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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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Daily News Roundup – 24 November 2020

Daily News Roundup – 24 November 2020

National Party Henry Cooke (Stuff): National Party to examine election campaign and candidate selection process in review of devastating election loss Herald: National Party review of disastrous election result announced Zane Small and Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Exit polling, campaign staff feedback and social media to be scrutinised in National Party

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Avoiding America’s Political Polarisation

Avoiding America’s Political Polarisation

Danielle van Dalen maxim.org.nz “I remember when President W. Bush was elected and there were protests in the street calling him a war criminal – this is so much worse. People can’t talk to their neighbours anymore.” This was a friend’s response to my question on the

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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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If Referendums Aren’t Binding What Is the Point?

If Referendums Aren’t Binding What Is the Point?

Call me cynical, but it seems to me that our political history has shown us that referendums are nothing more than a tool in a government’s toolbox. If the will of the people matches the intentions of the government then they can claim they are giving the public what

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Daily News Roundup – 16 November 2020

Daily News Roundup – 16 November 2020

Housing Henry Cooke (Stuff): If it wants to fix housing, Labour needs to get out of its defensive crouch Bernard Hickey (Stuff): Millennials suffer as old generals fight the previous war Tracy Watkins (Stuff): What happens when the only way for housing seems to be up? Steven Joyce (Herald): It’

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Daily News Roundup – 13 November 2020

Daily News Roundup – 13 November 2020

Housing and Reserve Bank Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Greens co-leader James Shaw lashes out at Labour over rising house prices Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): James Shaw says it’s time to tax capital gains and wealth to take heat of housing market RNZ: PM Jacinda Ardern on house prices: ‘It just cannot

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NZ’s COVID Comedy

NZ’s COVID Comedy

Covid in this country has become a comedy on so many fronts. It’s a comedy primarily because there are a bunch of clowns trying to run it. From the get-go these idiots haven’t had a clue how to handle it. What has let this ship of fools off

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Daily News Roundup – 12 November 2020

Daily News Roundup – 12 November 2020

National Party Luke Malpass (Stuff): Judith Collins’ first shadow cabinet raises more questions than answers Richard Harman: National abandons tax cuts Henry Cooke (Stuff): Who is up and who is down in the latest National Party reshuffle Claire Trevett (Herald): Why Simon Bridges rejected Judith Collins’ reshuffle offer (paywalled) Amelia

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