Protesters Locked to Train Track Say TPPA Same Bad Deal – Our Children’s Future
Four women and two men* have locked themselves to a train track in Christchurch demanding sustainable economics and an end…
Year: 2018
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Working group to focus on sexual harassment reporting – New Zealand Law Society
The New Zealand Law Society is establishing a working group to consider what improvements can be made to enable better…
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Bus drivers warn of looming bus dispute – First Union
One of the unions representing Auckland’s bus drivers is calling on Auckland Transport to “pull it’s bus operators into line”…
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Cleaners a fight dirty deal at meat works – E Tu
Cleaners at Auckland Meat Processors, owned by Wilson Hellaby, are vowing to stand together and fight a plan to axe…
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Political Caption Competition
More gutter journalism from the NZ media
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 2nd March 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Simon Bridges and Maggie Thatcher
When Maggie Thatcher was elected the first female Prime Minister of the UK in 1979 there were many who hailed her victory as a victory for women. The argument went that irrespective of your political views it was worth celebrating the fact that a woman had finally made it to the top political job in the UK by popular vote.
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MUST READ: The Making Of A National Party Leader
That Bridges was willing, coolly and efficiently, to curtail New Zealanders’ protest rights, would not have gone unnoticed by his political patrons (among whom were John Key and Steven Joyce). They had set him a test – and he had passed it with flying colours. In order for Bridges to become a successful statesman, his political peers needed to be convinced he had it in him to put his most cherished ideals to the sword without flinching.
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Simon & Paula’s Māori Blood percentage: Watching Identity Politics eat itself
What percentage Māori blood Simon or Paula have is so far away from any semblance of contextualised importance it is insanity that we’e had to waste breath upon it.
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Political Caption Competition
The last time ACT was this relevant was 1790 when Adam Smith died