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NZ First repeals Foreign Home Buyers Ban Under Urgency, Late At Night, During X’mas Period
PLUS: Brooke Van Velden overturns historic Supreme Court Uber ruling, after Uber lost their appeal unanimously last month
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Atlas Shrugged. Part One: Trump’s Security Strategy blows up the American world order.
Diplomacy, Donald Trump, Free Trade, Globalisation, military, Peace, Peace, Russia, trade, uk politics, Ukraine, us politics“The days of the United States propping up the entire world order like Atlas are over.” White House National Security Strategy, 2025
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Jason Walls’ Odd Choices & Chris Bishop’s Sly RMA
Jason Walls is a former Newstalk ZB Political Editor turned TVNZ business correspondent. Under his choices, can we still rely on 1News business reports? Plus: Chris Bishop’s nefarious RMA play
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“National is Getting NZ Back on Track”?
That’s the headline of the pamphlet in the letterbox. But from their own measures is that true?
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From In and Down to Outward-In: The Big Picture matters
The world is entering a generation of challenges not seen since the late 1930s. New Zealand is better placed than most states to weather this challenge if it prepares now.
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The Fast Track law is being made worse
Just over a year ago the Government passed a constitutional abomination of a law and is now trying to make it worse and do this quickly. What is going on?
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Treaty what treaty?
casey costello, Christopher Luxon, national, nz first, racism, same old national, treaty settlementsThe Government’s all out assault on te Tiriti o Waitangi continues. And this time supposed liberal Erica Sanford is engaged in the latest assault.
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The attempted hostile takeover of Kelston Boys High School
Individual State Schools face the prospect of hostile takeover by groups that may wish to change dramatically the way that the school is run. And Kelston Boys High School is a test case for how the process may work.
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Hayek’s Acolytes and History’s Judgement
While we should acknowledge Jim Bolger’s life of service to New Zealand we should also recognise the critical and continuing damage done to New Zealand by his government.
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Plunket declares war on the BSA
broadcasting, david seymour, human rights, Media, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, uncategorized, winston petersSean Plunket has threatened to sue the Broadcasting Standards Authority after it released a draft opinion suggesting that broadcasters using the internet should be subject to the same requirements as traditional broadcasters.
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Government by the Farmers for the Farmers
In a move that further undermines the country’s response to the climate crisis the Government has halved the methane reduction goal and determined that farms will not pay a price for greenhouse gas emissions.
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On The Shameful, Incompetent Decision On Palestine
Christopher Luxon, gaza, genocide, israel, national, nz first, Palestine, racism, uncategorized, winston peters, ZionismThe last time New Zealand put itself on the wrong side of history was when a New Zealand rugby team toured apartheid South Africa just after schoolchildren were gunned down on the streets of Soweto.
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Old man yells at rest of the world
Winston Peters has blamed the two most populous countries in the world for contributing to climate change, a problem that many in his party thinks does not exist.
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The infantilisation of Western Grand Strategy – and the rise of Eurasia.
China, Culture wars, Donald Trump, Free Trade, history, International, kremlinology, military, Peace, political alternatives, polycrisis, Russia, Ukraine, us politicsThe greatest threat Russia poses to Europe is not that it marches west but that it turns its back and builds a brighter future to the east. We may be witnessing the emergence of a Eurasian World Order.
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Psy-Op Alert: The Four Horsemen of the Linguistic Apocalypse
‘Shared values,’ ‘like-minded partners,’ the ‘rules-based order,’ and the ‘Indo-Pacific’ have become the Five Eyes nations’ favourite rhetorical weapons in their contest with declared adversaries.
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Guest Post – Planning By Firing Squad
The Planning by Firing Squad approach is characterised by being very rushed, lacking in detail, an almost total lack of public consultation, non-existent local knowledge and consistently paying little heed to environmental effects. It is a classic Wellington Ivory Tower approach.
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Adrian Orr Cover Up – A Quid Pro Quo?
Part 2 of the Adrian Orr / Neil Quigley cover up scandal. Nicola Willis knew and did not divulge the truth until the Ombudsman forced their hand last week.
