New Zealand Politics

Chris Trotter · Most Recent Blogs · Setting the Agenda

Imperial Nostalgia And Manifest Hypocrisy: New Zealand’s Increasingly Unlikeable “Friends”.
ByThe Daily Blog 14 February 2019

ONE OFFICIAL ERRUPTION of imperialistic bile in 72 hours could be dismissed as coincidence; two looks like a plan. The first spewed from the mouth of Gavin Williamson, the United Kingdom’s Secretary of Defence, on Monday (11/2/19). The second came today (13/2/19) from Admiral Phil Davidson, Commander of the newly minted United States Indo-Pacific Command. Williamson was delivering a speech to the Royal United Services Club. Davidson was testifying before the US Senate’s Armed Services Committee. The principal target of both men was the Peoples Republic of China.

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Most Recent Blogs · Setting the Agenda

Dave Macpherson – Update re Waikato DHB demand for Nicky Stevens Inquest to be reopened
ByThe Daily Blog 14 February 2019

Nicky’s family recognise that the DHB, it’s solicitors and the shadowy insurance company supposedly behind this demand, are not adequately informing media of their current and proposed actions, so we have decided to share the information we are getting.

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Martyn Bradbury · Media Watch · Most Recent Blogs

MEDIA WATCH: What the Auckland Peace Action train wreck on Magic Talk says about the Woke Left
ByMartyn Bradbury 13 February 2019

If this is the intellectual future of the Left, we’ve already lost.

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Deconstructing Headlines · Martyn Bradbury · Most Recent Blogs

Is the National Party’s anger over China self interested?
ByMartyn Bradbury 13 February 2019

Who does the National Party serve? The people of NZ or the People’s Republic of China and can they tell anymore which one is which?

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Deconstructing Headlines · Martyn Bradbury · Most Recent Blogs

Labour Party of NZ shocked and surprised that National are mean
ByMartyn Bradbury 13 February 2019

It’s like the National Party is a snake and Labour keep complaining about getting bitten. At some point they just have to wake up eh, and perhaps make sure everyone turns up to the meetings on time, no more bullshit excuses.

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Guest Blogs & Sponsored Posts · Most Recent Blogs

GUEST BLOG: Gerard Otto – Public turn on Bridges
ByThe Daily Blog 13 February 2019

So far Bridges is distinguished by his record low popularity and ability to train wreck his own party to boot.

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Most Recent Blogs · The Liberal Agenda

The Liberal Agenda – New Zealand Public Television – Rebellion Extinction
ByThe Daily Blog 13 February 2019

Marney Brosnan of Mahi Pai Media filmed the event -You can check out what they want from the Mayors of all our cities and why on New Zealand Public Television . Here’s the link

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Laila Harre · Most Recent Blogs · Setting the Agenda

Laila Harré – Labour Protections
ByThe Daily Blog 13 February 2019

The panel at the hui in October 2018 on What an Alternative and Progressive Trade Strategy for New Zealand Should Look Like on sustainable work, began with this contribution Laila Harré.

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Most Recent Blogs · Raw News

Nicky Stevens’ family gutted by Waikato DHB’s demand to Govt for a completely new inquest into his death
ByThe Daily Blog 13 February 2019

Nicky Stevens’ grieving family gutted by Waikato DHB’s demand to Govt for a completely new inquest into his death, and removal of previous Coroner

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Deconstructing Headlines · Martyn Bradbury · Most Recent Blogs

We need a Radical Green Egalitarianism to be the economic, cultural and political response to neoliberalism
ByMartyn Bradbury 12 February 2019

Climate Denial is no longer about the science, it’s a culture debate now. It stopped being about science when the oil companies realised in the 1990s they were to blame and went about funding quack science to play the same game big tobacco used, pretend there is a question over the science to confuse the public.

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