Kia ora Pete – Māori sovereignty vs Apartheid South Africa
In response to an earlier blog on the He Puapua report I’ve had some email correspondence from people opposed to what they see as separatism and favouritism towards Māori.
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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Migrants have been ripped off by successive governments
A lot of people don’t actually know what happened in this country
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Don’t Blame the Bike Riders.
There’s a feeble joke on the internet where someone is arguing for world peace. They want no division between class, ethnicity, religion or other factions. They want unity – so that everyone can hate cyclists together.
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Dr Liz Gordon: Testing times
I have devised a test for the modern, male, National Party candidate. Just ten questions are all you need to test a person’s ability to be an MP. In the interests of trying to stop the rot (which is very rotten rot), I will donate this for free:
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On Recent Investigations Into The Lab-Leak Covid-19 Origins Theory
Probably the most interesting part of the recent investigation into the possibility of a “lab-leak” origin for Covid-19 … has…
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Who Poses the Bigger Threat: The Far Right, Or the Far Left?
EVEN THE HEADLINE is misleading: “How the SIS Missed the Threat of the Far Right”. Marc Dalder’s latest posting on the Newsroom site purports to offer evidence of the Service’s failure to adequately assess the danger posed to New Zealand society by Far Right and White Supremacist groups. In fact, from the documents Dalder relies upon, it is clear that the SIS assessed the threat potential of New Zealand’s right-wing extremists with considerable accuracy.
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New Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett: “I’ve killed lots of Arabs in my life and there’s no problem with that”
The just-announced formation of a new government in Israel is not a cause for celebration. For those who might think new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett must be an improvement after 12 years of appalling racism from Benjamin Netanyahu – think again!
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PODCAST: Manning and Buchanan on Australia-NZ-China Is This the Tipping-Point? Also Israel
A View from Afar: Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, where they analyse the Australia-China-New Zealand relationship. Has this reached a tipping-point? Also, Israel. How stable will this cobbled together coalition of anti-Netanyahu parties be?
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Sucking Up and Kicking Down: The NZ Media Covers the Queenstown Summit.
THE NEW ZEALAND NEWS MEDIA’S coverage of the regular get-together of the Australian and New Zealand prime ministers was appalling.
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Phil Goff’s slow throttling of Aucklanders on low incomes
When “user-pays” water charges were proposed for Auckland back in the day, their biggest cheerleader was Labour MP Phil Goff.