Israel thrown out of South African rugby competition – a marvellous victory for BDS!
Great News from South Africa! Within a few days of announcing an Israeli rugby team had been invited to take…
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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“Ford Ranger Man” – the ugly face of middle-class privilege
Congratulations to Bernard Hickey for his excellent article on the small group of self-centred middle-class New Zealanders who maintain a…
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The real ways to fight and defeat inflation
Labour is in the fight of its life over inflation. And so are the vast majority of New Zealanders. Labour…
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Marijuana Media: Drug users endangered in Auckland’s emergency response
Kia ora from a very wet and soggy Tāmaki Makaurau! We’ve got a new health minister and who knew it…
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Blowing Off The Froth: Why Chris Hipkins Must Ditch Three Waters.
THERE’S FROTH, AND THERE’S BEER. What we see happening on the Waitangi Treaty Grounds every 6 February, not to mention…
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Why have a big fund for a rainy day when the rain is here today
If you ask a member of the public what they know about the NZ Super Fund, it is usually very…
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Behind the Floods: Capitalism, carbon and climate change
After last Friday’s deluge, Auckland was awash—streets were rivers, gullies were lakes, cars were flotsam, houses were colanders as banks…
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How to tax capital gains — a guide for Mr Hipkins
Conservative tax experts, or the self interested, when discussing the possibilities of taxing capital gains tend to welcome and emphasis…
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Marijuana Media: With a new PM, is cannabis back on the agenda?
Rightly or wrongly, Jacinda Ardern copped a lot of flak after the loss of the cannabis referendum. Ardern backed…
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Flying blind into the recession
Prime Minster Chris Hipkins has acknowledged that working families are really struggling. Cost of living issues are out of hand. …