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The fact that a religious fundamentalist has just appointed another religious fundamentalist to a portfolio where fundamentalist viewpoints are antithetical to good evidence-based outcomes is something that the media would be talking about if said fundamentalists weren’t wearing blue suits.
January 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The fact that a religious fundamentalist has just appointed another religious fundamentalist to a portfolio where fundamentalist viewpoints are antithetical to good evidence-based outcomes is something that the media would be talking about if said fundamentalists weren’t wearing blue suits.
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As if we haven't heard enough about David Seymour's opinions lately....
I stopped reading when I got to the bit where we don't need earthquake standards because not that many people have died in earthquakes compared to cancer.
I stopped reading when I got to the bit where we don't need earthquake standards because not that many people have died in earthquakes compared to cancer.
January 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
As if we haven't heard enough about David Seymour's opinions lately....
I stopped reading when I got to the bit where we don't need earthquake standards because not that many people have died in earthquakes compared to cancer.
I stopped reading when I got to the bit where we don't need earthquake standards because not that many people have died in earthquakes compared to cancer.
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The opposition were given the 200+ page report ONE DAY before the hearing rather than the legally required two weeks.
You wanna try getting across a detailed 200 page document in one day? Unfortunately for Reti, Hon Ayesha Verrall did just that and highlighted some dramatic accounting, um, issues.
You wanna try getting across a detailed 200 page document in one day? Unfortunately for Reti, Hon Ayesha Verrall did just that and highlighted some dramatic accounting, um, issues.
Peek-a-boo politics: Scrutiny in the dark
The House: Parliament is conducting its annual week of performance reviews of government entities (and their ministers), sometimes all but blindfolded.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 5, 2024 at 9:42 PM
The opposition were given the 200+ page report ONE DAY before the hearing rather than the legally required two weeks.
You wanna try getting across a detailed 200 page document in one day? Unfortunately for Reti, Hon Ayesha Verrall did just that and highlighted some dramatic accounting, um, issues.
You wanna try getting across a detailed 200 page document in one day? Unfortunately for Reti, Hon Ayesha Verrall did just that and highlighted some dramatic accounting, um, issues.
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'Education cuts don't heal'
Produced as part of the Education Fightback campaign, 1979
Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Produced as part of the Education Fightback campaign, 1979
Auckland War Memorial Museum.
May 4, 2024 at 9:32 PM
'Education cuts don't heal'
Produced as part of the Education Fightback campaign, 1979
Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Produced as part of the Education Fightback campaign, 1979
Auckland War Memorial Museum.
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May 3, 2024 at 8:45 PM
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I find it weird that newspapers characterize students as being “pro-Palestinian” as opposed to anti whatever you call this.
May 4, 2024 at 9:09 AM
I find it weird that newspapers characterize students as being “pro-Palestinian” as opposed to anti whatever you call this.
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Gordon Campbell in another storming post on the bad polling #NZpol
"At the same time [the govt] also doesn’t appear to have a single positive policy idea in its head. All it seems able to do is to scrap, cut, abolish, repeal, and defer - and hope that something or other will arise from the rubble."
"At the same time [the govt] also doesn’t appear to have a single positive policy idea in its head. All it seems able to do is to scrap, cut, abolish, repeal, and defer - and hope that something or other will arise from the rubble."
On The Coalition’s Awful, Not Good, Very Bad Poll Results
Over the past 36 hours, Christopher Luxon has been dong his best to portray the centre-right’s plummeting poll numbers as a mark of virtue. Allegedly, the negative verdicts are the result of hard ec...
www.scoop.co.nz
May 4, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Gordon Campbell in another storming post on the bad polling #NZpol
"At the same time [the govt] also doesn’t appear to have a single positive policy idea in its head. All it seems able to do is to scrap, cut, abolish, repeal, and defer - and hope that something or other will arise from the rubble."
"At the same time [the govt] also doesn’t appear to have a single positive policy idea in its head. All it seems able to do is to scrap, cut, abolish, repeal, and defer - and hope that something or other will arise from the rubble."
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"at the last election, the National Party sold the public a menu, but ever since it has proved itself incapable of making a meal."
May 4, 2024 at 11:50 PM
"at the last election, the National Party sold the public a menu, but ever since it has proved itself incapable of making a meal."
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#SundayPolitics
"No National-led government has ever lasted less than three terms. But no National Prime Minister has been this unpopular mere months into taking office. And no National government has been so tone-deaf in trying to force through an unpopular agenda that voters don’t want."
"No National-led government has ever lasted less than three terms. But no National Prime Minister has been this unpopular mere months into taking office. And no National government has been so tone-deaf in trying to force through an unpopular agenda that voters don’t want."
Shane Te Pou: National could lose in 2026, but would Labour be ready to win?
OPINION: Could this be a one-term government?
www.nzherald.co.nz
May 4, 2024 at 9:59 PM
#SundayPolitics
"No National-led government has ever lasted less than three terms. But no National Prime Minister has been this unpopular mere months into taking office. And no National government has been so tone-deaf in trying to force through an unpopular agenda that voters don’t want."
"No National-led government has ever lasted less than three terms. But no National Prime Minister has been this unpopular mere months into taking office. And no National government has been so tone-deaf in trying to force through an unpopular agenda that voters don’t want."
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"There's clearly not enough resources going into this preparedness of pandemics, and that's not a New Zealand-centric issue, it's not a US-centric issue, it's a global issue. You know, it's almost like we're not willing to sort of put those resources into the insurance we really need."
