Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Reading the Numbers, in reply to Russell Brown,
I agree it would have been a genuine error. Just a convenient one and not corrected until the end.
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On TVNZ7, the lying about audience size is bound to have affected Cabinet's decision process, no matter how penny-pinching or ideological their overall motivation may have been.
Those in charge of strategy like Joyce and MccCully would be using it to gauge potential political backlash. Just like potential commercial partners would for profitability.
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Worthwhile Herald story on real impacts of the government's tech teacher funding cuts.
Same principal of a decile 1 school in Manurewa talks eloquently on Radio NZ's Nine to Noon show along with Principals' rep (25 mins, listening options).
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Hard News: The Voyage of a Lifetime, in reply to andin,
to care for each other on a wider scope than just within a small group or within those who thought along the same lines shared by a common ancestry
I'd argue the problem is exactly the opposite - that most of our time as humans has been in small kinship groups and we're still only learning how to function in larger groupings than a clan or village.
Developing ways to sustainably manage resources is part of that (many cultures have answers), and economics is just a tool that we've allowed to run amok. Time to rein in the money-lenders and those who enable them to prance about with invisible clothes.
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Capture: Going Walkabout in Sydney, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
illegal to remember
TPPA ftw
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Hard News: Press Play > Budget, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
a concise round up of the Heralds writers views on the Budget
Bryce always goes well beyond the Herald's writers. Recommend his daily column (also published elsewhere) as a great single place to start if you're interested in NZ politics.
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Capture: Going Walkabout in Sydney, in reply to JacksonP,
ta. never seen that angle either.
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Hard News: Press Play > Budget, in reply to merc,
they didn't need to run RONS through cost benefit analysis
they did (not that it changes your general point)
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Hard News: Press Play > Budget, in reply to Hebe,
The quakes have been a windfall in economic growth terms for National
not yet, apparently.
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Hard News: Press Play > Budget, in reply to Richard Aston,
whats the rationale behind that
there's no sensible justification this century.