Large surplus announced by Treasury shows Government has the room it needs to end the crisis in education today – NZEI
The large surplus announced by Treasury today shows the Government has the room it needs to end the crisis in…
Year: 2018
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Initial findings of Auckland’s first region-wide Point in Time homeless count released – Housing First Auckland
Initial findings from Ira Mata, Ira Tangata: Auckland’s Homeless Count – the first Point in Time, region-wide street count of…
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Designing for the Majority – Beneficiary Advisory Service
When we talk about paid work, we don’t concentrate on the few that rip off their boss or cheat on…
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Christchurch City Council subsidises building homes for the wealthy but refuses to rebuild council rental housing destroyed in the earthquakes
It should make an uncomfortable juxtaposition for the mayor and councillors.
One week they vote an extra $220 million for a new rugby stadium without public consultation and the next they are consulting on whether they should give a $30 million loan to the council’s housing arm – the Otautahi Community Housing Trust – to build 130 more council rental homes.
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The Liberal Agenda – Cuckoo’s Nest 2 takes place this week for Mental Health Awareness week
Cuckoo’s Nest 2
Friday 12 October 7:00PM
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Political Caption Competition
2/3rds of this photo are not impressed
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 10th October 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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It seems NZ Woke Twitter and the millennials who staff the social media entertainment feeds of the NZ Herald & Stuff had no idea what a comedy roast was
Rose Matafao appeared on the UK Comedy Roast this week and I’m guessing the woke warriors of NZ Twitter and the trigger free millennials who staff the NZ Herald and Stuff have never seen one before and had no idea that the Comedy Roast is a no holds barred insult competition where sexism, racism and in fact every ism is up for grabs.
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Lessons for the Left from NAFTA Mark-II
We underestimate Trump’s people. We don’t have to support their visceral racism and sexism and cynical manipulation of populist sentiment to recognise that something significant is happening. The rewrite of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the US, Canada and Mexico released last week poses crucial challenges for the left that we need to understand if we are to shape a genuinely alternative, progressive new strategy for the future – the goal of our hui in Auckland on 19-20 October.
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First World Problems
Reckless, provocative and dangerous as Trump is, and despite the gravity of our first world concerns, they’re convenient distractions from unpalatable everyday wars and tyrrany of the world’s evil affecting the already most vulnerable and dispossessed. We’re just lucky Trump’s not at war with us.