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  • Keith Locke

    Head of State opinion piece kicks off debate - by Keith Locke



    I received a good New Year present from the Dominion Post when they published my opinion piece on the Head of State Referenda Bill under the title “Hands up for a president of Aotearoa”. This has kicked off the debate I had hoped around my Head of State private members bill, which enables Kiwis to choose between keeping the monarch or moving towards a democratically selected head of state. read more
    January 6, 2010 2:49 pm - 165 Comments
  • frog

    President Obama - by frog



    At last the transition is complete. It was with more relief than pleasure that I watched Bush´s helicopter leave Washington with the Obama and Biden families waving him goodbye. I couldn´t help waving goodbye myself. I think this quote from Obama´s inaugural speech summarises my distaste for the Bush presidency: Our Founding Fathers, faced with [...] read more
    January 21, 2009 7:54 am - 39 Comments
  • frog

    Eat the view - by frog



    It seems Michael Pollan was not alone in calling for the next US president to lead the way on self sufficient food production by growing his own food on the White House lawn. There is a whole movement at Eat the View focused on the fact that today American food travels an average of 1500 [...] read more
    October 28, 2008 12:19 pm - 12 Comments
  • frog

    A diet of contemporary sunshine - by frog



    Food guru Michael Pollan has another must read article –this time an open letter to the next American president explaining why food is the political issue he will be spending most of this time in the White House on – including its integral relationship to climate change, peak oil, foreign and trade policies, health care [...] read more
    October 17, 2008 6:40 am - 11 Comments