MUST READ: Democracy “A Bit Bonkers” – thoughts on Lizzie Marvelly & friends
THE EXPRESSIONS of stunned horror that greeted the news that Donald Trump had won the 2016 Presidential Election spoke volumes.
New Zealand Politics
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“Ok Damien”
Now, these are only a few examples; and some of them are less direct than others. But I think that a cursory examination of Damien Grant’s column-calumny output suggests that he had abjectly no problem pushing generational stereotypes in order to propel strawman pseudo-political invective … right up until the point at which “millennials” started pushing *back*.
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GUEST BLOG: Tom Frewen – The TVNZ/RNZ merger
What is an open secret? An oxymoron, obviously — a contradiction in terms, capable of being both right and wrong at the same time.
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EXCLUSIVE: Matt McCarten – Time for real leadership for Maori in Labour?
The Labour presidential race is hotting up. Some activists inside the party and other political players warn for Labour to remain government next year they must elect someone who has campaign experience, as well as the political street smarts that has been missing in their presidents since Mike Williams.
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One minute of your time for Palestine!
Yes, just one minute of your time is needed to protest the outrageous tweet from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 12 November.
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Why Universities who don’t protect free speech should lose public money
If a University refuses to fulfil this obligation to Society, then they shouldn’t get public funding!
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Dr Liz Gordon: Sexual abuse and sexual violence
Avid readers will have picked up last week that I am currently assisting Robyn Hewland, early woman psychiatrist, to write her memoirs. Last week I wrote about equality for women and the #MeToo movement. This week I want to look at sexual abuse and sexual violence.
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Media – do not self-censor – Julie’s message deserves to be heard across New Zealand
Gaza-based New Zealand journalist, Julie-Webb-Pullman, who is visiting New Zealand before returning to Gaza next month, has condemned the hypocrisy of New Zealand government policy towards Palestine/Israel.
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My train station will be closed for 4 years??? I hate Auckland in so many different ways
WHAT IS THE FUCKING POINT OF HAVING A TRAIN STATION AT ALL IF IT’S GOING TO BE CLOSED FOR FOUR FUCKING YEARS AND THEN DUE TO THE USUAL INCOMPETENCE AND UNDERFUNDING OF ANY TRANSPORT PROJECT REACH CAPACITY WITHIN 5 YEARS???
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MEDIA WATCH: If you are pissed about Afghan kids dying because of our military incompetence, wait until you realise we are training Iraqi soldiers who are killing their own citizens
This is just the latest example of how this immoral deployment to Afghanistan and Iraq have stained the honour of our armed services.