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…
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EXCLUSIVE: Corruption in Christchurch – Do you have a question for Gerry Brownlee?
Last week Greater Christchurch Regeneration Minister Gerry Brownlee sent me a letter in response to a blog I wrote about four of his wealthy constituents getting $595,000 each for land remediation after the September 2010 earthquake when they would have been entitled to only $20,000 each from EQC.
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Last Waatea 5th Estate for 2016 tonight – political wrap of 2016 + 2017 predictions
Willie and I came up with this project because we couldn’t believe the diabolical level of debate from Seven Sharp and Story. In our 7 months we have done more public interest broadcasting than Story and Seven Sharp combined.
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Make Israel pay!
For Israel, the payment of small amounts in reparation is not out of the question if it helps to serve Zionism’s geo-political objectives. Israel is to pay Ankara US$20m in reparations in return for Turkey dropping legal action over the war crime committed by Israel when its marines stormed a Turkish ship on the high seas in May 2010.
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Embedded At The New Zealand First Convention Part Two: Perception, Deception, Convention.
As I covered in yesterday’s part one of my NZ First Convention writeup, ours is a party often bedeviled by…