Suppressed report blames lack of leadership and planning for housing crisis – Labour Party
A report the Government tried to keep secret blames National’s lack of leadership on housing and Ministers’ failure to develop…
Year: 2017
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Thursday 2nd March 2017
5: Lorde Just Lit Up Installations Across Auckland With Her New Lyrics
4: Trump Wants You to Think All the Immigrants He’ll Deport Are Criminals. They’re Not.
3: Forced evacuation of east Aleppo was war crime, says UN
2: UN: Both sides committed war crimes in Syria’s Aleppo
1: Bernie Sanders Slams Trump for Ignoring Climate Change, Income Inequality & Voter Suppression -
And now NZ Prisons are torturing prisoners – again, and their response? “Meh”
Corrections know that the lynch mob mentality of an easily led electorate manipulated by media and politicians will always have a thirst for suffering with punishment. Corrections know that society doesn’t give a fuck about prisoner rights. Corrections know the public are too stupid, angry and fearful about crime to rationally understand that abusing these prisoners only creates more damaged people entering society.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Thursday 2nd March 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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The spitefulness of Auckland Transport towards Mike Lee
Not inviting Mike Lee to speak, the man who fought to get this piece of our history saved, is a disgraceful and spiteful move by Auckland Transport.
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Lock them up
The government has started the election year with a tough on crime message. More police on the beat and more prisons. The government plans to spend $1 billion on a massive prison-building programme in a country that already imprisons a greater proportion of its people than all but a few OECD countries.
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GUEST BLOG: Mike Lee – Auckland’s dirty secret – can we handle the truth?
Sewage pollution of the inner Waitemata harbour is a direct consequence of Auckland’s disproportionate growth. The failure to provide for sufficient basic sanitation infrastructure is something the Auckland Council and the government driving these growth policies would rather the public know as little as possible about.
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In Defence Of Ron Mark’s Record
In all of my dealings with Ron over the last few years, and from my ongoing observation of the ‘second phase’ of his Parliamentary career, if I could pick but two phrases to sum him up they would unquestionably be “man of principle”, and “fighting for a just cause, to defend our country”.
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Amnesty International – Response to Ombudsman’s report on treatment of prisoners
In response to the Chief Ombudsman’s report highlighting that the Corrections Department’s treatment of prisoners has breached international torture prevention…
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Petition launched to save Cadbury’s Dunedin factory – E tū
E tū has launched a petition calling for a halt to the proposed closure of Dunedin’s iconic Cadbury factory. The…