Can we trust Shane Jones?

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 10:12 am, July 31st, 2025 - 16 comments
Categories: corruption, energy, nicola willis, politicans, Politics, Shane Jones
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Using a really shoddy parliamentary procedure Shane Jones has introduced an amendment to a bill that will potentially reduce oil industry liability for clean up costs.

Daily review 31/07/2025

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, July 31st, 2025 - 15 comments

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Open Mike 31/07/25

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 31st, 2025 - 53 comments

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Corbyn still draws a crowd – what’s new?

Written By: Mike Smith
Date published: 6:15 pm, July 30th, 2025 - 15 comments

Zarah Sultana for one – she’s a star. Gaza for another – anti-zionism/semitism won’t work this time. 500,000 signed up in a week for a new party is impressive.

Daily review 30/07/2025

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, July 30th, 2025 - 2 comments

Queenstown as an exemplar of the limits to growth

Written By: weka
Date published: 1:24 pm, July 30th, 2025 - 13 comments

We are Queenstown.

Open Mike 30/07/25

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 30th, 2025 - 32 comments

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Daily review 29/07/2025

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, July 29th, 2025 - 3 comments

Fisher and Paykel

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 12:07 pm, July 29th, 2025 - 26 comments

Chris Hipkins came up with a zinger yesterday calling Christopher Luxon and Nicolas Willis “Fisher and Paykel” because of the incredible amount of spin they produce.

Open Mike 29/07/25

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 29th, 2025 - 22 comments

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Daily review 28/07/2025

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, July 28th, 2025 - No comments

Judith Collins believes proposed changes to enrollment laws breaches Bill of Rights

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 12:06 pm, July 28th, 2025 - 28 comments

Judith Collins has issued a Bill of Rights report which concludes that National’s proposed changes to the enrollment electoral laws breach the Bill of Rights Act.

Imported culture wars

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 10:16 am, July 28th, 2025 - 61 comments

Winston Peters is proposing to engage in a Nigel Farage Reform style circus relying on racial division to get him over the line at the next election.

Open Mike 28/07/25

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 28th, 2025 - 46 comments

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Give Young People The Vote

Written By: advantage
Date published: 2:53 pm, July 27th, 2025 - 25 comments

If we are to renew the purpose of democracy after this current bunch of old people have had a crack at shrinking it, we need to turn this into something prospective voters can actually hope for: they can make change happen through the vote.

Open Mike 27/07/25

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 27th, 2025 - 12 comments

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Open Mike 26/07/25

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 26th, 2025 - 27 comments

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Goldsmith’s Voter Suppression Affects 15-20% of Voters

Written By: Mountain Tui
Date published: 7:31 pm, July 25th, 2025 - 21 comments

The voters registered about 13 days leading up to and including election day surpasses total ACT and NZ First votes by 140,000

Daily review 25/07/2025

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, July 25th, 2025 - 5 comments

Gerrymander alert – Government running scared

Written By: Mike Smith
Date published: 3:49 pm, July 25th, 2025 - 9 comments

You know a government is in trouble when it has to resort to gerrymander to boost its prospects. The coalition government’s decision to restrict voter enrolment is disgraceful.

Only a dropkick would want to make voting harder

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 1:31 pm, July 25th, 2025 - 42 comments

National has announced electoral law changes that will disenfranchise some voters who tend to vote left. And David Seymour has described them as being dropkicks.

Open Mike 25/07/25

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 25th, 2025 - 93 comments

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Daily review 24/07/2025

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, July 24th, 2025 - 17 comments

Sport Must Stand Up. Sport Must Lead. Sport Must Include Everyone.

Written By: Guest post
Date published: 4:48 pm, July 24th, 2025 - 67 comments

Guest post from Louisa Wall. The government’s decision to scrap Sport New Zealand’s transgender inclusion guidelines for community sport is not leadership. It is exclusion by neglect.

NZ Government is Captured

Written By: Mountain Tui
Date published: 12:01 pm, July 24th, 2025 - 11 comments

Winston Peters’ recent “sausage” insults distract From Regulatory Capture in our government. Opinion/analysis by Mountain Tui

So the Government has increased homelessness

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 11:20 am, July 24th, 2025 - 11 comments

For some time now National has been crowing about how they have solved the emergency housing problem in Aotearoa. But a recent report suggests that their policies have cause a surge in the number of homeless kiwis.

Open Mike 24/07/25

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 24th, 2025 - 27 comments

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Daily review 23/07/2025

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, July 23rd, 2025 - 2 comments

The Time For The Left To Act Is Now

Written By: advantage
Date published: 8:57 am, July 23rd, 2025 - 50 comments

None of National’s policies are working. But the time of Labour’s policy vacuum needs to be over. It’s time to make their mark and take Luxon front on and win.

Open Mike 23/07/25

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 23rd, 2025 - 50 comments

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