Author Archives: khakis5_wp

Subsidiarity and NZ’s State housing. – Blog No. 10.

The government has recently announced its intention of selling off New Zealand’s $5 billion of [...]

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Victory in Europe? – Blog No. 9.

7th November 2014.  “We are aware of the reports of Russian troops and tanks crossing [...]

NZ’s seat on the Security Council – Blog No. 8.

Recently, Dr Kennedy Graham, Green Party spokesman on international affairs, made a speech to parliament. [...]

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Who will rid me of this troublesome journalist? – Blog no. 7.

Spring has sprung in Marlborough. The grape vine is sprouting the first flush of green [...]

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Why Mass Surveillance Sucks… – Blog No. 6.

Following Snowden’s appearance on Dotcom’s flopped ‘moment of truth’ there can be no New Zealander [...]

Lessons from the last election: the Green Party’s position on the NZ political spectrum – Blog No. 5.

Dr Kennedy Graham, Green Party spokesman on foreign affairs, recently had an op-ed published in [...]

No More Truth Telling Mr Hager! – Blog No.4.

I’ve been on a business trip down south for a few days – paying no [...]

Fools Rush In – Blog No. 3.

Alas for New Zealand: a democracy without an effective opposition party is in effect a [...]

Public Misperceptions – Blog No. 2.

Recently, Dutch aviation investigators published a preliminary report into the downing of Malaysian Airlines MA-17. [...]

Land Sales – Blog No. 1

Given the most recent instance of sales of agricultural land to foreign interests, the media [...]