Disappointment as JNL confirms job losses – E Tu
E tū is extremely disappointed with the confirmation today that Juken New Zealand Ltd (JNL) intends axing the jobs of…
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – Employment stats are ‘twice as bad’ for Māori
I’m pretty chuffed with the unemployment rate dropping to its lowest level in nine years.
That means we are almost back to where we were before National took over.
However, I wouldn’t be doing right by the communities that supported me into Parliament if I didn’t demand more for New Zealand workers. -
Why NZ should withdraw its troops from Iraq
Prior to the last election Labour, NZ First and the Greens all opposed the current deployment of New Zealand troops to Iraq. Labour specifically promised to withdraw them, but nothing has happened yet. Now Australia is leaning on our government to extend the deployment beyond its current end date in November. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop made that plain during her visit here last week.
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Taking Stock: Is the Government Doing Enough to End the Housing Crisis?
The policies advanced by the Labour-NZF-Green government in response to New Zealand’s housing crisis – most particularly Labour’s KiwiBuild initiative – no longer impress informed observers as either bold or comprehensive enough to bring about a speedy resolution of the crisis. On the contrary, they seem doomed to fail: there being neither the material, nor the human, resources required to make them succeed.
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Political Caption Competition
Spot the grand Cyclops
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 13th February 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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National’s housing spokesperson Michael Woodhouse – delusional or outright fibber?
The recent Housing Report reveals National’s ineptitude when it came to homelessness and housing unaffordability. Even retiring baby-boomers do not escape National’s incompetence when it came to unrestrained migration; insufficient housing stock; spiralling speculation; and poorly-planned infrastructure to cope with a rising population;
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GUEST BLOG: Background information on Mike Feinberg and KIPP (Knowledge is Power Programme) Charter Schools (2012) – Quality Public Education Coalition (QPEC)
Who is Mike Feinberg? Mike Feinberg is the co-founder of KIPP and is a board member of the KIPP…
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GUEST BLOG: TPPA-11 – Let’s Not Do This! Nationwide Public Meetings
As the government prepares to sign us up to the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, the country has been lulled into a false sense of security that came with our change in government and a rebranding of a not so comprehensive and progressive deal.
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Political Caption Competition
Spot the difference – one is a dinosaur and the other is a reptile.