Why Mike Hosking’s claim that his pay is none of our business is false
Being on the State Broadcaster carries obligations to the taxpayers who have built that asset up, which means his salary should be transparent.
Martyn Bradbury
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The Farmers win again?!?
Kiwi’s don’t want the jobs, because as Helen Kelly pointed out, they are awful hideous jobs which are paid a pittance. Complaining as the farming industry does about NZers not wanting to be serfs in a rural feudal state doesn’t justify importing desperate and impoverished workers from other countries.
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Waatea News Column – The madness of deciding the fate of Maori electorates with a binding referendum
NZ First’s extraordinary claim that deciding the fate of the Maori electorates with a binding referendum is not only dog whistle politics at its worst, it’s also incredibly unfair and utterly unjust.
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Why Paula Bennett really turns down the Tourism Tax
Taxing tourists who visit the country to help build that infrastructure is a no brainer right? We are a premium tourism destination and a simple one off tax would generate hundreds of millions.
So why is National so against it?
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Why National’s $600m, 24 000 new homes in Auckland plan is pure bullshit
The grim truth about National’s latest lie on housing is just how utterly hollow the plan really is.
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MEDIAWATCH: Shane Jones on The AM Show threatens to nuke Northland – I’m not joking
This mornings offering managed to scrape a barrel lower than their normal standards by having Shane Jones as a guest. The Jonesy, the great waa waa of the North, the orator of Whangarei was on blowing hard on gangs boxing.
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Can we all pause and appreciate the counter productive madness of synthetic cannabis?
These 7 deaths in one month from synthetic cannabis is a failure of social policy. We either decide to have an adult discussion about drugs or we continue with the bullshit denial that is killing and maiming so many.
Wake up NZ.
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National Party Voters: An electorate or a cult? Understanding the viciousness spat at Metiria
As a small country, we have mistaken NZ as an equal country where people can freely move up through the social strata. I would suggest to you that statistic of 70% of National voters not knowing anyone unemployed actually shows that we are a highly segregated culture.
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National’s 2 Big Mac Combo tax cuts vs Labour/Green rebuild of entire social infrastructure
You can not argue there is no clear choice this election.
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Why you can’t vote NZ First if you want a change of Government
The spectacular blunder by Winston Peters (who may or may not have been advised by right wing hate merchants Simon Lusk and Cameron Slater) to set the theft of the Maori Electorate seats as a bottom line means NZ First has ruled itself out of working with the Greens and Labour.