IwiRail Policy gets thumbs up but NZ First are opportunists say Gisborne Rail advocates
The Gisborne rail coalition is describing the IwiRail regional development policy launched by the Maori Party yesterday as a “the…
Year: 2017
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Greenpeace says council decision means dam is dead
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council appears to have hammered the last nail into the coffin of the Ruataniwha Irrigation Dam. Late…
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Isn’t there a far bigger story about the young man with a facial tattoo than his employment issues?
This isn’t a story about employment issues, it’s a story about how ultra violent our prison system have become and how we have been played by crime porn headline media and ‘get-tough-on-crime politicians who have manipulated and warped our anger and fear.
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The Boxer
At this point in the electoral cycle, Bill English should be staggering across the ring like a bloodied, punch-drunk boxer desperate for the salvation of the fight’s final bell. Instead he’s still up on his toes and trading punches with an opposition that seems incapable of laying a single glove on his up-tilted prime-ministerial chin.
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A good start to WFF changes, what will Greens have in store? – CPAG
There could finally be some real headway made with Working for Families (WFF) if all the latest policy announcements come…
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 14th July 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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GUEST BLOG: Tibby White – An Open Letter To All Beneficiaries
Being a beneficiary doesn’t mean I don’t still have dreams and a goal of eventually being able to support myself again. I’m never thrilled at the prospect of needing to book an appointment at my local WINZ office. In fact the only time I ever feel like a second rate citizen in my own country is when I’m forced to leave my dignity at the door of WINZ, and join the queue to plead my case for whatever meagre assistance I may be entitled to. Today was one of those days.
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GUEST BLOG: Robin Westenra – Radio NZ bias in reporting of Larsen C calving
Under its broadcasting standards Radio NZ is supposed to reflect both sides of the argument. It has totally failed to do this and has only reported one side of the argument providing the false impression that it is business-as-usual when it comes to the Antarctic. We are told that calving happens all the time, that this is “normal” – an in this regard I could hardly believe my ears when the Arctic was mentioned. This was not verging on but has crossed the line into climate change denial propaganda.
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GUEST BLOG: Te Reo Putake – Better to be Hung for a Sheep as a Lamb
In the past week, the options have narrowed for Labour.
The Greens, through motormouth Metiria Turei, have ruled themselves out of the next Government. Labour’s tax proposals, while progressive, are too easily dismissed as complicated and paternalistic. The polls, while probably underestimating the left as usual, give no comfort.
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This is the Political Party currently pushing for legal euthanasia
…would you really trust a person with this level of compassion to legalese euthanasia?