Apology to Groundswell – a claim in my blogpost was wrong
In my open letter to Groundswell I said Groundswell NZ had organised farmer meetings where anti-semitic conspiracy theories were presented by a spokesperson for Agriculture Action Group.
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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Dr Liz Gordon: A response to ‘an isolated dystopia’: New Zealand’s successful pursuit of Covid elimination
It never takes much for the Tory establishment to show its true colours, and here they are again, attacking New…
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Labour Must Uphold The Rule Of Law
WHEN DAILY BLOG Editor, Martyn Bradbury, says Labour’s lucky the country’s currently distracted by the Covid-19 Delta Variant, he’s right. Were New Zealand safe and out of Lockdown, it would be in the midst of a dangerously divisive row about Oranga Tamariki, the Judiciary, Race, and the Rule of Law.
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Davey Edward, Rainbow Warrior campaigner at Rongelap, dies at 68
Dave Edward, chief engineer on board the first Rainbow Warrior when it was bombed by French secret agents in Auckland in 1985, has died at 68. He campaigned for many years for the the protection of the environment including the Antarctic, was on the humanitarian voyage to Rongelap Atoll, and protested against French and US nuclear tests.
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SPECIAL REPORT: Housing – We can’t build our way out of this housing affordability crisis
On Friday August 20 the Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor Adrian Orr told Bloomberg that a fundamental imbalance in the New Zealand economy is a lack of supply within the residential housing market. But will a supply correction alone resolve New Zealand’s affordable housing crisis? Stephen Minto analyses this question.
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Afghanistan – those who supported the invasion are desperately trying to rewrite history
I marched against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 and against the US-led invasion in 2001. In both cases…
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Dr Liz Gordon: Our own little Trumpian army
You know who I’m talking about. There is nothing like a pandemic to bring the far right out onto the…
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Michael Cullen 1945-2021 – He almost lived up to the dream
Michael Cullen taught me History at the University of Otago in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Blindness of ‘a balanced approach’
First of all, a correction and sincere apology: In my previous blog, I inadvertently referred to Miko Peled’s grandfather, Avraham…