Dr Liz Gordon – What it is like in prison
Ole Bomber who runs this site lost his toys the other day over Kate Hawkesby’s discourse of contempt around prisoners. Or, as he so poetically put it, the “boorish bruise of the very barbarism they (people like her) claim to recoil from”.
Read More →Dr Liz Gordon – Drugs, crime and the stuffing of our prisons
This situation has reached crisis point – the prisons are overwhelmed by people who have mental illness, addictions to alcohol and drugs, and/ or both. 90% of the prison population has one or other, and 20% both. The number of people in prisons has gone up nearly 500% over 30 years, driven primarily by the surge in the use of illegal substances.
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – Make Money Über Alles?
A friend has alerted me to a story that I missed when it was printed in the business section of the Oct 07 Press. Just when an Arms Fair was being held in Wellington, promoting the latest in weaponry, the Press ran a story ‘Unease at innovation agreement with Israel’. The story reports on NZ and […]
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Jacinda’s speech – Let’s do this – Labour’s election campaign launched
Jacinda launching her Labour Party election campaign as leader
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Te Reo Putake – Shaw Thing
Now that the dust is settling on the Turei resignation, it might be time to have a dispassionate look at why she had quit as leader of the Greens.
Read More →Migrant workers launch research report on the plight of Filipino dairy workers
migrant workers launch research report on the plight of Filipino dairy workers When: August 19, 1pm onwards Where: FIRST Union conference centre, 1st floor, 120 Church St, Onehunga, Auckland 1061 Who: The Union Network of Migrants What: Research report launch As the government pushes ahead with its plan to implement a “12 month rule” for migrants, despite […]
Read More →Rail union slams Auckland rail operator’s “profit before people” attitude
Rail union slams Auckland rail operator’s “profit before people” attitude The union representing Auckland train crews is slamming the company running Auckland commuter trains, the French-owned Transdev, for excluding workers from a critical safety audit on the basis its health and safety system is “commercially sensitive.” “Transdev wrote to us yesterday saying that […]
Read More →Orchard workers told to drink irrigation water on the job – First Union
Orchard workers who were told to drink irrigation water win the right to filtered water on the job The union representing T&G workers in Kerikeri has won drinkable water for its workers. The victory, a small but important one, comes after the union learned workers were being made to drink irrigation water […]
Read More →Medical emergency on train shows staff critical for public safety – RMTU
Medical Emergency on Train Shows Staff Critical for Public Safety Yesterday’s emergency on a train approaching Auckland’s Britomart station shows the importance of on-board staff for the safety of the travelling public, said the union representing train crews. “Our information is that the timely action of the […]
Read More →Labour’s employment policy gives working people something to vote for – First Union
Labour’s employment policy gives working peope something to vote for The 27,000-strong FIRST Union has described Labour’s newly Employment Policy as giving its members something to vote for. “FIRST Union represents a large number of low paid and vulnerable workers,” said Robert Reid, General Secretary of FIRST Union. “The current employment […]
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – SBW, Mike King and Nicky Hager should be getting honours
It’s another Queen’s Birthday Honours list and although I have never been a supporter of this nonsense and hope that one day we throw out this outdated way of honouring Kiwis, I have to admit there are certainly a couple of people who deserve their honours.
Read More →TDB Top 5 International Stories: Wednesday 17th May 2017
5: Trump Reportedly Shared Classified Intel with Russia to Show Off
4: Erdogan and Trump discuss expanding cooperation
3: Trump Says He Divulged Intelligence to Russians Because He’s Such a Great Guy
2: An Impeachable Offense? Questions Swirl as Trump Accused of Sharing Top Secret Intel with Russians
1: Trump: I shared information with Russia and I had ‘absolute right’ to do so
GUEST BLOG: Te Reo Putake – Will Winston Put NZ First?
One of the great conundrums of Kiwi politics is the Peters problem. Unless there is a massive drop in votes for National, Labour will need NZ First’s assistance to form the next government. And that support will almost certainly come at the expense of the Greens, who are likely to be sidelined as part of any coalition arrangement.
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – SHUSH! DON’T TELL ANYBODY!
SHUSH! DON’T TELL ANYBODY! Could this be the motto of New Zealand mainsteam media, as regards world news that is in any way critical of Israel?
Read More →First Union – Former Pumpkin Patch employees “over the moon” as new funds found
Former Pumpkin Patch employees “over the moon” as new funds found After almost six months of nervous waiting, former distribution centre staff at collapsed children’s retailer Pumpkin Patch are “over the moon” as KordaMentha confirms former staff at Pumpkin Patch Ltd (PPL) will receive their redundancy entitlements up to a $22,160 cap. Although retail staff […]
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