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'Timing is not good' for H5N1 pandemic - flu scientist
If the bird flu infecting cows in the US figures out human-to-human transmission, the timing could not be worse, a prominent Kiwi flu researcher says.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 5, 2024 at 12:04 AM
"There's clearly not enough resources going into this preparedness of pandemics, and that's not a New Zealand-centric issue, it's not a US-centric issue, it's a global issue. You know, it's almost like we're not willing to sort of put those resources into the insurance we really need."
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Re-upping this because submissions close next week and it really is an extraordinary bill giving ministers an extraordinary amount of power. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
The unprecedented power the government is handing three of its ministers under its new Fast Track Approval Bill
What is the Fast Track Approval Bill and why do experts say it's a step beyond even the Muldoon era?
www.rnz.co.nz
April 12, 2024 at 4:15 AM
Re-upping this because submissions close next week and it really is an extraordinary bill giving ministers an extraordinary amount of power. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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March 23, 2024 at 11:36 PM
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And yet in October 2023 - Lying Luxon and oily Reti were spinning a different tale -
www.rnz.co.nz/news/electio...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/electio...
National promises post-natal hospital stays, diabetes monitors, mental health training boost
National is promising longer after-birth hospital stays for mothers, free glucose monitors for children with type-1 diabetes and more psychiatrist and psychologist training places.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 22, 2024 at 8:03 AM
And yet in October 2023 - Lying Luxon and oily Reti were spinning a different tale -
www.rnz.co.nz/news/electio...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/electio...
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The faster you go the bigger the mess and the bigger cost to the economy (Deaths and Serious Injuries on our roads already set us back $10b a year)
Going faster does not save travel times just as slowing down does not increase travel times
What does happen though is pointed out in the graphics below
Going faster does not save travel times just as slowing down does not increase travel times
What does happen though is pointed out in the graphics below
March 22, 2024 at 11:14 PM
The faster you go the bigger the mess and the bigger cost to the economy (Deaths and Serious Injuries on our roads already set us back $10b a year)
Going faster does not save travel times just as slowing down does not increase travel times
What does happen though is pointed out in the graphics below
Going faster does not save travel times just as slowing down does not increase travel times
What does happen though is pointed out in the graphics below
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Many said that we would have been screwed if National had been in charge of the initial covid response. Imo everything they’ve enacted since they got in is proof that we would have been screwed or dead. They’re going to cost NZ billions in the longterm for shortterm gain for corps/themselves/donors.
January 26, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Many said that we would have been screwed if National had been in charge of the initial covid response. Imo everything they’ve enacted since they got in is proof that we would have been screwed or dead. They’re going to cost NZ billions in the longterm for shortterm gain for corps/themselves/donors.
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Siri, define spineless...
Christopher Luxon gives ACT's David Seymour new role managing Treaty Principles Bill | Newshub
The announcement on Friday came alongside a number of other new portfolio allocations.
www.newshub.co.nz
January 26, 2024 at 4:16 AM
Siri, define spineless...
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If Luxon is telling the truth about National’s support for this bill - I would be very surprised.
I reckon Luxon wants this passed - he’s just underhand and dishonest. He’s said he’s happy to “win ugly” - we are seeing it right now.
#nzpol
I reckon Luxon wants this passed - he’s just underhand and dishonest. He’s said he’s happy to “win ugly” - we are seeing it right now.
#nzpol
January 26, 2024 at 3:23 AM
If Luxon is telling the truth about National’s support for this bill - I would be very surprised.
I reckon Luxon wants this passed - he’s just underhand and dishonest. He’s said he’s happy to “win ugly” - we are seeing it right now.
#nzpol
I reckon Luxon wants this passed - he’s just underhand and dishonest. He’s said he’s happy to “win ugly” - we are seeing it right now.
#nzpol
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"ACT leader David Seymour will become Associate Justice Minister with responsibility for the Treaty Principles Bill."
Why would you create a Cabinet-level role for a Bill that that you believe is going nowhere and you don't intend to support? Unless..... 😳
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Why would you create a Cabinet-level role for a Bill that that you believe is going nowhere and you don't intend to support? Unless..... 😳
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Prime Minister announces minor Cabinet reshuffle
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced some additions to his Cabinet's current roles and responsibilities.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 26, 2024 at 2:20 AM
"ACT leader David Seymour will become Associate Justice Minister with responsibility for the Treaty Principles Bill."
Why would you create a Cabinet-level role for a Bill that that you believe is going nowhere and you don't intend to support? Unless..... 😳
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Why would you create a Cabinet-level role for a Bill that that you believe is going nowhere and you don't intend to support? Unless..... 😳
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Only quote I ever feel like sharing on MLK Day is this one
January 15, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Only quote I ever feel like sharing on MLK Day is this one
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No. Stop doing the thing! they say.
So, we increase the thing.
So, we increase the thing.
January 12, 2024 at 11:58 PM
No. Stop doing the thing! they say.
So, we increase the thing.
So, we increase the thing.
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This cycle way was specifically to allow kids to bike to school safely. One of the opponents was actually quoted in the article saying ‘kids get dropped off by their parents now anyway’.
This is the most negative government ever.
This is the most negative government ever.
January 3, 2024 at 7:43 PM
This cycle way was specifically to allow kids to bike to school safely. One of the opponents was actually quoted in the article saying ‘kids get dropped off by their parents now anyway’.
This is the most negative government ever.
This is the most negative government ever.