NZ Politics Archives - Heather's Homilies

17 Oct 2017: Homily (NZ Coalitions) and Daily Tweets

Heather Hastie — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 02:58:36 +0000

It’s been a couple of days, so I thought it was about time I did a tweets post. I’ve been partly writing a “proper” post, and partly taking time off. Spoiler Alert: the “proper” post is about the Iran Nuclear deal, which I support. It’s mostly written, and I know what the rest is going […]

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8 Oct 2017: Daily Homily and Tweets

Heather Hastie — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 01:51:29 +0000

I’m happy to report that the New Zealand All Blacks won again! They played the South African Springboks in the early hours of this morning. This was the last game of “The Investec Rugby Championship” competition for both teams for this year. The All Blacks got through without losing a game and won the competition. […]

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The Loss of the Maori Party

Heather Hastie — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 02:19:41 +0000

I’m a bit late with the topic of the loss of the Maori Party from parliament but it’s one that’s important to me, so I want to get my thoughts on record. One of the biggest topics of discussion following our election on the weekend was how voters in the Maori electorates cast their votes […]

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My Picks for Top Tweets: 23 September 2017

Heather Hastie — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 01:17:22 +0000

I’ve been back home for three days now but I’ve been feeling ghastly and wasn’t really up to tweets. I probably could’ve done it, but that would have meant a delay in my recovery and I had to be well again by today. Why? It’s election day in New Zealand and I’ve never missed voting […]

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Has Winston Peters Finally Lost It?

Heather Hastie — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 01:44:46 +0000

I’ve spent a lot of time lauding New Zealand’s election system on this site. One or two have found that pretty annoying, and I don’t care; I stand by my comments. It’s called MMP, which stands for Mixed Member Proportional. Here’s how it works: https://youtu.be/8Uk44aykGg4 This video explains it slightly differently: Someone who calls himself […]

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The New Zealand Response to the Orlando Mass Shooting

Heather Hastie — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 05:22:22 +0000

New Zealand’s prime minister John Key phoned his golfing buddy President Obama to offer our country’s condolences following the murders in Orlando, which were apparently warmly received. This afternoon, in their first day back since the tragedy, spokespeople from all seven political parties in New Zealand’s parliament spoke about the tragedy on the official record. […]

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Auē a Tau Kē – 2015 Update: Bangladesh, Serco, Kim Davis, Rosa Rubicondior

Heather Hastie — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 21:55:29 +0000

The Murder of Atheist Bloggers in Bangladesh On 14 May 2015 I posted Bangladesh: Another Atheist Blogger Hacked to Death. This post was mainly about the murder two days earlier of Ananta Bijoy Das, the fourth atheist blogger hacked to death in the streets of Bangladesh and the (then) third this year. The response of […]

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Saints and Sinners: 26 July 2015 – Sam Lotu-Iiga and Mexico

Heather Hastie — Sun, 26 Jul 2015 04:29:38 +0000

This is a new weekly feature I’m introducing – I’m hoping that I’ll keep it up and it’ll mean I’m posting something at least once a week. I’ve been pretty slack lately – just this week I’ve written half of three articles, but none got to a publishable standard. None are too time-sensitive, so hopefully […]

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Fluoride for Taumarunui’s Water Please

Heather Hastie — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 00:58:11 +0000

I discovered just a few weeks ago that in 2011, after a presentation from some anti-fluoride activists, my local council stopped putting fluoride in our water. Their presentation went unchallenged, but was supported by one councillor, and by the end of the meeting these idiots had managed to put a stop to community water fluoridation […]

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New Zealand’s Blasphemy Law Must be Abolished

Heather Hastie — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 22:38:45 +0000

According to Wikipedia: Blasphemy is the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God, to religious or holy persons or things, or toward something considered sacred or inviolable. Blasphemy laws, therefore, are designed to protect religion (usually the dominant religion of a country) from criticism. They make the ideas of religion […]

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