Dave Macpherson: Don’t sound so surprised that sweet f— all has happened with mental health, Andrew!
Seeing Health Minister Andrew Little claim he’s “extraordinarily frustrated” that almost nothing has happened to date with the $1.9B allocated…
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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Challenging hate speech – yes but let’s adapt our existing legislation
I recall feeling pleased back in 1971 when the government passed the Race Relations Act and appointed the first Race…
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An awakening
World awakening to the injustice and misery perpetrated by the enforcers of Israel’s criminal founding ideology is growing fast. The…
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Democratic Socialism From The Ground Up? Not In Neale’s Backyard.
IF YOU WANT to understand what’s rotting the Labour Party’s political soul, read Neale Jones’ latest posting on The Spinoff. A really good novelist would struggle to create a more self-characterising narrator than Neale.
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Skating On Thin Ice: Labour’s Support Is Not As Solid As It Looks.
WITH LABOUR polling in the mid-to-high 40s, and the Greens around 10 percent, the Left dominates New Zealand politics. At least, that is what it would like us to believe. In fact, the Left’s current dominance of New Zealand politics is both highly unusual and extremely fragile.
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Dr Liz Gordon: Charging for water
I know that water charging has been normalised in Auckland for years, but it is a big shock to us…
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On Responsibility For This Most Recent Covid Cross-Border Contretemps
Late Tuesday night, it was confirmed that a traveler from NSW with Covid-19 had boarded a flight to New Zealand and spent a weekend in Wellington. This is, obviously, not great – although a study of the causation of this occurrence is, perhaps, revealing.
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Who Else Is There? Why the Right Needs Winston Peters.
IF WINSTON PETERS did not exist, the Right would have to invent him – and it can’t.
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MUST READ: No Questions Please – We’re Revolutionaries!
PERHAPS THE MOST ASTONISHING aspect of School Strike For Climate Auckland’s (SSFCA) spectacular self-cancellation was the media’s lack of interest.
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Rev John Osmers has passed away – one of the titans of the anti-apartheid struggle
It’s been a very sad day today with the passing of Rev John Osmers – a man of tremendous courage, passion and faith. He died in Lusaka, Zambia of heart failure at age 85.