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Daily review 02/06/2026
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Open Mike 02/06/2026
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No nukes
The timing of the recent suggestion by Chris Penk that New Zealand should review its nuclear free policy makes you wonder if the Trump Administration has applied pressure to do so.
Open Mike 01/06/2026
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Hegseth accuses New Zealand of freeloading because we don’t want to arm for war
Pete Hegseth has claimed that New Zealand is freeloading because it is not spending enough of weapons of war at a time of international chaos created by the United States.
Open Mike 31/05/2026
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Open Mike 30/05/2026
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Daily review 29/05/2026
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Open Mike 29/05/2026
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BHN: The Peoples’ Budget Lock-Up 2026
The Peoples’ Budget Lock-Up 2026 brings together unions, iwi, students, community organisations, advocates, and workers to collectively respond to Budget 2026 and help shape a people-centred alternative.
At 9pm BHN will talk first with Chris Hipkins, then later with Ricardo Menendez.
Daily review 28/05/2026
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OMG BUDGET 2026
This is simply your space to react to the hyperbole, the outrages, the theatre of this coalition government’s election year budget. Buckle in.
Open Mike 28/05/2026
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