Spend-up shows Ministry is out of touch – Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Spend-up shows how out of touch the Ministry of Health has become “The huge spend-up by the Ministry of Health’s…
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Labour’s first post-Waitangi challenge: will it allow the Waitangi Tribunal to complete the TPPA inquiry?
There were lots of positives at Waitangi this week. There was also a lot of gloss, driven by hope (and perhaps primed by Shane Jones hospitality). Labour promised that it will be accountable to Maori. That promise faces a major test next week, as the Crown responds in the Waitangi Tribunal’s inquiry on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).
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On Waitangi Day: Reflections from one Rangatahi Immigrant
I’ll be the first to openly admit that I could have prioritised my own education on te ao Māori far more than I have, and that I am guilty in that regard. I take responsibility for that and I’m not proud of it. But I wish our systems of education, which must also extend beyond formal institutes of learning, might come to the table with this understanding too
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Political Caption Competition
The only way Bill could physically be further away from Waitangi was if he was visiting the Chatham Islands.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 7th 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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Waitangi Investigation: Steve Edwards – Harnessing the Herd to Hide a Historical Heist: The Crown’s breach of the Crimes Act
The New Zealand Crown’s ongoing failure to acknowledge that the British Crown did not gain sovereignty over New Zealand in 1840 is a breach of the Crimes Act.
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Can Sovereignty Be Shared?
Jacinda’s intentions and those of her Maori caucus colleagues are unquestionably benign. But in political circumstances as fraught as these, good intentions are seldom enough. If, as the revisionist historians insist, Maori sovereignty was never ceded to the Crown, then the descendants of the Waitangi signatories’ determination to reclaim it; to exercise it; is entirely reasonable.
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Malcolm Evans – Waitangi Day 2018
Malcolm Evans – Waitangi Day 2018
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Labour-hire bill could lift thousands out of poverty – First Union
One of New Zealand’s largest trade unions is welcoming a private member’s bill that could give security to thousands of…
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Net migration of 70,000 in December 2017 year – Statistics New Zealand
Annual net migration in the December 2017 year numbered 70,000, Stats NZ said today. Migrant arrivals were 131,600 and…