Resisting Separation
Ever since the Gaza ceasefire, brokered by Egypt and the UN, came into effect on 7 August, the mainstream news…
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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Aotearoa New Zealand has become an enabler of human rights abuses by Israel
The government has become an enabler of human rights abuses by Israel against Palestinians by staying silent as Israel attacks…
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Worker imports as an extension of neo liberal economics
Housing affordability is linked to inflation, cost of living crisis, liveable cites, and a huge number of social and fiscal…
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Why Are The Greens Enabling Private Property Developers?
STEPHEN MINTO’S POST throws into sharp relief the utter collapse of ideological credibility within the New Zealand Greens. That the…
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Economic misdirection from Labour and National with long term damage to our economy
Last week National and Labour announced ‘build to rent’ companies can claim interest on loans as tax deductible. This gives…
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A transition to nowhere
It is not often I disagree with John Minto’s analysis and commentary but I do with that in his recent…
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Have the Greens become the new Fascists?
The Greens and others are punching down onto local communities and local democracy by allowing private developers to build large…
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Speaking Up
THERE’S A STORY I HEARD about Nikita Khrushchev and his famous speech to the Twentieth Party Congress in February 1956….
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Prime Minister plays with red herrings while children sleep in cars
The housing catastrophe (Salvation Army description) for tenants and families on low incomes has been thrown into sharp relief by…
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On The Curious Situation Of Business As Usual In Last Night’s Labour Party – The Latest Sharma Gauntlets
The latest round of Sharma disclosures are, sorry to say, “politics as usual” on pretty much all fronts. It doesn’t…