Half of children on benefits are food insecure, and need urgent support increases, says CPAG
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that the number of children living in households regularly going without sufficient healthy food…
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A Bit Pointless: Jam TV’s “That’s A Bit Racist” Treats It’s Subject Matter Far Too Lightly
THE TRAILERS for “That’s A Bit Racist” had not filled me with confidence. There was a tone that positively yelled: “Anyone who doesn’t like the sound of this programme is almost certainly part of the problem.” In other words, the programme showed every sign of making huge assumptions about the history, nature and extent of racism in New Zealand. The dumbed-down script, delivered in the overly-familiar diction of the contemporary radio and television host, only deepened my suspicions.
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Political Caption Competition
Trump World
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Tuesday 9th July 2019
5: KAMALA HARRIS CALLED YOUNG PEOPLE “STUPID” IN 2015
4: Iran passes new nuclear deal limit as China blames US for crisis
3: Veterans Affairs Police Are Supposed to “Protect Those Who Served.” They Have a Shocking Record of Brutality and Impunity.
2: U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Wins World Cup, Rebuking Pay Discrimination and President Trump -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 9th July 2019
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Sean Plunket’s Working Group with Bomber Bradbury & Damien Grant: THIS WEEK: Berm parking, Westland Milk & Chinese big money & plastic bag ban
Sean Plunket’s Working Group with Bomber Bradbury & Damien Grant: THIS WEEK: Berm parking, Westland Milk & Chinese big money & plastic bag ban
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Dave Macpherson: Mental Health: The more the people want change, the more the bureaucrats fight to keep things the same….
In a re-run of the 1980’s ‘Yes Minister’ sitcom, Ministry of Health humphreys have absorbed like a sponge the community and Government messages about the urgent need for ‘transformational’ action on mental health, and are busy working out ways to head off any ‘transformation’ of their power and influence.
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Dr Liz Gordon: Prison and the politics of kindness
In a few weeks I am visiting a women’s open prison in the UK. I am really interested to see what they do there. Most countries have open prisons and various forms of community prison. We do not. For some reason, all our prisons got wrapped around in huge fences and became security-mad in the 1990s, and of course it is a self-fulfilling prophesy. The worse we treat them, the worse the become.
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GUEST BLOG: Suzie Dawson – NOT IN MY NAME: ACADEMICS PUBLICLY ATTACKING UN TORTURE RAPPORTEUR
I am a survivor of rape, gang rape and the abusive police process I was subjected to when I reported it and I am fed up with watching sexual violence being used as a cover for political attacks on Julian Assange, his colleagues and his supporters.
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – What is the purpose of an economy?
Last week RNZ reported on two stories that should give us all pause to think about who we are , what we stand for and the ACTUAL rather than the pretend economic policy by which our country is run .