The tragedy of the Benjamin Doyle hate mob
Benjamin Doyle was hounded from Parliament by a manufactured smear campaign fuelled by trolls, hysteria and political cowardice.
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Maritime Union of New Zealand: Serious concerns over Aratere ferry removal
Another ferry gone. Another warning ignored. The Aratere’s removal exposes just how fragile New Zealand’s supply chain has become.
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Maritime Union of New Zealand: Serious concerns over Aratere ferry removal
This was the warning. When the Aratere went down, the cracks in New Zealand’s supply chain were already visible — we just chose to ignore them.
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Maritime Union of New Zealand: rail-enabled ferries a victory for common sense
A win for common sense — finally. Rail-enabled ferries are back, but after the damage already done, is it enough?
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Pro-Palestinian protesters challenge Winston Peters at state of the nation speech
Saige England reports from Christchurch Ōtautahi on the Winston Peters state of the nation address yesterday: Like a relentless ocean, wave after wave of pro-Palestinian pro-human rights protesters disrupted New Zealand deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters’ state of the nation speech at the Christchurch Town Hall.
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Maritime Union of New Zealand: Government ferry announcement fails to launch
All talk, no plan. The Government’s ferry announcement leaves more questions than answers — and New Zealand’s supply chain hanging.
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Judith Collins owes an explanation to voters
It is unquestionably the role of the Parliamentary Opposition to question the government and hold it to account. Along with the media (as flawed as it sometimes is), a strong Opposition is a necessary function of a healthy democracy. But having someone like Judith Collins, who has so many unanswered questions hanging over her, demanding accountability undermines the effectiveness of the Opposition.
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RIP Neo-Liberalism in New Zealand: 1984 – 2017
A coalition with Labour and the Greens offers a fresh start. It puts NZ First into a brand new government, with a fresh leadership, new ideas, and none of the baggage offered by a tired government that had simply run out of ideas.
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An Open Letter To Winston Peters
Kia ora Mr Peters,
With the counting of Special Votes, a clearer picture has emerged as to what voters in this country have chosen. The majority have voted against National and it’s allies.
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Once Upon a Time in Mainstream Media Fairytale Land…
You can feel mainstream media’s frustration with the news-vacuum created by the two week period necessary to count the approximately 384,072 (15% of total votes) Special Votes that were cast this election.
