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  General debate, February 10, 2012 - by frog

  
  
  
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  February 10, 2012 7:29 am - 14 Comments
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  Member’s Bills drawn - by frog

  
  
  
  Today, there was a ballot at Parliament for two Member’s Bills – they get drawn by a Lotto-style “numbers in a bucket” system as there are always many more MPs outside the Cabinet wanting to progress legislation than there is time in Parliament to deal with their Bills. I had high hopes for a Green [...] read more
  February 7, 2012 8:54 pm - 6 Comments
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  General debate, February 4, 2012 - by frog

  
  
  
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  February 4, 2012 7:42 am - 46 Comments
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  Doing a stretch in the safety net - by frog

  
  
  
  United States Republican Presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney is getting a pasting for his comment: …I’m not concerned about the very poor; we have a safety net there. Over on Denise Roche’s minimum wage thread here at frogblog, commenter dbuckley recalls for us just what that “safety net” actually is: Yeah… but… you have that wonderful [...] read more
  February 3, 2012 9:17 am - 9 Comments
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  General debate, January 31, 2012 - by frog

  
  
  
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  January 31, 2012 7:49 am - 79 Comments
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  General debate, January 25, 2012 - by frog

  
  
  
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  January 25, 2012 10:04 am - 60 Comments
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  General debate, January 20, 2012 - by frog

  
  
  
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  January 20, 2012 7:34 am - 28 Comments
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  General debate, January 13, 2012 - by frog

  
  
  
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  January 13, 2012 10:16 am - 50 Comments
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  General debate January 6, 2012 - by frog

  
  
  
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  January 6, 2012 7:33 am - 47 Comments
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  General debate December 31, 2011 - by frog

  
  
  
  Another year draws to a close. Best wishes to all frogblog readers for the coming one. read more
  December 31, 2011 7:23 am - 62 Comments
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  Compliments of the season: General debate December 24, 2011 - by frog

  
  
  
  I want to wish everyone who has read posts or contributed by way of comments on frogblog over the past twelve months a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Christmas is a Christian festival, but as Russel Norman pointed out earlier this week, much of the spirit of Christmas applies equally to those [...] read more
  December 24, 2011 6:48 pm - 64 Comments
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  Thinking of Canterbury - by frog

  
  
  
  Just when we were looking forward to the festive season, Christchurch and the adjacent Canterbury region has been hit by a further series of devastating earthquakes today, and aftershocks are expected. My thoughts, and those of the Green MPs, are with the people of Canterbury this evening. Green Co-Leader Russel Norman issued this media release [...] read more
  December 23, 2011 8:10 pm - 2 Comments
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  The Christmas story: Russel Norman’s Address in Reply speech - by frog

  
  
  
  “These are the values that help to lay down the essential nature of what it means to be human and guide us to live a ‘good’ life – good to ourselves, good to one another, and good to the world in which we make our livelihoods.” – Russel Norman. Address in Reply speeches are long, [...] read more
  December 21, 2011 9:48 pm - 8 Comments
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  Frog vs Rosie in the Battle of the Waterways - by frog

  
  
  
  I’ve had a pretty good start to summer this year. We’ve had plenty of rain, the rivers and wetlands have been nice and full. In between writing blogs, I have had plenty of opportunities to frolic among the raupo as any decent self-respecting Frog should. But recently my home playground and my place as New [...] read more
  December 21, 2011 10:40 am - 2 Comments
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  General debate, December 20, 2011 - by frog

  
  
  
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  December 20, 2011 9:05 am - 118 Comments
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  Garth George on “Dangerous Greens” - by frog

  
  
  
  The moustachio’d poster boy for knee-jerk conservativism , Garth George, had this wonderfully acerbic opinion piece published in today’s Herald. Now the content doesn’t worry us too much — he’s Garth George: he’s not supposed to make sense, just infuriate. What is worrying however are the striking similarities between Garth’s column and this press release [...] read more
  December 15, 2011 5:31 pm - 79 Comments
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  Parliaments around the world are going Green - by frog

  
  
  
  The New Zealand Green Party is proportionally the second biggest Green Party in the world. We’re just a fraction behind the Luxembourg Green Party. Overall, the German green party Alliance ‘90/The Greens has the most number of MPs in a Parliament, with 68 out of 622 (10.9%). Proportionally the Luxembourg green party, The Greens, has [...] read more
  December 15, 2011 11:47 am - 5 Comments
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  General debate, December 14, 2011 - by frog

  
  
  
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  December 14, 2011 7:41 pm - 151 Comments
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  General debate, December 13, 2011 - by frog

  
  
  
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  December 13, 2011 8:34 am - 22 Comments
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  Catching up with Australia - by frog

  
  
  
  New Zealand is finally catching up with Australia – at cricket! Australia 136 and 233 (Warner 123*, Bracewell 6-40) lost to New Zealand 150 and 226 by seven runs. Pity we can’t do this with wages too, but the Government’s policies will result in that gap widening. read more
  December 12, 2011 5:59 pm - 6 Comments