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Spanblather: Further thoughts on the Setchell Affair

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The leftward and other blatherings of Span (now with Snaps! Monday, July 30, 2007. Further thoughts on the Setchell Affair. Last week I posted. About David Benson Pope, Madeliene Setchell. And conflicts of interest. I've now had the unique experience of having Kiwiblog commenters praise me for my principled approach. And being castigated in my own comments section by some people I respect (yes, including you Craig R. All of this has given me pause. I've already added my additional thoughts about DBP.

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Adding Noughts in Vain: Run Twyford

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Adding Noughts in Vain. Mainly a geek's eye view of energy issues, climate change and New Zealand politics. Wednesday, April 15, 2009. I have to say that the Dim-Post has brought me round to his compelling common sense point. On the Mt Albert by-election. The alleged "Tizard issue" really is "pure, unadulterated bullshit". What's more, if we are going to start talking about apparently underperforming list MPs, I'd take Judith Tizard over Richard Worth any day. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Aust...

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Joe Hendren: June 2004

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Wednesday, June 16, 2004. Argentina - if the boss goes belly up, strike by working. The June edition of New Internationalist contains an interesting article by Joseph Huff-Hason 'The pollen and the bees'. It reports that many workers in Argentina have set up co-ops to save their jobs when the boss goes bankrupt. Since Argentina's economic collapse in 2001 over 200 failing businesses have been occupied, legally expropriated and reopened as worker co-ops. Posted by Joe Hendren @ 13:36. Auckland, New Zealand.

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Joe Hendren: May 2004

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Sunday, May 30, 2004. Labour not as kind to students as would appear in Budget. According to the Ministry of Social Development. Website, these independent circumstances applied if "you are 18 or over, have lived away from your parents for at least 2 years and support yourself by working, earning at least $100 a week before tax, for at least 96 weeks of that time (not counting any time spent on a Student Allowance or benefit). ". Based on the budget figures the new allowance policy will only lessen new s...

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What Type of Democracy is New Zealand? | Comparablog

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New Zealand Politics from a Comparative Perspective. What Type of Democracy is New Zealand? August 24, 2009. I finished my previous post by stating that there is a disconnect between NZ society and the system through which it elects its parliament and I said the disconnect was that NZ society is pluralist and majoritarian, and the electoral system is consensual. This idea needs to be more fully developed. And he sees two types of democracies: Majoritarian and Consensual. Since then the picture is a littl...

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Aotearoa | Kutarere's Blog

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Muzza's musings and mumblings on all sorts of things. New Zealand national rugby union team. Acts of Kindness Not So Random. As The Sun Sinks Slowly In The West. A Little Piece Of Ireland? Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 768 other followers. Some time ago I reckon- just to fall in line with all the other nights, perhaps? Nup Wouldn't wish him on them. 7 hours ago. Clearly not a French Mediterranean beach! Red Alert- Labour Party Blog.

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New Poll Shows NZers Unhappy with MMP | Comparablog

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New Zealand Politics from a Comparative Perspective. New Poll Shows NZers Unhappy with MMP. November 1, 2009. There is a very interesting poll. On the NZ Herald website today which shows most New Zealanders would like to change their electoral system away from MMP. 49% said they would vote against MMP at a referendum, 36% said they would vote for it and 15% said they didn’t know which way they would go. There is to be a referendum on whether to keep MMP at the next general election. As this graph makes v...

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Coalitions in Germany and NZ | Comparablog

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New Zealand Politics from a Comparative Perspective. Coalitions in Germany and NZ. October 19, 2009. Three weeks after the Bundestag election in Germany and the discussions between CDU, CSU and FDP continue. It is still not clear what the exact policy directions of the new coalition government will be, or who will occupy which ministerial/government posts. I see an interesting difference in the coalition bargaining between the parties and what has gone on in NZ after MMP elections since 1996. The Germans...

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What Good is MMP Anyway? | Comparablog

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New Zealand Politics from a Comparative Perspective. What Good is MMP Anyway? November 11, 2009. This is the next in several posts on MMP and the debate around whether it should be retained or done away with in the referenda to take place over the next few years. Here I ask: What good is MMP anyway? The traditional wisdom on proportional systems versus majoritarian systems. But does this logic hold? 2 Consensual systems like MMP are associated with less political violence like riots. 3 Consensual systems...

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Adding Noughts in Vain: Winners and losers in Mt Albert

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Adding Noughts in Vain. Mainly a geek's eye view of energy issues, climate change and New Zealand politics. Sunday, June 14, 2009. Winners and losers in Mt Albert. An utterly unoriginal theme for a blog post but here goes:. Here the winners are clearly Shearer and party leader Goff. Whines that this prominent Dominion Post story. Fails to mention that the economist who did costings and estimated job losses for the Auckland city reforms is a Labour party member. Yet Twyford who has been commissioning ...