The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 21st August 2019
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Author: The Daily Blog
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BREAKING: IPCA finds Police repeatedly broke the law while investigating RawShark
Nicky Hager welcomes today’s Independent Police Conduct Authority report upholding a complaint by the Green Party. The complaint was into…
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Big losses for dairy giant as plant milk popularity increases – Vegan NZ
As Fonterra is projecting multi million dollar losses for the second year in a row, it is clear the writing…
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Dave Macpherson: End of dispute between Nicky Stevens’ family and Waikato DHB means a new phase of the mental health work starts
Most readers will be aware that my family’s long-running (four and a half years long) ‘dispute’ with Waikato DHB is now over.
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The only cannabis poll that counts is the Referendum itself
It’s easy to get caught up in a roller coaster of elation and despair, writes NORML president Chris Fowlie, but we need to focus on the only poll that counts: the Referendum itself.
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TVNZ SUNDAY 8.30PM – GUEST BLOG: Dean Parker – What do you have in store for us next, Mr Bin Laden?
John Laing, a director and old friend, rang me three or four years ago and asked was I interested in writing a TV feature about CNN journalist Peter Arnett finding and interviewing Osama bin Laden in the 1990s.
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Real Fascists Don’t Use Swastikas
ONE OF THE MOST puzzling features of contemporary New Zealand fascism is its self-imposed failure. When fascist groups are discussed,…
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 20th August 2019
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Dr Liz Gordon: Opening up our prisons
All of our prisons in New Zealand are high security in the sense of razor wire, single entry, lots of staff, strong security focus, stab-proof vests and so on. There is an inescapable dehumanisation about our prisons, whether intended or not. They are really expensive to run but not so good at development or rehabilitation, or family contact and job-finding.