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		<title>US troops building bridges with Nazi symbolism &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Aranyi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spotted this on the Mother Jones news website today, and words fail me. Why is this making news now? Several Marines who were concerned about the photos contacted Mikey Weinstein (no relation), president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a nonprofit that watchdogs religious intolerance in the armed services. Their behavior, Weinstein told me, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Background of the Waitangi Tribunal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Aranyi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[reconciliation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Establishment of the Tribunal There is a long history in New Zealand of Māori protest over instances where the Treaty of Waitangi was not observed. The Waitangi Tribunal was set up in 1975 at a time when protests about unresolved Treaty grievances were growing and, in some instances, taking place outside the law. By establishing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is this what we want?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Aranyi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Zealand&#8217;s system of government &#8211; an overview (via elections.org.nz) New Zealand is a democratic country in which the members of parliament (MPs) are chosen in free and fair elections. Citizens and permanent residents who are aged 18 years and over are required to enrol to vote. Voting is not compulsory, but turnout is high [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It takes a crisis &#8230; Waitangi and its place in our constitution</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thepaepae.com/it-takes-a-crisis-waitangi-and-its-place-in-our-constitution/21335/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Aranyi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[justice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Radio NZ News this Waitangi Day morning &#8230; The co-chair of a panel reviewing New Zealand&#8217;s constitutional arrangements says one of its biggest challenges is making the public aware that a review is taking place. The public will be consulted on a range of questions from the size of Parliament to the role of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Treaty of Waitangi and its principles</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Aranyi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treaty of Waitangi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the late 1830s, there were approximately 125,000 Māori in New Zealand and about 2000 settlers. More immigrants were arriving all the time though, and Captain William Hobson was sent to act for the British Crown in the negotiation of a treaty between the Crown and Māori. The Colonial Secretary, Lord Normanby, instructed Hobson that: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just like ol&#8217; times — NZ Herald tells us what we&#8217;re interested in</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Aranyi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hyperbole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This from the NZ Herald earlier this week: Wednesday&#8217;s article &#8220;How to get RICH — 10 steps to becoming a millionaire&#8221; (written by a freelance writer whose net worth isn&#8217;t stated) is sooo reminiscent of the boom days and the breathlessness of the pursuit of money. And we can see how that worked out. Question: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being the medium</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Aranyi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry, I&#8217;ve been a bit busy to post. Over the weekend, on Saturday I covered the Mana Party campaign launch at Otara — an upbeat, good-humoured event which spouted talk of revolution and smashing/overthrowing the system. Invigorating rap songs and anthems bookended passionate speeches from this country&#8217;s radical literati — living treasures of the left-wing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing whack-a-mole with &#8216;da media&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.thepaepae.com/playing-whack-a-mole-with-da-media/19899/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepaepae.com/playing-whack-a-mole-with-da-media/19899/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Aranyi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Questions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing/Publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[authenticity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Da media&#8217; cops a lot of flak. I heard someone complaining on the radio today about the saturation coverage of the Rugby World Cup &#8230; every possible angle explored and elaborated upon. Those who work in news and its many-fangled tributaries make a big fat juicy target. Generic criticism rains down on them. It&#8217;s instructive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be careful what you believe</title>
		<link>http://www.thepaepae.com/be-careful-what-you-believe/19313/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepaepae.com/be-careful-what-you-believe/19313/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Aranyi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Questions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a coffee with Cameron Slater this morning. I like to interact face to face with people whom I criticize — it&#8217;s far better to engage, in my opinion, than to reach for pistols at dawn dueling online personas. We discussed some of our recent disagreements (most recently noted in Cameron Slater’s defective moral calculus) in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers (and lab rats) have their uses</title>
		<link>http://www.thepaepae.com/lawyers-and-lab-rats-have-their-uses/19005/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepaepae.com/lawyers-and-lab-rats-have-their-uses/19005/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Aranyi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Questions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police powers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite all the jokes about lawyers (some of them very funny, like Q: Why do some experiments use lawyers instead of lab rats? A: Because there are more of them, there are some things even rats won&#8217;t do, and the experimenters prove less likely to become emotionally attached to lawyers than rats) there are times [...]]]></description>
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