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Last Friday I gave a talk at a Going West event in Titirangi, cele...
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Politicians and gangs, Tāmaki kids, pay equity and Chlöe v Q
Bumpa Mahauraki and Lani Clark with Robert Muldoon’s widow Thea in 1992.
Te Pāti Māori and Green MPs are not the first politicians to visit gangs. Some of us remember Rob Muldoon.
I’ve spent a little bit of time with Denis O’Reilly recent...
Why aren’t we talking about child poverty?
Here’s an AI test. Artificial intelligence could identify every benefit and service each one of us is entitled to. It could also ensure we are helped to claim those benefits and services, and that government officials do not obstruct the pr...
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Politics, climate, urban issues & culture in Tāmaki Makaurau and elsewhere. Hopetown is my blog.
Editor of The Kaka, a newsletter and podcast about Aotearoa's political economy. Co-founded and edited Newsroom Pro and Interest.co.nz. Does speaking engagements too.
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