NZ Health Minister denies snorting fake cocaine
…poor old Jonathan Coleman, possibly the most boring Minister in history, lives such a dull and grey existence, I’m not sure cocaine would make life that much more interesting for him.
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Key throws all NZ workers under a bus to defend his immigration scam
…there is so much that is disgracefully vile in Key’s comments, it’s difficult to know where to begin.
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Embedded At The New Zealand First Convention Part 2: What The Media Aren’t Telling You About Tracey Martin’s Tertiary Education Push
I got quite annoyed on Tracey’s behalf with some of the media framing around her proposal. Airing comments by Steven Joyce suggesting that the extra cost of our scheme would run into the “billions of dollars” without pointing out that the true increased cost of the scheme is a mere few hundred million dollars over the extant (and wasteful) status quo, as Jo Moir has done over at Stuff, is just plain irresponsible journalism.
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Hague leaves the Greens more blue – Meanwhile….climate change happening far faster and far more dangerously than predicted
It does not surprise me that activists like Russell Norman and Kevin Hague quit Parliament, the vested political interests that can hide a mass water drinking poisoning are simply too embedded into our political infrastructure to be able to defeat inside the system, but like Norman, Hague leaves a massive hole in the Greens.
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Tricky Winston and his tricky donations
The King seems to be counting his Crowns before he has the Throne.
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Homelessness and the Professor Raymond Miller Fallacy
The homelessness inquiry led by Labour, the Greens and the Maori Party has given painful insight into the real legacy of poverty NZ has been left in under 8 years of National.
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Respects to Nikki Kaye
Kia kaha Nikki.
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Journey To Avondale: Getting To Know NZ First
Something in me hopes that the boys and girls of the Parliamentary Press Gallery never make the journey to Avondale, or its equivalents in the towns and cities of New Zealand. I don’t want them to send camera crews to Geraldine and Dannevirke to record the packed-out halls for Winston Peters, or the numbers signing-up to NZ First after every meeting. Why?
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Time to tackle key obstacles threatening your financial future – CPAG
Nga Tangata Microfinance supports this year’s Money Week focus: encouraging NZers to positively visualise their financial future, create a plan,…
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Minto for Mayor – Another win on the Campaign Trail
Christchurch Mayoral candidate John Minto is delighted at the announcement by incumbent mayor Lianne Dalziel that the Council’s fibre broadband…