The fox trot to 3 waters is misdirection
Chris Trotters article, ‘The Privatisation two-step: Is three waters a masterpiece of mis-direction?’ had me in complete agreement over concern…
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GUEST BLOG: Pat O’Dea – Slash
Will the Hipkins administration act to ban ‘Slash’? Forestry Slash has demolished houses, damaged bridges, covered farmland and beaches and…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Cumulative pandemic deaths: a graph more effective than 1,000 words
A good graphic illustration is well-known to convey a much stronger message than words. For a long time this was…
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Nicola Sturgeon went woke and Nicola Sturgeon got broke
Wow. One of the great political voices for Scottish Independence steps down leaving a Jacinda similar wistfulness of what ifs…
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How much longer can New Zealand afford to carry the rich?
The Salvation Army released its State of the Nation 2023 report – Nga Rourou Whakaiti this week. It’s a depressing…
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GUEST BLOG: Dave Brownz – Aotearoa: let’s decolonize our rip, shit and bust capitalism
The 2-hundred-year ‘weather event’ of Cyclone Gabrielle was a momentary deluge compared with NZs 200 years of colonisation. Let’s get…
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TWITTER WATCH: Green on Green friendly fire expose rifts
Russel Norman’s scathing criticism of James Shaw simply grows by the week now. As James throws a temper tantrum in…
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The Privatisation Two-Step: Is Three Waters A Masterpiece Of Misdirection?
IF CABINET FAILS to scrap Three Waters and start again, New Zealand may very quickly come to resemble Bolivia. Not…
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It’s time the rich of NZ paid a wealth tax to rebuild and adapt from climate change
The extraordinary rebuilding and adaptation costs NZ has to undertake must not be borne by the poor, it must be…
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Smug Hermit Kingdom – why degrowth sponge cities that have resilience and sustainability are our Isolationist hyper-regional climate warming future
For a very long time, climate change has been some theoretical future threat. The scientists have screamed at us. The…