How All New Zealanders can build a fairer world through Fairtrade
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Year: 2017
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BREAKING: UN ask NZ to investigate Hit & Run War Crime Allegations
Bill English can’t hide any longer.
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For ACT, euthanasia is a free market solution to health – why I will always oppose euthanasia in NZ
In a country with a mental health system as horrifically underfunded as ours, euthanasia would simply become a tread mill by faceless Wellington bureaucrats for cost cutting purposes on the most vulnerable.
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Green Party Bill on medical cannabis as pointless as Dunne’s meaningless reform
Julie Anne Genter had her medical cannabis reform members bill pulled out at the same time as David Seymour’s Euthanasia Bill. It would see an amendment to the Misuse of Drugs Act that would allow cannabis supply for medical users.
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Comey testifies – no smoking gun, Trump safe for now
Trump’s mix of corrupt capitalism, brittle ego and aggressive neurotic defensiveness makes trying to derive motive from his behaviour extremely difficult, and I think while Comey’s testimony is completely true and factual, the crazy shit that floats through the President’s mind which he can use to defend his comments makes impeaching him successfully an extremely unlikely event.
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GUEST BLOG: Alan Johnson – Making sense of the Government’s housing numbers
In a press release of June 1 2017, Social Housing Minister Amy Adams claimed her Government was “planning to increase the number of social houses from 66,000 today to 72,000 over the next three years.” A closer scrutiny of such a claim suggests that it is at best fanciful and at worse misleading.
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – Analysing the Polls
I’ve had a number of people ask me about the latest TV One News Colmar Brunton Poll. If you missed it, the numbers are: National (49%), Labour (30%), Greens (9%), NZ First (9%), The Opportunities Party (1%), ACT (1%) and the Maori Party (1%).
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Political Caption Competition
When the hell will this cracker get out so we can have a go?
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Friday 9th June 2017
5: Do New Zealand’s New Medical Marijuana Rules Actually Help Sick People?
4: Qatar ‘not ready to change foreign policy’
3: JAMES COMEY STATEMENT DESCRIBES UNSETTLING AND AWKWARD MEETINGS WITH TRUMP
2: Attackers in Tehran Kill 12 & Injure Dozens More as U.S. Deliberately Worsens Iran-Saudi Relations
1: Does Comey’s statement give grounds to impeach Trump? The experts’ view -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 9th June 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.