E tū security guards say WINZ safety protocols unsafe for them
E tū, the union for security guards, says its security guard members fear new MSD protocols are unsafe and could…
Year: 2017
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Nick Smith’s ‘building boom’ just ‘alternative facts’ – Labour Party
New analysis shows Nick Smith’s claim of a record building boom is just the desperate use of ‘alternative facts’ to…
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Government unnecessarily cruel to Domestic Violence Leave
National are trying to claim that Jan Logie and the Greens will actually put at risk victims of domestic abuse by being forced to inform their bosses of the abuse to get the leave.
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New data must take child welfare into consideration – Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that attention to the well-being of children from families recently off benefits must be…
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Your Voice Election 2017 – ‘Sally’s* experience of how awful WINZ are
I am not interested in religious help, I expect the state to assist me when I need it and according to the 1964 Social Security Act I should be able to access it I think, but have found I am not able to get any extra assistance because I am a sole parent!
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Gareth Morgan ups the ante on Education by directly inviting Teachers to policy launch
Morgan’s clever marketing of policy continues, this time by directly inviting Teachers to discuss his education policy…
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Smoking, double bunking and sexual assault in prisons – stand proud Nu Zilind
The news yesterday that Mt Eden allowed a 19 year old to double bunk with a hard core criminal who then went onto sexually assault him is just another example of how our Corrections service are as interested in prisoner rights and safety as the stockmen who feed our abattoirs are with animal welfare.
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Greens strangle off Chloe Swarbrick’s Central Auckland candidacy – National will win the seat
The Greens could have stood Chloe in Auckland Central and had a real chance of beating Nikki Kaye while Labour’s selection wouldn’t have gotten much attention at all. This was their best chance ever of winning the seat.
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Orewa is Maori for ‘Old-white-bigots-slowly-dying-by-the-sea’: Don Brash as relevant as Blink 182
The last time Don Brash was relevant was in 2004. In that year the CIA had just admitted there was no imminent threat from Iraq, disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong was still competing, Shrek 2 and the Passion of the Christ were the big movies and Blink 182 was the biggest musical act.
Most of us have moved on from Blink 182 and Don Brash.