Last chance to post an episode before the USA’s Thanksgiving holiday, so here I am! I begin talking about the Pike River mine disaster, because we’ve had a major development. Then, it’s a sad and fraught story about division and a huge fight in Auckland’s “rainbow communities”. I also talk about how I’ve had to explain the USA’s recent elections to New Zealanders, which isn’t new, actually. Then I have a question and some comments from the previous episode. Consider this the aural equivalent of a Thanksgiving feast!

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Links for this episode

”Andrew Little confirms Pike River Mine Drift re-entry plan to proceed” – Government media release

”Pike River Mine re-entry: How it will happen” – Radio NZ

”We’re in!” – Stand With Pike Media Release

AmeriNZ 242 – Sudued – The 2010 AmeriNZ Podcast episode where I talked about Pike River

”Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust withdraws support for Auckland Pride Parade after police uniform ban” – One News, TVNZ

”Sound advice: ‘Just don’t go there’” – My blog post I referred to

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