Common Sense - 14/03/2026
This week's round up and ongoing gig guide 🫡
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Common Sense - 14/03/2026
This week's round up and ongoing gig guide 🫡
1/200 S2E185 - Any Action Actually
NZ's political response to Iran, the multiple public failures by Ministers this week on everything from foreign policy to Gloriavale, & the cruel decision to push through legislation to ‘claw back’ welfare payments.
w/ @pmax.bsky.social @kyledchurch.bsky.social
1/200 S2E184 - Iran Update (Recorded 4/03/26)
@krkelly.bsky.social & Josephine discuss the anti-imperialism of Iran in the face of western meddling, the history of US & English interference & how that has brought us to the current day. What has been happening over the last 2 weeks, & where next?
Te Tiriti o Waitangi more than an historical artefact in social work education ✒️
Fantastic new article from Kendra Cox responding to the attacks by commentators on te tiriti in social work education
Common Sense - 07/03/2026
Reporting and opinion for the week and upcoming events for progressive causes.
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1/200 S2E183 - BiomeTric of the Light
Recorded before the events in Iran; we talk education, Air NZ shares, attacks on the homeless, biometric data sharing AND the Greens byelection win in the UK
w/ @l11p.bsky.social @pmax.bsky.social @eggsfordogs.com @oldmatecans.bsky.social
1/200 S2E182 - Take the Power Back
We discuss the genocidal actions against Cuba, the use of terrorism allegations to crush dissent, buying citizenship in NZ & the importance of energy sovereignty in relation to the unfolding LNG scandal
w/ @eggsfordogs.com @kyledchurch.bsky.social & Josephine
Weekly Progressive Pol round up for Aotearoa
www.1of200.nz/common-sense...
1200 S2E181 - Cuba and Venezuela
Dr Josephine Varghese and @krkelly.bsky.social chat about her participation at the 60th anniversary of the Tricontinental Conference in Havana Cuba, during which the US strike on Venezuela and the kidnapping of the Venezuelan president happened.
1/200 S2E180 - 70 Million Litres of Untreated Wastewater
The coalition have heavily signaled 2026 campaign approaches
NZ infrastructure is on its last legs and there’s no overt push to bring that into a national conversation.
w/ @l11p.bsky.social @mythros.bsky.social @kyledchurch.bsky.social
1/200 S2E179 - Twenty Twenty Sicks
1/200 is back for 2026! We round-up education possibilities for the year, discuss climate discourse, modern slavery and the utter failure of establishment media.
w/ @bootstheory.bsky.social @pmax.bsky.social @kyledchurch.bsky.social
The Politics of Human Life and Death
Hugely thankful to @krkelly.bsky.social for syndicating his work with us. He continues to be one of the best writers in Aotearoa about genocide and Gaza.
1/200 S2E178 - Interim Order on Puberty Blockers
@mythros.bsky.social hosts @jennifilm.nz to discuss in depth the interim order regarding the puberty blocker ban, what led up to it and what the next steps might be.
Common Sense - 10/01/2026
We’re back for our first newsletter of 2026! All your progressive leaning news, commentary and actions in Aotearoa gathered in one place.
1/200 S2E177 - MisManage My Health
Huge thanks to @eggsfordogs.com for taking point on this episode, and to our guest @utf9k.net for helping to demystify the series of events and offer their thoughts on what might have happened
took a break from scribbling things down about food in a notebook to curate this list for @1of200.bsky.social 🥘
if you’re in tamaki makaurau and you want a feed, let’s go visit some of these Actually Cheap Eats together!
What I talk about when I talk about eating
Cheap eats article from @eggsfordogs.com to round off the year
I've been to most of these and the distinction between 'going out to eat' and being fed is a really important one
This may be the last newsletter for the year depending on who is around, but we’ll be back in 2026 to continue bringing you a range of links and events!
Reach out on social if you have any thoughts or event shout-outs as we endeavour to build a comprehensive weekly update
here's our ep from *2019* with Oliver Neas - one of the few journalists willing to investigate & criticise RocketLab
The current day was relatively easy to extrapolate if you weren't actively running cover for it. Answers should be demanded - from media & politicians
www.1of200.nz/podcast/1200...
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This may be the last newsletter for the year depending on who is around, but we’ll be back in 2026 to continue bringing you a range of links and events!
Reach out on social if you have any thoughts or event shout-outs as we endeavour to build a comprehensive weekly update
A long one, but we barely had time to scratch the surface.
A lot more to be said about the process of embedding free market ideology in govt, the differences between North Island and South Island, urban and rural, Iwi vs Hapū level engagement, failures of the NZ building industry and deregulation—
❤️🙏
1/200 S2E176 - Project 2029: Regions, Resources and Rate Caps
Secret episode! We attempt to identify a unifying thread on recent government reforms in water & local government, alongside the RMA and now a new “mega ministry”
w/ @kyledchurch.bsky.social @oldmatecans.bsky.social @maetl.bsky.social
@uwp-aotearoa.bsky.social mahi and community has been one of my highlights this year. And we’re getting somewhere! UniSaver asked to meet with us next month. Very inspired by Justice for Palestine’s campaign for ASB to divest from Motorola, which they announced today has been successful ✊🏽🥳