Coalition talks should see big wins for education – NZEI
Whatever Government coalition emerges from negotiations in the coming weeks, educators are optimistic of major progress on the funding and…
Whatever Government coalition emerges from negotiations in the coming weeks, educators are optimistic of major progress on the funding and…
A lively panel discussion on Right to Know Day – this Thursday 28 September — will highlight New Zealanders’ legal…
The environment was at the centre of this election campaign and, whatever the exact makeup, the new government needs to…
Manned re-entry of the Pike River drift is now inevitable with the election result showing government is not possible without…
Malcolm Evans – Trumping Hitler
The National Party caucus convinced themselves they had won moments before they realised Winston hates all of them
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When I found out what happened to him I wanted to tell his story. Not only because I had met him just the day before. Not only because of the shocking nature of his death, But because we wondered what drove him to such a lengths to set oneself alight on parliament grounds in protest and pure frustration. And that his story is the story of so many others in a broken Family Court System.
I’ve communicated briefly with Jacinda, I’ve spoken to some of the leading members of Labour’s negotiating team and I can assure you all, any suggestion Labour are just going to roll over and allow NZ First to go to National without a fight is utterly wrong.
Saturday was election day in New Zealand, and while the final configuration of parliament is still being negotiated, as has become normal under the proportional representation system, it’s petty clear that New Zealand has voted for a continuation of a neo-liberal approach to governance.