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WARNING: AN UNINSPIRING SHOWDOWN ON THE HORIZON

WARNING: AN UNINSPIRING SHOWDOWN ON THE HORIZON

The Leaders debate (Television One, Tuesday, 7pm) will again reveal all that is wrong with New Zealand politics.      ON TUESDAY NIGHT Telev...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, October 05, 2026 0 comments
Labels: chris hipkins, christopher luxon
THE OPPORTUNITY PARTY: SPREADSHEET POLITICS

THE OPPORTUNITY PARTY: SPREADSHEET POLITICS

  The Opportunity Party want to fix the system's rough edges, not overthrow it.   ACCORDING TO the charter of the Opportunity Party, one...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Sunday, October 04, 2026 1 comments
Labels: green capitalism, land tax, the opportunities party
THE GREEN'S DON'T OWE LABOUR ANY FAVOURS

THE GREEN'S DON'T OWE LABOUR ANY FAVOURS

Chis Hipkins says that Chloe Swarbrick will never be finance minister in a Labour-led government. Swarbrick says that's not Hipkins deci...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Tuesday, September 29, 2026 2 comments
Labels: chloe swarbrick, green party
DIRTY WORK: SHINING A LIGHT ON THE MACHINERY OF CONSERVATIVE POLITICS

DIRTY WORK: SHINING A LIGHT ON THE MACHINERY OF CONSERVATIVE POLITICS

  The strength of Dirty Work is that it pulls back the curtain to reveal those who prefer to operate in the shadows. And now they're sc...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Saturday, September 26, 2026 4 comments
Labels: books, dirty work, media
UNDER LABOUR, LANDLORDS WILL STILL BE 'LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK'

UNDER LABOUR, LANDLORDS WILL STILL BE 'LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK'

Despite Finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds describing the policy as 'solely benefiting the wealthiest New Zealanders', Labour says...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, September 21, 2026 0 comments
Labels: ineqaulity, labour party, landlords
ELECTION 2026: THE TWO MAIN PARTIES ARE LOCKED IN A RACE TO THE BOTTOM

ELECTION 2026: THE TWO MAIN PARTIES ARE LOCKED IN A RACE TO THE BOTTOM

Electorate support for the two major parties, National and Labour, continues to ebb away. Whatever the result of the general election, and w...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Friday, September 18, 2026 1 comments
Labels: representative democracy
WHY THE ED SHEERAN FIASCO HAS STRUCK A HUGE NERVE

WHY THE ED SHEERAN FIASCO HAS STRUCK A HUGE NERVE

  This is a reminder that collectively we can shift the needle and it feels so good. Big thanks to Macklemore. The ceiling can’t hold us. Fr...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, September 17, 2026 0 comments
Labels: ed sheeran, gaza, palestine, rania khalek
AI AND END TIMES FASCISM

AI AND END TIMES FASCISM

We have been warned by the very people building artificial intelligence (AI) that it could destroy humanity within a decade.  In their new ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, September 14, 2026 0 comments
Labels: artificial intelligience, astra taylor, naomi klein
ISRAEL: NEW ZEALAND IS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY, THANKS TO WINSTON PETERS

ISRAEL: NEW ZEALAND IS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY, THANKS TO WINSTON PETERS

The failure of the National-led Government and Foreign Minister Winston Peters to support a new set of sanctions against Israeli settlement...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, September 10, 2026 0 comments
Labels: gaza, israel, winston peters
KIIWIMART HAS EXPOSED THE INSECURITY OF A FAILED STATUS QUO

KIIWIMART HAS EXPOSED THE INSECURITY OF A FAILED STATUS QUO

  The Green Party's proposal for a publicly owned supermarket chain has predictably been met with hostility by the Government and its su...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Tuesday, September 08, 2026 1 comments
Labels: green party, kiwmart
KIIWIMART: TREATING FOOD AS A RIGHT, NOT A CORPORATE REVENUE STREAM

KIIWIMART: TREATING FOOD AS A RIGHT, NOT A CORPORATE REVENUE STREAM

  The Green Party is proposing to establish KiwiMart, a publicly owned supermarket chain providing affordable groceries. The problem is that...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Sunday, September 06, 2026 0 comments
Labels: green party, supermarkets
LOUISE UPSTON'S WAR ON THE POOR

LOUISE UPSTON'S WAR ON THE POOR

The Minister of S ocial Development Louise Upston wants to 'help' young people by denying them a benefi t.   LOUISE UPSTON'S det...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Tuesday, September 01, 2026 1 comments
Labels: louise upston, unemployment, welfare
POWER FROM BELOW

POWER FROM BELOW

Green co-leader Chloe Swarbrick once spoke of building political power from below. But the Green Party she co-leads has chained itself to La...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Friday, August 28, 2026 0 comments
Labels: chloe swarbrick, neoliberalism
THE ONLY OBSTACLE TO A WEALTH TAX IS POLITICAL COWARDICE

THE ONLY OBSTACLE TO A WEALTH TAX IS POLITICAL COWARDICE

The time is now for a wealth tax, but none of our parliamentary parties are prepared to campaign for it. It is little more than the defence ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, August 24, 2026 0 comments
Labels: neoliberalism, taxation, wealth tax
THE DIGITAL COLOSSUS INVADES SOUTHLAND

THE DIGITAL COLOSSUS INVADES SOUTHLAND

'I actually think the fight against data centres is singlehandedly reviving the climate movement. What are they building? What are they ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, August 20, 2026 0 comments
Labels: big tech, capitlism, neoliberalism
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