Political Caption Competition
Another John Key idea up in smoke.
Author: The Daily Blog
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday – 23rd October 2019
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Political Caption Competition
The Mark Richardson and Winston Peters feud escalated quickly.
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Paying For Our Pakeha “Guilt” and “Privilege”
PERHAPS THE BEST WAY to assess the quality of the NZ Herald’s “Land of the Long White Cloud” is by studying Tom Clarke’s characterisation of James Cook. Clarke begins by making Cook a member of the British aristocracy. He gives him the accent of Hugh Laurie’s Bertie Wooster, along with most of his mannerisms. Clarke then proceeds to deliver a false description of Cook’s mission – complete with jokes about planting flags and claiming countries.
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Political Podcast – Sean Plunket vs Damien Grant vs Bomber: This week – political polls, local body election results, armed police patrols, Massey University, NZ First conference, Mediaworks
Due to popular demand – The Working Group is now ONE HOUR LONG! They might be cutting back on the Guy Williams at Mediaworks, but expanding on the angry white men talking politics segment of the company!
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Quality investigative journalism cannot survive without the support of bold publishers.
More years ago than I now care to remember I was the editor of CANTA, the Canterbury University Student Newspaper. One edition caused a problem because I and a couple of my reporters had done an investigation into aged care in Christchurch and found a couple of residential homes where the standards of hygiene and over -crowded conditions were frankly appalling.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday – 22nd October 2019
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Dave Macpherson: Government’s $100M rebuild of acute mental health facility the last part of the answer, not the first
Last week the Government announced, with much fanfare, the rebuild of Waikato DHB’s notorious Henry Bennett Centre, a place that was quite literally the death of our son Nicky, and of several other acutely ill patients.
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Dr Liz Gordon: De-prison now!
It is over a year since the August 2018 hui told the government that imprisonment was not working to solve the problem of crime in Aotearoa. The model of high security prisons, guards running around in stab-proof vests, top-down security, very limited access to programmes to solve the mental health and addictions that are rife in our prisons and so on, known as the American model, just makes things worse, is extremely expensive and a blight on our society.
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Political Caption Competition
The Suicide Squad sequel is very underwhelming.