John Tamihere confirms Auckland mayoralty run . . . and announces Chris Fletcher as deputy
John Tamihere has this morning confirmed he will run for October’s Auckland Mayoralty – marking a return to politics after…
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Dirty politics being used to spread misinformation on FPAs – First Union
Following the release of leaked documents from the Fair Pay Agreement workgroup, FIRST Union General Secretary Dennis Maga says he…
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DHBs acting irresponsibly in Resident Medical Officer industrial dispute – Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
By refusing the Medical Council’s offer to facilitate talks in the escalating industrial dispute affecting public hospitals, District Health Boards…
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Humanitarian crises are on the rise – Council for International Development
Intractable conflicts, natural disasters, refugees, climate change and growing inequality will continue to be the focus for New Zealand’s international…
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Fewer sanctions will support the wellbeing of children – Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) joins Auckland Action Against Poverty, the Beneficiary Advocacy Federation and ActionStation in applauding the easing…
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Dr Liz Gordon: Jacinda
I really haven’t given a thought to what persons of the political right think of Jacinda Ardern. A story I heard, from my granddaughter of all people, gave me pause.
“[Unnamed relative of Palmerston North] says that Jacinda Ardern only got pregnant to make sure she became Prime Minister”, she said.
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GUEST BLOG: Nick Dearden – Big Tech should be taxed and regulated – but the Davos elite wants to give Amazon and Facebook even more power
This morning a group of mostly rich countries used the World Economic Forum in Davos to call for negotiations on digital trade. This is ‘next big thing’ in trade talks: trying to create global rules to govern rapidly increasing online trade and accompanying flows of data (the so-called ‘oil’ of the new economy).
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GUEST BLOG: Gerard Otto – Stacey Kirk and the disinterested pursuit of the truth
Journalists should be interested in their pursuit of the truth here – not sweep this stuff aside.
National had successfully told the press to bugger off and talk about something else – like Karel Sroubek for five weeks.
Now Ross was guilty of bringing up the matters they thought they had artfully dodged.
None of this context was covered in Stacey’s article today.
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – The Delusion of Davos
The idea that when world leaders meet in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos to discuss economic issues that the assembled politicians are somehow in charge of the global economy is a delusion.
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