Daily review 16/02/2023
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Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation and Scottish Independence.
While Sturgeon’s strong leadership and vision have helped build support for Scottish Independence, the Conservative and Unionist Party’s arrogance and self-serving incompetence in government have greatly aided her in this.
Greenpeace calls on government to cut Big Dairy climate pollution
Join our call on the government to take real action to cut climate pollution from NZ’s biggest polluter: industrial dairying.
Open mike 16/02/2023
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Daily review 15/02/2023
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Climate Minister James Shaw: If we do not act, it will get worse
“There will be a certain crowd who say … let’s give up on stopping climate change and its focus entirely on responding to the effects of climate change and I cannot state enough what a catastrophic mistake that would be, because every tenth of a degree of warming increases the frequency and the severity of these events.”
Open mike 15/02/2023
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Daily review 14/02/2023
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Open mike 14/02/2023
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Daily review 13/02/2023
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Is it too early to talk about climate change?
Two unprecedented summertime storms in Auckland suggest that the threats posed by climate change are not in our future but are here now.
Open mike 13/02/2023
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Luxon’s little experiment
It is really difficult trying to appear to be Prime Minister material and inclusive and to appeal to racists at the same time. Christopher Luxon this week has shown how difficult it is.
Open mike 12/02/2023
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Open mike 11/02/2023
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Daily review 10/02/2023
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Green Party announces [former Standard contributor] as candidate for Ōhāriu
“This election is a pivotal one. We have a choice between maintaining the status quo or building a bright green future for everyone in our community; between divisiveness or solidarity; between quibbling over the definition of “crisis” or taking real action to address the cost of living, housing, climate change and environmental exploitation.”
Open mike 10/02/2023
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Daily review 09/02/2023
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The great reset
Chris Hipkins has announced the great policy reset and there are no surprises.
Open mike 09/02/2023
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Daily review 08/02/2023
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Open mike 08/02/2023
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Daily review 07/02/2023
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Open mike 07/02/2023
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Waitangi Day reading
“It’s a road we are travelling together” – Sharon Murdoch
Open mike 06/02/2023
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Gender Critical Disputes
A selection of essays on the importance of feminism in gender critical debate has been published by UK-based, feminist collective The Radical Notion.
Open mike 05/02/2023
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Open mike 04/02/2023
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Daily review 03/02/2023
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A week in the life of Mayor Wayne Brown
The Mayor of Supercity this week has given a textbook example of how not to communicate in a crisis.
Protecting poor people: the call for a rent freeze in Auckland
As property investors indicate an intention to raise rents, Renters United and 20+ community groups call for a rent freeze in Auckland.
Open mike 03/02/2023
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Daily review 02/02/2023
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National’s Brown problem
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is providing National strategists with a rather large headache.