Jones accuses Luxon of hiding

Open Mike 01/09/25

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, September 1st, 2025 - 4 comments

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Councils’ obligations to Māori

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 12:12 pm, August 30th, 2025 - 11 comments

Kaipara District Council has circulated throughout the country a Franks Ogilvie opinion suggesting that local government obligations to Māori are limited. But even a cursory review of the opinion suggests that it is flawed and should not be used to minimise respect for Māori.

Open Mike 30/08/25

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, August 30th, 2025 - 13 comments

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Open Mike 29/08/25

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, August 29th, 2025 - 43 comments

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Why Changing the Government Should Be Enough

Written By: respublica
Date published: 11:27 am, August 28th, 2025 - 30 comments

Outrage is easy. Outrage feels righteous. But outrage without discipline destroys the very people it claims to save.

If we want transformation that endures, we must build it brick by brick. Or watch it burn, again.

It Is Not Enough Only to Change the Government

Written By: Elliot Crossan
Date published: 6:41 pm, August 27th, 2025 - 19 comments

Everyone on the left can agree that we must change the government. Elliot Crossan argues that if Labour wins in 2026 and refuses to transform the system generating extreme inequality, NZ society will continue to fragment. Change the government. This is currently the unanimous goal of trade union leaders, left-wing politicians and progressive NGOs. At rallies, […]

Open Mike 27/08/25

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, August 27th, 2025 - 57 comments

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Gaslighters of the world unite

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 12:57 pm, August 26th, 2025 - 24 comments

David Seymour has complained that New Zealand has “some of the most anemic governing arrangements in the world constitutionally” without acknowledging that his Goverment could change this.

Daily review 25/08/2025

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

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Open Mike 25/08/25

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, August 25th, 2025 - 53 comments

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Van Velden pressures ERA to reduce worker compensation payments

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 9:52 am, August 23rd, 2025 - 16 comments

Brooke Van Velden has announced the appointment of four new members to the Employment Relations Authority and has expressed the wish that compensation payments to workers will be reduced.

Daily review 22/08/2025

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, August 22nd, 2025 - 1 comment

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Fight Like You Mean It: Why Message Discipline Matters

Written By: respublica
Date published: 6:05 am, August 22nd, 2025 - 74 comments

Screaming on social media about how weak Chris Hipkins is as Labour leader may make us feel good. But It also won’t do much do push back against the Coalition of Cockups. So, what if instead of searching fruitlessly for ideological purity, we put our energy and effort into winning instead?

Daily review 21/08/2025

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, August 21st, 2025 - 2 comments

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Open Mike 21/08/25

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, August 21st, 2025 - 43 comments

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