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It's called "news" for a reason, you know

by Andrew Geddis April 20, 2013

The Herald is telling its readers that the "[Same sex] marriage bill leaves a few inequalities to sort out". But you Pundit readers knew that already

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Tags: adoption, New Zealand Herald, same-sex marriage

The Vote record - tickets available

by Daily Digest April 19, 2013

Want to see a TV debate on racism? Are you free Monday night?

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Tags: The Vote

World News Brief, Friday April 19

by Daily Digest April 19, 2013

Pervez Musharraf arrested for allegedly putting judiciary members under house arrest; North Korea sets conditions for talks with US; New Zealand makes international stir with same-sex marriage law; gun control bill defeated in US Senate; US sends soldiers to Jordan; and more

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Tags: gun control, Jordan, North Korea, Pervez Musharraf, same-sex marriage, Senate

Old photo reminds us what marriage equality has won

by Tim Watkin April 19, 2013

The marriage equality win has made New Zealand a better place, but here's hoping it's been done right

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Tags: gay marriage, Marriage Amendment Act, marriage equality, referenda
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World News Brief, Thursday April 18

by Daily Digest April 18, 2013

Britain marks Margaret Thatcher's passing; Taiwan conducts live-fire military drills; Islamist militant leader narrowly escapes army offensive in Philippines; Musharraf banned from Pakistani elections; more clues in Boston bombings

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Tags: Boston bombings, Britain, Margaret Thatcher, military drills, Musharraf, Pakistani elections, Philippines, Taiwan

Count be wrong, they’ll f__k you up

by Andrew Geddis April 12, 2013

Involvement in the cannabis trade probably isn't the ideal way to learn how to grow things and sell them to other people. But there's a reason why those who do so need to master some important skills really, really well.

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Tags: cannabis, cannabis law reform, David Farrar, DPF, Green Party, Kiwiblog, Meteria Turei, The Wire
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A bad week for left activist paranoia

by Sue Bradford April 11, 2013

Army to gain new powers over protesters; GCSB spies on New Zealanders; new single government data hub planned... Is Aotearoa en route to Orwell's 1984?

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Tags: activism, Crown Minerals Bill, GCSB, Kitteridge Report, protest, SIS, Whanganui computer
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World News Brief, Thursday April 11

by Daily Digest April 11, 2013

South Korea says possibility of missile launch by North Korea "very high"; China pledges another $548 million to Cambodia for infrastructure and irrigation projects; five UN peacekeepers killed in South Sudan; US Senate to vote on gun control; and more

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Tags: Cambodia, China, gun control, North Korea, South Korea, South Sudan, UN peacekeepers, US senate

Does National have the numbers to extend GCSB's powers?

by Tim Watkin April 10, 2013

John Key began to fight back against the damage being done by the GCSB scandal urging reform for the bureau. But has he jumped the gun before doing the numbers? Let's see what ACT and United Future have said...

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Tags: Act, GCSB, John Key, Kim Dotcom, united future
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Thatcher Thatcher Milk Snatcher

by Josie Pagani April 10, 2013

Thatcher dominated my childhood, and changed politics forever when she declared the end of society. The left and the right is still recovering from her legacy.

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Tags: Left, Margaret Thatcher, Neil Kinnock, Right, Thatcher, Tony Blair, UK Labour party, UK Tories
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Who is really responsible for the GCSB shenanigans?

by Nicky Hager April 10, 2013

Kitteridge Report suggests "unclear legislation" allowed for GCSB to illegally spy on New Zealanders. But the real responsibility lies elsewhere

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Tags: GCSB, Hugh Wolfensohn, John Key, Kim Dotcom, Kitteridge Report, NZSIS, Rebecca Kitteridge
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World News Brief, Tuesday April 9

by Daily Digest April 09, 2013

Thatcher dies at 87, tributes pour in; China acknowledges "new challenges" to Asia region's stability; Bank of Japan launches its bond-buying programme; religious violence in Egypt escalates; Qatar pledges $500 million for Darfur; and more

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Tags: Bank fo Japan, China, Darfur, Egypt, Margaret Thatcher, North Korea, Qatar, religious violence, UK

How do you make sense of more than a million leaked documents?

by Nicky Hager April 09, 2013

The story behind the massive leak of documents revealing the extent to which the world's wealthy go to avoid and evade tax and New Zealand's part in the investigations

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Tags: British Virgin Islands, Cook Islands, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, leaked documents, tax avoidance, tax havens
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A week of withdrawals from Key's trust account

by Tim Watkin April 05, 2013

New Zealanders instinctively trust John Key as a straight-shooter. But at what point do voters start to see the Prime Minister as tarnished by the Dotcom spying affair?

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Tags: GCSB appointment, Ian Fletcher, John Key, Kim Dotcom, trust
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World News Brief, Thursday April 4

by Daily Digest April 04, 2013

Malaysian parliament dissolved; North Korea bans South Korean workers; IMF considers $4.8 billion loan to Egypt; militants storm court in Afghanistan; and more

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Tags: Afghanistan, bailout, Egypt, IMF, Malaysia, militants, North Korea, South Korea

Where to for the DPRK's war tantrum?

by Jane Young April 04, 2013

Miscalculation by the inexperienced dictator of North Korea is a real danger, as he flails around in a sea of propoganda, desperate to prove to his starving nation that he's the Man. Actually he's an idiot.  

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Tags: DPRK, Kim Jong-un, Korea, miscalculation, North, nuclear, Rogue, ROK, South, US
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The Beehive political smelter

by Tim Watkin April 03, 2013

The government is in an ideological tangle over the Tiwai Point smelter negotiations, but could there be a local saviour willing to buy the plant?

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Tags: Invercargill, John Key, New Zealand Superannuation Fund, Ngai Tahu, Rio Tinto, Tiwai Point
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And then the hammer came down

by Andrew Geddis April 03, 2013

Why is it much, much worse for protesters to interfere with oil exploration at sea than on the land?

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Tags: Crown Minerals Act, deepwater oil, New Zealand Bill of Rights Act, Petrobras, protest
8 Comments

Labour's GST-off policy could yet bear fruit

by Tim Watkin March 28, 2013

Labour wants to be fiscally responsible and seems arctic cool on Phil Goff's GST-off fruit and vege policy. But they may be about to switch horses at just the wrong time

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Tags: David Shearer, fruit and vegetables, GST on food, Labour policy, The Vote
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The curious dispute over the Falkland Islands

by Wyatt Creech March 27, 2013

Thirty years after the Falklands War, the dispute over who controls the British outpost simmers on

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Tags: Argentina, Britain, Falkland Islands, ROIM
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