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hopping along the corridors of power - a political blog from the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
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General debate, 5 December, 2009
85 mpg cars needed by 2030 to survive?
I have been looking for some down to earth way to talk about the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook 2009 (WEO) since it was released. The OECD International Energy Agency (IEA) is the taxpayer-funded energy advisor to the ...
ACC: Mirrors smashed and smoke dispersed
NZCTU economist Bill Rosenberg has debunked the supposed “financial crisis” facing ACC that Nick Smith is relying on to gut cover and entitlements to set it up for privatisation. Here’s Rosenberg’s take on it: ACC’s reserves are...
Gold mining leaves Waihi deprived
Despite Gerry Brownlee’s absurd aspiration to be Australia and to mine our treasured places the economic arguments do not stack in the one Coromandel gold mining town, Waihï. The evidence for this can be found in the Social Impact report on Waihï...
Maori participation in Auckland SuperCity – Not!
It seems that Rodney Hide has yet again turned up to Cabinet with his papers and been allowed to advance (?) Auckland Governance another step closer to the shambles it will almost certainly become. The prospects for meaningful Maori participation l...
TVNZ – step up to the Convention
Today, December 3, is International Day for the Rights of People with Disabilities. TVNZ might be at risk of becoming blasé about complaints to the Human Rights Commission. After all, it is becoming a regular occurrence thanks to their ongoing suppo...

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