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Only way forward for Labour seriously green
Green Party energy spokesman Gareth Hughes describes it as unhelpful. But when the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment finds that subsidising smart meters would make a significant contribution to reducing carbon dioxide emissions, in…
Manifest evidence suggests science not an option
When Professor Sir Peter Gluckman recommends a title with such seemingly marginal appeal as The Geek Manifesto, it’s a sure bet rather more New Zealanders will be inclined to give the book a second glance than would otherwise have been the…
Need for global democracy manifestly self-evident
World government was the logical next step. Had Albert Einstein, Mohandas K Gandhi and J Robert Oppenheimer had their wish, the United Nations would have quickly transitioned to global government. Nations had plenty of incentive, given the dreadful dawning reality of...
Urgent need for nonpartisan Brown transport plan
There are mandates, and mandates. The mandate fairly claimed by the newly created Auckland Council’s inaugural mayor, Len Brown, was for building the city rail link. However, since Len Brown’s election, a National-led government has been…
Manifesto for a global democracy
Daniele Archibugi Noam Chomsky Richard Falk David Held Fernando Iglesias Lucio Levi Giacomo Marramao George Monbiot Heikki Patomāki Mary Kaldor Saskia Sassen Richard Sennet Vandana Shiva Andy Strauss Politics lags behind the facts. We live in an era of deep...
Mahurangi Magazine illustrates the dolphin and the dole queue
Hon David Cunliffe Member of Parliament for New Lynn Labour Party economic development and associate finance spokesman Clean-tech cluster chairman Titirangi War Memorial Hall 23 June 2012 Since I became a father, everything I did before seems rather shallow and...
Centennial past time for 2nd royal commission on forestry
There’s a strong argument for planting mostly radiata pine. Drawing down carbon dioxide at double the rate of kānuka and mānuka, radiata pine grows seven times faster in Aotearoa than in its Californian home range. And 160 years after its introduction…
Handbook helps spark indigenous plant revolution
Twenty thousand down, and about as many again to go. This week field technician Michael Bergin remeasured two indigenous plants trial blocks in the Weiti catchment and started in on the trials in Sandspit Road. The trials are a world first in Aotearoa. They…