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  Get a load of what these people are thinking they can do 03 Jun 2026

  What was it they kept saying last election, in between dog whistles about the Mahhrees? It was: people of New Zealand, your voice is being taken off ya, your say is being taken off ya, your democratic rights are being taken off ya. Say yeah nah to Three Waters. It

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  Here is what we could be doing instead 24 May 2026

  In the last post about Prime Minister and the Greatest Generation, I promised better options. Here they are. The reason the government wants to punt a couple of billion on an LNG project is that as good as our hydro lake system is, it isn’t enough. When lakes run

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  What the Greatest Generation actually did 20 May 2026

  The name Christopher Luxon is not one that comes to mind when we speak of oratory, or inspiring words, or even the ability to talk in whole sentences.  He’s a jargon-gargler, a happy burbler of Americanisms, a visitor from far, far away. Yet somehow he remains installed as Prime

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  The scale of the sharing must match the scale of the taking 17 May 2026

  You hear it all over the place now. Over coffee, over drinks, over and over, from Tories, from friends who are full-noise commie, from people with no interest in politics whatsoever. What’s AI going to do to everything? What’s there going to be for our kids? The political

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  We’re in a hurry, the environment can wait, and anyone who disagrees is standing between you and your power bill 15 May 2026

  1. What is the title of the book by Jacinda Ardern that collected Ockham Awards accolades this week? a. We Won You Lost Get Over It b. Nice Guys Finish Last c. Bastards I Have Met d. A Different Kind of Power 2. What does Half asleep near the stars