Article – Open Source Open Society New Zealands Open Government Partnership Action Plan is open for consultation until the end of day on this Friday 26 August. If you care about transparency, accountability participation and better use of technology in the way our government is run then …
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Article – James Littlewood A panel discussion this morning shone a very bright light on a very familiar problem: the problem of journalism; knowing whats going on; keeping the bastards honest. Marianne Ellion (of Action Station) hosted the discussion with Mark Jennings (Mediaworks), …
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Article – Werewolf Hi and welcome to the 59th edition of Werewolf, in which we revisit the TPP debate, and critically examine the claims that the Trans Pacific Partnership really is the spiffing, up-to-date document that our government and its business cronies claim …
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Opinion – Jimmy Solen FIREd Up : Wgtn’s Jane Kelsey “The FIRE Economy” Book Launch Event report by Sven Solen
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Opinion – Professor Jane Kelsey The global economy imploded in 2008 and confirmed a stark reality. Entire nations and billions of people are captives of an unstable and amoral economic system powered by finance , insurance and real estate FIRE. [1] New Zealand included.
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Column – Gordon Campbell If the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal wasnt such a serious matter, this would be pretty funny. Heres Trade Minister Tim Groser on RNZ this morning: The finish line for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement is in sight after …
Gordon Campbell on the TPP finishing line, and Amazon’s woes Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell It seems to be a basic law of political thermodynamics that centre left parties can only lurch or swing when they begin to sound more assertive. This lateral motion always takes them further leftwards, allegedly in response to the primal, …
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Press Release – Asian Development Bank Asia has become increasingly integrated over the past decade, led by growing trade and tourism and, most recently, as the region faced down the global financial crisis and subsequent eurozone crisis, according to a new integration index published in …
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Speech – New Zealand Government Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak today at the launch of the ANZ India New Zealand Business Forum’s India Viewpoint. I want to commend ANZ for this initiative and the advice to business that it has compiled about how to succeed in India.
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