“This election is about rewarding hard work – not freeloading”
I saw the headline and thought how incredible is that? After four decades Richard Prebble has finally realised that we…
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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Shooting the Pharmac messenger
Yet more pressure is coming on Pharmac to fund an additional range of cancer drugs. This time it is a…
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Marijuana Media: Your cannabis-based voting guide!
Kia ora! Your guide to cannabis-based voting in the election, plus cannabis has a waste problem, stinky tennis and more,…
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So Little To Defend, So Much To Punish.
MOST OF US use our votes in one of three ways: as a weapon; as a shield; as a tool….
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Rosemary Penwarden locked up – Simeon Brown on the loose…
On Tuesday this week Rosemary Penwarden was arrested in Wellington for using quick-drying cement to fix her hands to a…
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It’s now or never Labour
National came up with what looked like quite a reasonable tax plan that does give some money to ordinary people….
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MSG snubs golden chance to reset peace and justice for West Papua
The Melanesian Spearhead Group has thrown away a golden chance for achieving a historical step towards justice and peace in West Papua by lacking the courage to accept the main Papuan self-determination advocacy movement as full members.
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Marijuana Media: Gangs supply the drugs we take; Aussie Greens plan to legalise cannabis
Kia ora! We find out what the chances are of you scoring weed from gangs in Tāmaki are and Australia…
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The Election Labour Has To Lose.
LABOUR’S GOING TO LOSE the General Election, and everybody with a shred of objectivity left knows it. The government of…
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Marijuana Media on 95bFM: Cannabis use during off-hours not associated with workplace accidents
Leading this week’s news: Bong found at rubbish tip (seriously); Aotearoa’s election period kicks off; Drugs in the countryside and…