7th February 2021 It is becoming clear that the coup was planned well in advance and is running according to plan for the military. They had all the likely reactions assessed and shut down means of communication to slow down the planning of internal resistance and to prevent pictures/videos
Housing and inequality Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Reserve Bank repeatedly warned Government money printing would lead to house price inflation Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Revealed: The official advice Robertson ignored on how QE boosts house prices Talia Marshall (Stuff): Not having secure housing has begun to undo my head Bernard Hickey (Stuff)
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5th February 2021 Things are certainly on the move in Myanmar. Health professionals, doctors, nurses and ancillary workers have withdrawn their support from the military government. They will still treat the populace, delivering the rudimentary health care available to an ordinary Burmese as best they can, but adopting a policy
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Another dispatch from the Reproductive Revolution. BioEdge, MercatorNet’s associate site about bioethics, has been tracking the generosity of sperm donor dads for several years. Some men have fathered dozens of children, a few may have fathered hundreds. But in the case of Detroit gynaecologist and
My previous pieces raised a few questions, so I will attempt to answer a few of them here. Where Does Myanmar Source Its Military Hardware? Many of these date back to the early 1990s but are well maintained. The fighter aircraft are mostly ground attack and support versions used internally.
Waitangi Richard Harman: Waitangi; challenging sovereignty 1News: Ardern denies switching to ‘foundational change’ was because ‘transformational’ was too hard Claire Trevett (Herald): It takes a lot to keep Judith Collins quiet – but Waitangi tried (paywalled) Thomas Manch (Stuff): Political platitudes give way to change at Waitangi: Women will speak on
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Mong Palatino globalvoices.org Myanmar’s newly elected parliament members were supposed to convene a session on February 1 to select the country’s president and vice president. Instead, the military seized power, imposed a year-long state of emergency, and detained key leaders of the National League for Democracy
New Zealand history and the school curriculum Rachel Sadler (Newshub): National’s Paul Goldsmith hits out at ‘identity politics’ in proposed NZ history curriculum Joel Maxwell (Stuff): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand shouldn’t underplay its own history Henry Cooke (Stuff): National say new history curriculum features too
Editor’s note: I caught a segment about today’s face of the day yesterday evening on One News that sickened me. The journalist of colour Daniel Faitaua who was speaking to the camera spent 90% of his time denigrating Captain Moore’s memory by claiming that there was controversy
Waitangi Peter de Graaf (Herald): Labour returns to Waitangi’s Te Tii Marae after three-year absence Claire Trevett (Herald): Labour MPs return to Te Tii marae, but Jacinda Ardern’s first visit as Prime Minister is another question (paywalled) Lloyd Jones, Shane Jones (Herald): Treaty of Waitangi and race
Maori wards in local government Richard Harman: Brash loses Maori wards campaign Audrey Young (Herald): Labour kept plans on divisive Maori wards under wraps (paywalled) David Farrar: Govt proposes to use urgency to cancel local referenda! Anna Whyte (1News): Government aims to overturn ‘uneven playing field’ for Maori wards on
