Waatea News Column: The student climate strikes – shame on us!
Our mokopuna and rangatahi have led last week as they took to the streets in the largest political protests in modern NZ history.
Year: 2019
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Forget Shane Jones threatening Forestry – can we discuss NZ First’s promotion of death as social policy?
So NZ First’s position is that they won’t support drug testing stations at festivals because that “absolves all of those young people from taking personal responsibility for their decisions”… because death is a totally legitimate ‘I told you so’ lesson for young people right?
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Keeping The Hope Of “Delivery” – And “Jacinda” – Alive.
AS THE “YEAR OF DELIVERY” draws to its end, what have Jacinda Ardern and her colleagues delivered us? Well, they have not delivered 100,000 affordable houses. Nor have they brought Climate Change to a shuddering halt. Child poverty has not been ended. Our rivers and streams remain unswimmable. New Zealand’s farmers have yet to assume a measure of responsibility commensurate with their contribution to anthropogenic global warming. The number of ticks on Jacinda’s “To Do List” is far from impressive.
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Political Caption Competition
Minister swallowing dead rat.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday – 1st October 2019
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Auckland Mayoralty Update: Early voting continues to plunge off a cliff
The weaponised apathy from disgruntled gridlocked Aucklanders looks set to continue.
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Dr Liz Gordon: Is the UK primed for civil war?
This week’s Supreme Court decision in the UK reached back much further than the second world war into British common law to find that Boris Johnson illegally prorogued parliament. From a legal perspective, it was an elegant and comprehensive decision that invoked the shadows of much older law.
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National’s shameless pandering to the gun nut lobby
National’s own suggestion to give Police more powers to search Gang Member cars and houses for guns seems bizarre seeing as the white supremacist terrorist who butchered and murdered 101 people wasn’t a member of Black Power or the Mongrel Mob.
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Mallard vs Bridges: Why National will die in a ditch for their social media propaganda
Oh for the love of God! This isn’t a free speech issue! National passed the rules on not using Parliamentary footage for attack adverts when they were last in power, now they are the Opposition suddenly they want to break the very rules they made?
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Fox News the ultimate canary in impeachment minefield
I struggle wishing Trump will get impeached