GUEST BLOG: Speech: Governor-General – Armistice Day
Her Excellency The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy
Governor-General of New Zealand
Armistice Day National Ceremony
Pukeahu National War Memorial Park
Sunday 11 November 2018
Author: The Daily Blog
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Permanently temporary: the Gig Trap – University of Auckland
The first ever study to track thousands of people through different work arrangements over time has revealed that the gig…
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The Human Rights Commission welcomes the Supreme Court’s judgment in the landmark case of the Attorney-General v Taylor.
The Commission’s Chief Legal Advisor Janet Anderson-Bidois said the Supreme Court’s judgment strengthens New Zealand’s constitutional protection of human rights….
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Dr Liz Gordon: In Flanders field, the poppies grow
So now 100 years have passed since the end of the first globalised war – a war in which most countries either took sides or (some) refused to do so. A war in which so many were killed like little rats in dug trenches, their lives squashed in an instant. Anyone who hasn’t seen the extraordinary representation of the Gallipoli campaign at Te Papa should certainly do so (closes in April 2019). It makes me cry every time for the human tragedy and waste, and I am a serial viewer.
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Political Caption Competition
After banning every journalist, Donald Trump was left with just microphones
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 12th November 2018
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: Bryan Bruce – Capitalism needs to serve the State
I’m reading Nicholas Shaxson’s excellent new book The Finance Curse. Here’s part of a paragraph that jumped out at me yesterday:
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – Thank you all for your messages of support
Thanks for all the messages of congratulation – too many for individual replies.
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Political Caption Competition
You could put Elton John and Freddy Mercury into this photo and it would still be the straightest and dullest car ride in NZ history
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Sunday 11th November 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.