Family calls for emergency measures on 5th Anniversary of Nicky Stevens death
Monday the 9th of March is the 5th anniversary of our son Nicky’s death. It’s a very difficult time for our whanau.
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Dr Liz Gordon: Can you be a change agent in parliament?
RIP Jeanette Fitzsimons: a lovely, gentle, and yet determined person who never gave up her vision for, and work towards, environmental change.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday – 9th March 2020
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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GUEST BLOG: John Tamihere – Speech accepting Māori Party candidacy
180 years ago this year, Māori across Aotearoa signed the Treaty of Waitangi. The nation building moment that saw 2000 non-Māori come together to negotiate with over 100,000 Māori. Māori held the upper hand at the signing of the treaty and our sovereignty was never ceded away.
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MUST READ: A crisis is coming – we need a Green New Deal to confront it
We need a Green New Deal that prioritises people and the planet above the pursuit of profit by the 1% class of private owners of the monopoly corporations that dominate all economic life. A Green New Deal can be the step towards the new system we need. It already has a name.
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MUST READ: Virality and Globalisation: The case of Covid-19
The human consequences are, and will be, substantial. Countries and regions with weak, underfunded health infrastructures may be overwhelmed. National and community health campaigns involving quarantines, hygiene initiatives and communication updates will be less available to poor populations with little media access. In New Zealand, the virus should be manageable, if the spread is not too rapid, and if the fatality rate does not spike because of biological mutation.
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Political Caption Competition
There’s a lot going on in this tweet.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Sunday – 8th March 2020
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Remembering Jeanette Fitzsimons, a great Green
The news of Jeanette Fitzsimons’ death is so sad for me as a friend and former parliamentary colleague. She symbolized Green politics and was totally committed to the welfare of the planet and the people on it.
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Greenpeace Gunges Fertiliser Company
Management at Ravensdown fertiliser company in Christchurch are arriving at work this morning to discover they’ve been slimed. The main…