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The $671 million dollar woman
The Government is trying to spin that cancellation of the ferry contract will cost the country $144 million when the actual figure is at least $671 million.
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Queenstown as an exemplar of the limits to growth
We are Queenstown.
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You Can’t Kill A Rainbow
The incongruence of transgender fear
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Climate Change and Bumper Sticker Politics
Christopher Luxon, climate change, making shit up, national, same old national, science, spin, you couldn't make this shit upChristopher Luxon has engaged in a classic example of bumper sticker politics by blaming Labour for excessive power prices, not the structure of the power sector. And he has completely ignored the imperitave action that climate change demands the country takes.
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Conduct unbecoming
David Seymour has been criticised for breaching the Cabinet Manual when posting Parliamentary Service funded social media attack ads against academic opponents to the Regulatory Standards Bill.
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The West’s War Against Iran
Clearly, the world needs to stop talking about Israel’s right to defend itself, and start talking about the world’s need to defend itself against Israel.
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The other Jacinda Book
Shortly after the release of Jacinda Ardern’s autobiography comes news of the release of a new biography for which the funding of and motivation for are not clear.
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The Auckland Mayoralty
With National aligned Desley Simpson ruling herself out of the Mayoralty race and pledging support for Wayne Brown Auckland’s mayoral contest looks like it will be a two way battle between Brown and Kerrin Leoni.
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Which animal does Labour resemble?
In the United States Republicans have been compared to Apex Predators and Democrats to a deer in headlights. Which animal does Labour resemble and which animal should it aspire to resemble?
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RNZ’s report on its Israel/Gaza coverage is not credible
babies, broadcasting, Ethics, gaza, genocide, israel, journalism, Media, Palestine, prisons, radio, war, ZionismRadio New Zealand’s decision to conduct a review of its Israel-Palestine coverage post-7 October 2023 is commendable. We believe the presented report does not meet a credible standard in terms of breadth, methodology and analysis.
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Te Pati Maori and the Privileges Committee
The Government’s desire to heavily punish Maori Party MPs for their haka in Parliament in opposition to the Treaty Principles Bill may have a dramatic effect on Budget Week.
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Rock and a hard place: the under 16 social media ban
Given the complexities and conflict over privacy, can MPs be trusted to design a good law?
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Lies damned lies and Pay Equity Repeal excuses
chris hipkins, Christopher Luxon, discrimination, Politics, spin, uncategorized, Unions, workers' rightsChristopher Luxon yesterday tried to claim that budgetary considerations were not the reason for repealing the Pay Equity Legislation even though David Seymour had said that the monetary savings from the bill would save the Budget.
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The Ukraine-United States Deal
In a bargain of the damned the United States and Ukraine have signed a peace agreement to share revenues from the future sale of Ukrainian minerals and rare earths.
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Blind Spots When Playing for Big Stakes
How the Greens Are Setting Candidates Up to Fail
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National yet again wants to take away prisoner voting rights
Despite the prospect of it being struck down by the Courts being very high the Government has announced a plan to reintroduce a prisoner voting ban.
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The Fall of Saigon 1975. Fifty years of repeating what was forgotten.
“The only lesson we learn from history is that we do not learn the lessons of history.” It’s about time we changed that.
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What Tamatha Paul Really Said
Chlöe Swarbrick, Christopher Luxon, crime, david seymour, greens, law, law and "order", mark mitchell, media abuse, national, national/act government, police, same old nationalTamatha Paul’s comments on policing have been criticised by Luxon as “insane” but a closer look at what she really said shows how much her comments have been taken out of context.
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Is NZ as Stable as Luxon Claims?
act, assets, Austerity, benefits, Brexit, business, capitalism, Christopher Luxon, class, class war, climate change, Coalition NZ, david seymour, don brash, Economy, economy, Europe, inequality, infrastructure, International, john key, national, nicola willis, nz first, overseas investment, Politics, privatisation, Privatisation, Public Private Partnerships, public services, simeon brown, uk politics, welfare, winston petersBy pursuing cuts, selling off assets to multinationals, enabling ACT’s attacks on the Treaty and cutting back on climate commitments, Luxon is guaranteeing that NZ will not be stable for long, writes Elliot Crossan.
