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POWER FROM BELOW

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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...

THE ONLY OBSTACLE TO A WEALTH TAX IS POLITICAL COWARDICE

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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 ...

THE DIGITAL COLOSSUS INVADES SOUTHLAND

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

WHY ISN'T THE GREEN PARTY CAMPAIGNING FOR PUBLICLY-OWNED, LOW COST GROCERY STORES?

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Rather than proposing to tinker with a failed system, why isn't the Green Party proposing the establishment of publicly-owned low cost g...

CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS JUST A SYMPTOM OF A MUCH DEEPER PROBLEM

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New Zealand's problems lie deeper than Christopher Luxon's habit of producing politically embarrassing gaffes.   THE DISCONTENT simm...

WINSTON PETERS: SANCTIONS FOR RUSSIA, BUT A FREE PASS FOR ISRAEL

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This week the Minister of Foreign Affairs announced a new series of sanctions against Russia. But Winston Peters remains silent about Israel...

"DON'T VOTE - IT ONLY ENCOURAGES THEM"

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  The latest unemployment figures have again exposed the failure of neoliberalism, yet no alternative is being offered by Labour and support...
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WINSTON PETERS: GENOCIDE DENIER

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Winston Peters racist rant against a Chinese-born Green MP has provided him with the headlines he craves. But little media attention has foc...

'FOR ALL OF US': AN ELECTION SLOGAN DRAINED OF POLITICAL CONTENT

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The Green Party has kicked class politics to the kerb. It wants to be the party of 'all of us'.  It is a slogan that means nothing b...

THE GREEN PARTY HAS SUBORDINATED ITSELF TO LABOUR, AND COULD PAY A HIGH PRICE FOR IT

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  This weekend the Green Party is holding its Annual General Meeting in Auckland. It comes at a time when a new poll has the Green's pol...

SYSTEM CHANGE, NOT CLIMATE CHANGE

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  A new report from the independent Climate Change Commission says that emission reductions have stalled since the National-led government t...
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THE WORLD WANTS SPAIN TO WIN THE WORLD CUP

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The World Cup Final will be about more than football, and Gaza is the reason.   THE WORLD Cup Final will be played on a football pitch, but ...

NEW ZEALAND'S ECONOMIC CRISIS IS ALSO A POLITICAL CRISIS

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The majority of New Zealanders say that the country is on the wrong path, and they want real change. So why aren't any of our parliament...

THE FUTURE THAT SLEEPING DOGS PREDICTED HAS NOT ARRIVED. YET.

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  Sam Neill's first feature film was Sleeping Dog s, released in 1977. It predicted a near-future New Zealand where a totalitarian gov...

THE ZIONIST POLITICS OF BRIAN TAMAKI

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Missing in the mainstream media commentary about Brian Tamaki is any mention of his Zionist beliefs and the support he has received from the...