Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: A dramatic and unremarkable decision, in reply to
He talked a lot to other govt folks about medical canabis at a recent UN meeting. And has been very open to meeting patient groups back home
That's reassuringly grown-up behaviour. Cheers.
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Hard News: Nelson Street: Not too…, in reply to
the cycle routes paralleling Dominion Road are an example of how not to do it
Still attracting a whole lot of cars who would have used Sandringham and Dominion Rds. Hope someone is monitoring it.
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Hard News: Campbell interviewed, in reply to
dancing with the D-list
nice turn of phrase
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Envirologue: Choose Wisely, Grasshopper:…, in reply to
smallest wiolin
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Gallery journo finally writes about what govt has been quietly engineering in social services for years, and why Paula Bennett may be politically crucial.
One of the major successes so far of the Key Government has been its ability to reframe that debate in a way that has carried the public along with it so far. That has been achieved by favouring a softly-softly approach over what English refers to as the "crash through" approach of the past. Focusing on doing what works, rather than ideology, in other words.
But public sentiment could change, particularly as the social sector changes start to pick up a head of steam. A run of bad headlines would play into Labour's hands in terms of reviving the "scary" connotations of the past.
Installing Bennett at English's side in his post-election reshuffle was a signal that Key is aware of those risks.
In her time as Social Development Minister, she succeeded where other National ministers have failed in the past at putting a softer face on its brand of "compassionate conservatism".
She has been a potent weapon for National in arguing the case that its carrot-and-stick approach to welfare has been more about improving lives than cost-cutting.
But her biggest selling job may still lie ahead.
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Speaker: SIBs: The reality of…, in reply to
I think it’s more that they’re saying they have no interest in “how”
or who.
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Hawkes Bay writer calls a spade a spade.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Up the Charts, in reply to
featured Chris Bell
woah
They subsequently morphed into Underworld
love that, yes
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Hard News: Friday Music: Up the Charts, in reply to
the only country
I heard that. wondered how much it underpinned our later scenes ..
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Hard News: Friday Music: Up the Charts, in reply to
Thank god for Jamie xx, then. The album is terrific
wow. like that track? me buy now
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