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The Cossacks are still dancing
Dancing Cossacks’ History “The National Party’s 1975 ‘dancing Cossacks’ advertisement is the most infamous piece of election advertising in New Zealand’s political history. National was trying to turn voters against the Labour government by suggesting that the latter’s recently introduced compulsory … Continue reading
Media attack on New Zealand’s democracy
MMP in New Zealand Twenty five years ago New Zealand voted in a first referendum for the (more) democratic proportional voting system called MMP (Mixed Member Proportional) as recommended by the Royal Commission after the most thorough investigation into all electoral … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Society
Tagged Dirty Politics, Donald Trump, MMP, NZ election 2017, Winston Peters
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Switzerland of the South: The Kim Dotcom Defence
Key’s Vision: Switzerland of the South In the Weekend Herald of March 26 Fran o’Sullivan wrote about John Key’s Vision for New Zealand. She is known to be comfortable with the present neoliberal economic system. She is close enough to give us valuable insight into the thinking … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, politics
Tagged James Shaw, John Key, Kim Dotcom, New Zealand foreign trusts, Panama papers, tax havens, Winston Peters
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Don’t touch that sausage
“Making laws and making sausages are very similar. The public will generally consume the final result, but you wouldn’t want them to watch exactly how they are made.” TPP minister Tim Grosser The arrogance and contempt of this government has … Continue reading
Racism in Real Estate ?
First the facts : 1. The Auckland housing market has gone crazy over the last few years making it all but impossible for first home buyers on average incomes to buy a house. The situation has become so … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Environment, Media Grabs, politics, Society
Tagged Auckland housing crisis, Chinese, Chris Trotter, Crosby Textor, dead cat trick, DNA, Globalisation, overseas investors/speculators, Peter Calder, Racism, Raybon Kan, Resource Management Act, tangata whenua, Tokyo fish market, Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), Winston Peters
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How long will John Key succeed with his contempt for voters ?
It does not stop to amaze me how John Key and the National Party treat voters in Northland and the general public in New Zealand with contempt. They must assume that we are not only stupid but the enemy and they … Continue reading
Posted in Media Grabs, politics, Society
Tagged Edward Snowden, ISDS, John Key. Mike Sabin, Kim Dotcom, TPPA, Winston Peters
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