Nonsense brewing over drug driving bill
A bill aiming to curb impaired driving has been derailed and will now criminalise thousands of non-impaired drivers, especially cannabis users.
Setting the Agenda
Political analysis and commentary shaping the progressive debate in Aotearoa New Zealand, focused on power, policy, and accountability.
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Delta Rocks Gibraltar: Lessons to be learned from Covid-19’s global resurgence
WHAT ARE WE TO MAKE of what Delta is doing in Gibraltar?
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Hell To Pay – The alarming similarities between the Anti-Vaccination Movement and the creators of the Jim Crow South.
OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS I’ve been racking my brains over why the anti-vaccination movement feels so very, very creepy. I’ve sought reassurance in Jess Berentson-Shaw’s gentle enjoinders to engage empathically and constructively with the vaccine resistant, but without success.
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A welcome change of direction away from mandatory vaccinations
There is a welcome change of direction in the government announcement yesterday that Aucklanders will be able to leave the city to travel around the country from mid-December by showing they are double vaccinated OR by producing a negative covid test within 72 hours of leaving.
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Dr Liz Gordon: No vaccine passport for me
I have registered on ‘My Covid’ but I won’t be getting a certificate any time soon. This is because my record shows I have only had one jab, despite copious evidence that I have had two.
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PODCAST: Biden Time – One Year Since Trump Lost The White House
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will discuss: how it is now over one year since United States voters went to the polls and elected Joe Biden as president – or perhaps it’s fair to say, voted Donald Trump out of the White House.
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David Seymour (bless his heart) agrees with me on one thing at least!
It’s a mixed blessing to see ACT leader David Seymour agreeing with me but he is right to oppose mandatory vaccination for people who are able to show they are free of covid 19.
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Trust local
The last couple of months have been pretty intense as local health providers have stepped up to the plate to vaccinate the community.
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“Yesterday’s Controversy” – Labour Better Hope So!
ANDREA VANCE’S CLAIM that: “Beyond 2022’s local government elections, Three Waters will be yesterday’s controversy”, is a bold one. Had…
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Dr Liz Gordon: Old political forces form Freedom coalition
I have really enjoyed reading Martyn’s various posts describing the anti-everything protests as an unstable grouping of strange forces. And…