The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 2nd January 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Author: The Daily Blog
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Political Caption Competition
Where’s Wallace – the new puzzle book game for Radio NZ listeners
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 1st January 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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2017: Parting shots from the Right: tantrums, bloated entitlements, and low, low expectations for our Youth – rua
When born-to-rule Tories – with a bloated sense of self-worth and entitlement – slip up and let us peasant know how they really view us – it is usually unsurprising to most on the Left. Take, for example, Bill English’s candid admission that New Zealand’s lower wage rates were beneficial when it came to competing with Australia. On 10 April 2011, in an exchange with Guyon Espiner on TVNZ’s Q+A, English boasted of the benefits of low wages;
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Sister Barbara Cameron – One Palestinian Family’s Story
In 2011 as a NZ Catholic nun, a Mission Sister, I had volunteered with the International Women’s Peace Service group in Palestine on the West Bank, a group that supports the Palestinians in any non violent resistance to the occupation of their land by Israel, and reports on human rights abuses.
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Political Caption Competition
National Party Christmas Party gets creepy
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Saturday 31st December 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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2017: Parting shots from the Right: tantrums, bloated entitlements, and low, low expectations for our Youth – tahi
Taking personal responsibility Mike Hosking-style
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GUEST BLOG: Dr Liz Gordon – Getting nevvie off the couch
In New Zealand, the morals of the young were first attacked in the 1950s, when a milk bar in Lower Hutt was identified as a hangout for youth involved in questionable (i.e. sex) practices and two middle class girls murdered the mother of one in the notorious Parker-Hulme killing.
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GUEST BLOG: Damon Rusden – Lorde has spoken; a courageous move in a complex struggle
New Zealand superstar Lorde has attracted a lot of attention by canceling her show in Tel Aviv, the (current) capital of Israel. This predictably created an uproar – political decisions made by celebrities on the Israel/Palestine conflict always does.