If Labour is to oppose the sale of the Crafar farms to Chinese interests, then let it be in the framework of national interest assessment and asset protection. And, if this is the trope, then let it also be applied to the ports with equal vigour. Therein lies some principle and a sustainable politics.
and as you write I see a "softener" on RNZ re Key and "surplus target harder to meet" and I think about his bloody tax cuts for high earners aaarrrgghhh
Not the Kiwi way
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Talley’s-AFFCO have told their 750 odd unionised meat workers in its plants
in Moerewa, Manawatu, Imlay, Horotiu and Wairoa that they will be
indefinitely ...
Please explain, Pete.
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"On 21 February 2012, the Electoral Commission referred The Radio Network
to the Police for broadcasting election programmes for UnitedFuture ...
The Maritime Union at work
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Watch this video from a non union employee at Ports of Auckland, about how
the union employees treat him. Also recall that the Maritime Union is
affiliated...
THE END OF KIWI FM
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Is the Government preparing to sell the FM frequencies formerly reserved
for the non-commercial Youth Radio Network?
After years of desperately low ratings...
All in the family
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A couple of months after Hekia Parata was promoted to Education Minister,
her sister has been promoted to a very senior position in the Ministry of
Educa...
The definitve word...
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Here it is Dear Readers; the definitive word on the Australian Labor Party,
in the run-up to tomorrow's bitter leadership spill
Brilliant; simply bri...
Not too bright
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Some half-wit Herald columnist called Damien Grant opines on the madness of
spending money on the social welfare system – in a very well thought out
argume...
Little Wonder Zetetic Is Anonymous
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When The Standard start opining on business you know good times and humour
are ahead.
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*Directorships are the golden ticket in the world of the business ...
Citizen A online now: David Slack & Dr Wayne Hope
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*Issue 1 - Christchurch Quake, one year on. Has the country comprehended
how much collateral damage our second largest city has suffered? How does
it imp...
More Mixed Messages For Education
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Our previous education Minister, Anne Tolley, announced at last year's
National Party conference that our primary education system needed systemic
change...
Villain Or Fool?
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Sir Doug Graham has now joined the criminal ranks, but he need not adjust
to a life in Chokey. The judge whose verdict put an unseemly blemish on
Sir Doug...
Labour's "do nothing" leader
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David Shearer responds to criticism that he has done nothing so far as
Labour leader:
*Labour leader David Shearer has attempted to counter criticism hi...
NZ Politics Daily: 24 February
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‘Cutting the fat out of Mfat’ will be an easy political sales job for the National Government. Job cuts and radical restructures are normally anathema to vot...
Government to water down s9 (updated)
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Claire Trevett reports on the Maori Party’s partial victory:
*The Maori Party has claimed a partial victory after a government promise
to include a Treaty...
Meeting the nomad
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Over the past few months this blog has featured several discussions of Tongan
Ark, Paul Janman's exuberant film about 'Atenisi University and its
founder...
Employment relations quality assurance
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It’s not enough to produce widgets, we must produce quality widgets that
can be sold for a profit. This expectation applies across the board — to
the servi...
A Modern Mark Anthony?
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*All Honourable Men: Is Paul Holmes playing Mark Anthony to John Key's
Julius Caesar? In response to Maoridom's attack on the Government's
"partial" priva...
Sino y signo
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Has hablado bastante y no te agrada
No te gusta mostrar tus vísceras secretas
Y sin embargo vuelves a caer en ello
Protestas y repites la causa que te irrita...
Roger Kerr 1945 – 2011
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A service to honour Roger’s life was held on Thursday 3 November at 2.30pm
at Old St Paul’s in Wellington. A selection of public tributes to Roger:
Mary K...
and as you write I see a "softener" on RNZ re Key and "surplus target harder to meet" and I think about his bloody tax cuts for high earners aaarrrgghhh
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