Adani, AIG and the All Blacks
It is neither ethically nor morally acceptable to be on the wrong side of the climate crisis. And New Zealanders see it as socially unacceptable.
New Zealand Politics
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TVNZ POLL: National 47%, Labour 40%, Green 7%, NZ First 4%
It’s a harsh lesson for Labour that allegations in the age of social media trump actual guilt or innocence but as insane as that is, that’s where we are now.
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Politics, Panuku and Paying the Living Wage.
So while the democratic principle of one (adult) person, one vote gives us the semblance of equal access to power, that power and wealth remain inaccessible and unjustly distributed, and no-one’s even talking about deconstructing the CCO system that castrates politicians, dwarfs their income, undermines their accountability to their voters, and short changes the workers on the ground.
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Dr Liz Gordon: Local body elections
Where were the in-depth pieces, regionally or nationally, about rates increases, service shortfalls, how Councils will deal with key issues such as water in the future and a myriad of other issues? There was virtually no analysis at all.
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TV3 Poll: National 43.9%, Labour 41.6%, Green 6.3%, NZ First 4%, ACT 1.4%
Even at the height of accusing Jacinda of covering up a sexual assault, only 2.5% more liked Simon Bridges. When you can’t win any more favour off the person being accused of covering up a sex crime, you really do need to ask some serious questions.
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As msm scramble to explain low voter turnout – why voters weaponised their apathy & how to actually solve it
There needs to be a wholesale re-investment into Local Government so that instead of being a faux democratic choice, citizens actually feel like their vote means something rather than an act masquerading as democracy for the illusion of legitimacy.
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Auckland Mayoralty 2019: Winners & Losers
Goff limps home to victory in an election that barely a third of the City has bothered to vote for and will preside over a divided Council. Who are the winners and who are the losers in Auckland Mayoralty 2019?
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What’s Really Going On With New Zealand First, Leaks
Over the past week or two, there’s been quite a bit of buzz about New Zealand First out there in the media.
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Political Podcast – Sean Plunket vs Damien Grant vs Bomber: This week – Luxon candidacy, low voter turnout, will this Govt go a full term, SIS apology to Hager, Bridges refusal to meet with gangs, Spark Sport getting local NZ cricket rights
Great news, because this segment has become so stupidly popular on Magic Talk radio, from next week it’s being extended from 30minutes to a full hour! That’s 60minutes of cutting political commentary from 3 white heteronormative cis males that you can’t get anywhere else, except almost every where else.
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Welfare Debt slaves for life: The horror of the toxic culture of WINZ & why ethical debt collection is the only answer
The neoliberal welfare state in New Zealand is designed to be as punitive as possible so as to frighten the beneficiary from even daring to ask for help in the first place.