New Ministry of Housing and Urban Development welcomed – Community Housing Aotearoa
Community Housing Aotearoa welcomes the announcement of the new Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. The new Ministry will provide…
Year: 2018
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Half of all NZ emissions could be ignored under Act – Greenpeace
Greenpeace is raising red flags that the agriculture industry, New Zealand’s biggest emitter, could escape being held responsible for nearly…
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EXCLUSIVE: Holding Housing New Zealand as accountable as we can
Housing Minister Phil Twyford is right to lay the blame squarely with the former National government and in particular with its Housing Minister Paula Bennett. Her attempts to distance herself from this debacle are in tatters after this Mediawatch report in the weekend.
Bennett is revealed as the loathsome liar she is.
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Dr Liz Gordon: The alcohol industry and the law
Very interesting research out of Massey University this week to show that the 2012 Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act has barely reduced trading hours, led to huge legal challenges to local alcohol policies and has not apparently done much to reduce alcohol-related harm (which is the object of the Act).
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Political Caption Competition
Look you fucking muppet, we’ve rebuilt global co-operation and re-set the democratic agenda, you’ve been here less than 30seconds today and what have you done? Started a bloody shouting match with Canada? Who the fuck starts shit with Canada? They are the only white people that the rest of the planet likes! Stop acting like a fucking child! And yes, I’m sorry Abe, if I had to stand next to a fuckwit like John Bolton, I’d be cross too.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 11th June 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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The real reason Simon Bridges isn’t connecting with National Voters
Simon Bridges either embarks upon an internal cultural reformation of civility and generates policy that challenges party status quo and aims to pull a middle class who will be dizzy from petrol price cost increases, mortgage hikes and a public service that isn’t helping over to a milder less angry National Party or he just waits until Judith slides her knife into his back to the cheering of National Party members.
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Does Fran O’Sullivan understand what the word ‘Orwellian’ means?
The right don’t know which narrative to run with, Jacinda is either a powderpuff lightweight full of meaningless star dust or she is the lipsticked face of grim totalitarianism.
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Now the rest of the NZ media comprehend the enormity of the meth hysteria – here’s what won’t happen next
Mix this media contempt for the poor with many middle class landowners who now have tenants in their precious investment portfolios and the fear of a loss of capital gains mixed with neoliberal cultural disgust at self failure for being poor in the first place, and you had all the self interested ingredients and momentum for hysteria to take over.
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Nothing sums up America quite like this
As Trump prepares for a sit down with Singapore, a story came out last week that just seemed to sum up modern Amerika in a delightful and depressing manner.