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This weekend on The Nation...

After five years of submissions and debate, the Unitary Plan is heading to Council for a final vote. Can it calm the city's housing crisis... or will it create city full of low-quality high-rises? And will it get more people on the property ladder, or just make it harder? Lisa Owen asks a panel of key players: an architect, the Property Institute, a heritage supporter and a youth advisor for the Council.

Four weeks after the Australian general election and there's still no final result... could electronic voting be the answer? Lisa asks the ABC's election analyst Antony Green.

Political Editor Patrick Gower has been at the Democratic Convention where Hillary Clinton was formally nominated to run for President. He speaks to a former Bill Clinton advisor Douglas E.Smith and Bernie Sanders supporter Michael Gibino.

We'll discuss all this and more with our panel: Fran O'Sullivan from NZME, Hive News' Bernard Hickey, and Metro Magazine's Editor-at-Large Simon Wilson.


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Gordon Campbell: On Dune 2, And Images Of Islam


Depictions of Islam in Western popular culture have rarely been positive, even before 9/11. Five years on from the mosque shootings, this is one of the cultural headwinds that the Muslim community has to battle against. Whatever messages of tolerance and inclusion are offered in daylight, much of our culture tends to be hostile to Islam when we’re sitting in the dark, with popcorn.
Any number of movie examples come to mind, beginning with Rudolf Valentino’s role (over a century ago) as the romantic Arab hero in The Sheik...
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Government: One-stop Shop Major Projects On The Fast Track

The Coalition Government’s new one-stop-shop fast track consenting regime for regional and national projects of significance will cut red tape and make it easier for New Zealand to build the infrastructure and major projects needed to get the country moving again... More

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Transport Minister Simeon Brown has released the draft Government Policy Statement (GPS) on Land Transport, outlining the Coalition Government’s plan to build and maintain a transport system that enables people to get to where they need to go quickly and safely... More

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Government: Humanitarian Support For Gaza & West Bank

Winston Peters has announced NZ is providing a further $5M to respond to the extreme humanitarian need in Gaza and the West Bank. “The impact of the Israel-Hamas conflict on civilians is absolutely appalling," he said... More


Government: New High Court Judge Appointed

Judith Collins has announced the appointment of Wellington Barrister Jason Scott McHerron as a High Court Judge. Justice McHerron graduated from the University of Otago with a BA in English Literature in 1994 and an LLB in 1996... More

 
 
 
 
 
 

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