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Competition in the Real World.
We all hear a lot about how competition is an essential part of the way the free market operates and ultimately leads to a rapid development of products that consumers want. Theoretically products...
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The Direction of International Development
The other night I was talking with an intelligent and diligent friend of mine about the nature of community development programs. She was telling me that although she had originally felt that community...
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Submission on the MMP Review
I realised yesterday that there was only a very short amount of time left to write my submission for the MMP review if I wanted to be heard in person. In fact 5pm Thursday is the deadline, if however...
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Why I Hate Networking
Some of the people that know me well will know that I absolutely hate networking, it is an activity which I will avoid if at all possible. Back in January I even avoided going to a conference that...
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The Hipster in Identity Politics
The hipster is a much derided sub-culture, they are people who feel the need to be in the avant garde of the cultural products of our society and abandon these cultural products as they become popular,...
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A quick plug for the Hikoi
If you didn’t already know there is a Hikoi passing through the Waikato this Weekend. If yo can there will be a big march down Queen Street in Auckland on the Saturday around noon, the Hikoi will then...
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I’ve been a bit quiet lately/ The State of Education in New Zealand
I’m sure you all have noticed how quiet I have been lately, this is due to a combination of factors. Mainly me not having a lot of spare time for writing for fun, and that this blog became far to...
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Healthcare
The next article they had me write was on healthcare in New Zealand, only half the size so not quite as in depth as the last one. So this week it is the health issue, unfortunately most of my knowledge...
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Student Allowance Changes
This one appeared in Issue 9 of Nexus this year, from this point on most of what I write are of about this length. The government has announced that it will make life tougher for all of us who live on...
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Hamilton City Council Representation Review
Below is the body of my submission to the Hamilton City Council’s Representation Review. As some of you may be aware the council recently proposed to change the local government elections from the...
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Review of The Delinquent Teenager who was mistaken for the worlds top climate...
This is a book about climate change denial and the alleged corruption of the IPCC. A friend of mine was recently told she should read this book ‘and do your own research’. Well I decided that I too...
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Part 2 – Review of The Delinquent Teenager who was Mistaken for the Worlds...
3. The Top Scientists and Best Experts? Laframboise starts by saying that the past two heads of the IPCC have said repeatedly that the organisation contains the best people for the job. Which in my...
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Part 3 – Review of The Delinquent Teenager who was Mistaken for the Worlds...
This is the final part of the my review of Donna Laframboise’s book, the delinquent teenager who was mistaken for the worlds leading climate expert. The first part can be found here and the second...
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A Review of Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer details the aftermath of the Pussy Riot performance in the Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. Short review of the movie, I enjoyed it, mostly because it helps you...
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2013 Local Government Elections Series – The Referendums
I have kind of an ambitious plan for this blog over the next few weeks, I want to give my thoughts on both the referendums, the mayoral contest, both the West and East Ward for council and the Hamilton...
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2013 Local Government Election Series – Hamilton Mayoralty
So below I give my opinions on the mayoral candidates. I have also decided to rank them as if this were an STV election. I’ll explain why I ranked them the way I did after the discussion. I looked for...
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2013 Hamilton Local Government Series – East Ward Candidates
Below I have a review of the candidates in the East Ward of Hamilton, it isn’t as thoroughly researched as I would have liked but there are 26 candidates so you’ll have to take it easy on me....
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2013 Hamilton Local Government Series – West Ward Candidates
Below is my review of the west ward candidates, this might be the last one I will do in the series as I have a few things coming up that I need to do. I don’t live on the West side of the river but I...
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