All Tyred out; government announces false solution for tyre woes – Product Stewardship Council
After rejecting an industry-designed workable product stewardship scheme for end of life tyres, Environment Minister Nick Smith announced today the…
Year: 2017
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Two Reports Show Health & Poverty Gaps Widening – Closing The Gap
Two reports released last week show need for real concern about widening children’s health & poverty gaps, according to the…
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Record new arrivals as net migration tops 72,000 – Statistics New Zealand
Annual net migration reached 72,000 in the May 2017 year, Stats NZ said today. Migrant arrivals numbered 130,400 and migrant…
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Mixed views on Christchurch stock transfer – Community Housing Aotearoa
Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) says the shortlisting of consortia is the expected next step in seeing state housing in Christchurch…
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Christchurch City Council helps National government facilitate the biggest privatisation of state assets in NZ history – State Housing Action
In a particular shameful act the Christchurch City Council is helping the National government facilitate the biggest privatisation in Zealand…
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Make Trade Fair in the Pacific
We gain privileged access to Pacific markets, but they gain no new access to our markets. There are no obligations on Australia to stop their protectionist policies towards Pacific kava exports and other fruit and vegetables that are produced in Australia. New Zealand exporters will gain $20 million in reduced tariffs, but this is lost revenue for Pacific governments that are already struggling to provide basic health care and education to their people.
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Statement from Matt McCarten, Campaign for Change
In May this year my contract with the Labour Party ended and I left to run a programme called the…
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English fails the character test over Barclay – Labour Party
Bill English is hoping this scandal will go away, but he is still dodging important questions over his role in…
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EnglishGate Update: National Party Goon threatens, intimidates and bullies staff member
…so a National Party Goon, Glenda Hughes, a board member of National’s ruling council no less, contacts the staff member Barclay has been spying on and effectively bullies and intimidates the staff member into dropping the case.
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – Slumlord’s have to go
There are times I’m really outraged by the lax manner we allow standards to slip in this country because it’s always the poor who pay the steepest price. NewsHub’s recent report on deplorable conditions of boarding homes in this country is a perfect example.