TDB WARNED YOU: Here comes the big data fascism, next stolen generation and social investment privatisation of welfare
TDB warned you, here it comes… Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey sought advice on ‘social impact bonds’ to fund services…
New Zealand Politics
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Bryan Bruce – Democracy For Sale Part 2 – Where did the money go?
Yesterday I listed the donations made to political parties who succeeded in getting candidates elected to parliament in 2023 and…
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The Foreshore and Seabed Confiscation 20 years ago and its redneck echo today
I think it was a Pommie Council Mayor of some banjo twanging whiter than white South Island Orange Free State…
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MEDIAWATCH: Sunday’s demise = cowardice from the Board
TVNZ’s Sunday team bids emotional farewell to viewers as 22-year-old show signs off The presenter of TVNZ current affairs programme…
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Ben Morgan: Ukraine holds on, the situation on land is stabilising
Russia’s Victory Day celebrations on 9 May were punctuated by missile strikes launched from both sides of the border. Russia…
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Democracy For Sale Part 1 Should We Cap Donations
While it is often difficult to convince the few who have great wealth to share some it with the many…
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Data 4 – The Minimum Wage, MPs salaries, wealth & inequality
Members of parliament are to get a 10.5% pay rise over the next three years. Backbench MPs go from $163,961…
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Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update A simple explanation of this week’s military and political developments in the Pacific
Chinese fighter plane fires decoy flares near an Australian helicopter Last week, Australia reported that the previous weekend (4-5 May)…
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Beyond the Headlines + into the fine print: Tax ‘cuts’, Waters ‘savings’, Corrections ‘rehab’ and ‘Free’ School Food questions
This Government excels at saying one thing but meaning something entirely different. Every time you go beyond the headline and…
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Comedy Fest an important canary in the economic coal mine
I haven’t gone to much NZ comedy over the last 5 years. I used to go a lot to local…