The Poet’s Lament (they crucified Baxter at Easter)
A Pakeha poet lay dying
In a paddock south of Auckland
And #MeToo caught up to him and said
“I reckon You’ve had it, man!
The Liberal Agenda
Commentary examining neoliberalism, economic inequality, and the political forces shaping modern New Zealand society.
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The Liberal Agenda – New Zealand Public Television Trust – Assange: There are always at least two sides to every story.
Whatever view you take of Juian Assange he became an Ecuadorian national so, legally, it is remarkable they (a) extensively spied on him and (b) allowed the British police to enter the embassy to arrest one of their own citizens with no extradition order.
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TDB – Top 10 Comedy Fest 2019 picks
The Comedy Fest is back and nothing helps give insight to where a culture presently is quite as perfectly as comedy. What is allowed to be joked about and what we consider humourless are all experimented upon in real time on a stage. There are at times nothing quite so dangerous as comedians.
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The Liberal Agenda MOVIE REVIEW: Us – 5 stars
Jordan Peele’s latest horror offering of ‘Us’ suggests his skills as a movie maker and social critic have merged to a new high that manages to eclipse his previous horror romp ‘Get out’, which is no easy feat because ‘Get out’ was brilliant.
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The Liberal Agenda – DOCUMENTARY FEST EXPANDS TO FOUR NEW VENUES FOR ITS 14TH YEAR!
KEY DATES:30 May – 9 June 2019, Doc Edge Festival: Auckland – Q Theatre, Ellen Melville Centre and Auckland Art Gallery13 – 23 June 2019, Doc Edge Festival: Wellington – Roxy Cinema, Te Auaha, Light House Cuba
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The Liberal Agenda – J Day 2019
The Liberal Agenda – J Day 2019
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The Liberal Agenda – David Renton in Otago
Event location: Otago Room, Clubs and Societies Building, Otago University, Dunedin. Time: 730pm, 11th April.Cost: Free.
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The Liberal Agenda – Who killed Blair Peach?
WHO KILLED BLAIR PEACH?
Easter Monday, April 22nd, 7.30pm.Upstairs, Grey Lynn RSC, Francis St, Grey Lynn, Auckland -
The Liberal Agenda – CPAG: The drivers of deprivation and poverty
There are many factors that keep people poor
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The Liberal Agenda – Bryan Bruce – NZ Public Television
Just in case anyone is wondering why I have linked tonight to the Al Jazeera investigation into Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party and the NRA, on the New Zeland Public Television’s site … it’s because whatever else you may conclude about the documentary it’s a sobering reminder that not all white supremacists wear camouflage pants.