Cruel threat from across the ditch – Hoyts workers face month-long lockout
Hoyts cinemas have threatened their workers that if they take even 1 minute of strike action, they will be locked…
Author: The Daily Blog
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Event Cinema and Unite Union reach agreement
Event Cinema and Unite Union have agreed on the following joint statement. Event Cinema and Unite Union are pleased to…
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The Legacy of a Dismantled Prime Minister – Revisited
. . Following John Key’s sudden (and largely unexplained) resignation on 5 December 2016, I wrote a piece lamenting that…
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Misreporting the war in Yemen
UN officials are doing their best to achieve a political solution, but are not helped by a blatant misreporting of the nature of war.
Virtually every article in the Western media describes the opponents of the Saudis as “Iranian-backed Houthi rebels” and tries to portray the conflict as a “proxy war” between Iran and the Saudis.
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Dave Macpherson – Mental Health Inquiry Panel visiting our towns
Waikato DHB, and the psychiatric profession copped a hammering, again in equal parts, from current and former patients, from families and whanau, and also from a few community mental health sector staff whose frustrations mirrored those coming from the community itself.
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Hadley Grace Robinson-Lewis – Māori inequities in New-Zealand and the westernised health setting
Health professionals have a high level power over vulnerable people and therefore they are deemed responsible for equity in health outcomes, for those that are marginalised in today’s westernised society. People that are marginalised often face unfair cultural stigmatisation and racism. It is crucial that we treat Māori people with kindness, empathy and respect.
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GUEST BLOG: Mike Lee – Secret reports – plausible denial: Auckland Council’s Winter of Discontent
It’s certainly proving to be a Winter of Discontent within the Auckland Council. It’s this discontent that was behind the recent letter expressing ‘strong dissatisfaction’ with the ‘secretive and non-inclusive’ leadership style of Mayor Phil Goff, signed by nine councillors including myself
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The Liberal Agenda – launch of See No Evil: New Zealand’s betrayal of the people of West Papua, by Maire Leadbeater
When: Sunday 15 July 2018, 3–5pm
Where: Ellen Melville Centre, 1 Freyberg Place, Auckland Central
Featuring special guests Reb Fountain and Steve Abel
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Statement from Deputy Commissioner Wally Haumaha
I want to acknowledge the concerns expressed by Louise Nicholas and others around my comments from 2004 regarding Operation Austin….
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E tū: thousands to benefit from 1 July Families Package
E tū says thousands of its members are expected to benefit from the Government’s Families Package, which comes into effect…