EXCLUSIVE: Inside Internal Party Research – the dangers for Key the clues for Labour
Looking at some internal Party Research this week, there was much that made for interesting reading.
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VISA GRANTED FOR IRANIAN FILMAKER TO ATTEND DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL IN NEW ZEALAND
Doc Edge are thrilled to announce that a visa has been granted for Iranian filmmaker Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami to attend the Documentary Edge International Film Festival in New Zealand.
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Trade Unionists, Police Association Presidents, And Retirees – The New Face Of Drug Law Reform In New Zealand
What we appear to be witnessing gradual and growing movement of support from diverse corners of the electorate, all converging on a singular (if somewhat hazy and ill-specified) goal.
Better drug-laws around cannabis that help rather than harm society.
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This weeks Waatea news column – Who actually benefits from the Te Ture Whenua Maori Bill?
Barely a month after the Waitangi Tribunal criticised the new plans for Maori land for its utter lack of real consultation with Maori,
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The future of the Left in New Zealand – notes for Christchurch seminar held on 11 April 2016
Socialism in New Zealand will be different to what it looks like in any other countries because each country has a different history and different realities. However the principles of socialism are common everywhere and will be reflected in the kiwi socialism for which we are striving.
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Are National Party voters the new Trump supporters of the South Pacific?
That a right wing money trader should exploit the power of Office shouldn’t shock or surprise us, but the widespread devotion to him by so many should.
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What you are not being told about in the Royal Society of New Zealand Climate Change Report
The climate denial that permeates NZ politics, media and society is increasingly becoming impossible to cling to.
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Gareth Morgan and Multiple Empty Houses
Our politicians will not address the empty-house syndrome. We can easily imagine why. Our mainstream media will not do so either; same reason. There are some issues that we, the middle 50%, have to raise – and keep raising – through other channels.
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First sell the frigates, not the patrol boats
No New Zealander wants the government to waste money on unnecessary naval capacity, but in that respect the first assets to get rid of are the navy’s two frigates. They are designed for combat operations in a larger (American-led) task force.
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The Trouble With Cannabis Is That It Can Induce Psychosis In Some People Who Haven’t Taken It
It is clear now that one of the arguments which will be deployed in the immediate future to oppose sensible reform of our cannabis laws, will be the Government’s previous insensible experimentation with synthetic highs.