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If anyone is still wondering what happened to the energies and the organising principles that drove the Occupy movement – or if they’re merely wanting […]

Surprisingly to some, Labour women’s affairs spokesperson Sue Moroney is showing a genuine ability to get up the nose of the government, as she goes […]

It isn’t often that we see how the United States feels when it sees itself on the receiving end of a secretive international treaty process […]

Well, what an exciting weekend it must have been for the nation’s media. After a 2012 full, thus far, of gaffes, resignations, dodgy dealings at […]

Alexander Cockburn would probably be amused and annoyed that his death in Germany at the weekend will attract a mere fraction of the accolades heaped […]

So the brake pads on every single one of the 500 freight wagons delivered to KiwiRail by its favoured Chinese supplier have had to be […]

It seems a simple enough concept; counselling is meant to help victims to recover from their experience. The conditions for getting access to counselling are […]

In this time of fiscal austerity, some people are being asked to be more austere than others. Thus, the news on RNZ this morning that […]

The Maori Party’s relationship with National is looking more and more like that of a battered spouse, a pitiable creature who will swallow any indignity […]

So KiwiRail is about to cut up to 220 jobs by October, and SOE Minister Tony Ryall has refused to front up to explain what […]

Public private partnerships (PPPs) are still being envisaged by the Key government’s as its favoured method for financing new schools, motorways etc, but the experience […]

Television news is notorious for having no memory, and little room for history or context. The average news bulletin consists of a series of talking […]

During the past month, how many people working in the Parliamentary precinct might have engaged in recreational drug use that impaired their performance on the […]

A good morning for the rule of law. The High Court here finds the search of Kim Dotcom’s house to have been illegal and ditto […]