Forgotten Communities Heard at Parliament – Salvation Army
Forgotten Communities Heard at Parliament The voices of people in some of New Zealand’s low income communities, who feel forgotten…
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Hundreds of messages in bottles hit Beehive – Kiwi Bottle Drive
Community organisation The Kiwi Bottle Drive and supporters gathered on the steps of parliament this morning to deliver hundreds of…
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Free industry training will promote trades – E Tu
The Government’s policy of a year’s free tertiary education for eligible students will benefit workers and business alike, says E…
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Ombudsman releases follow-up prison inspection reports – Office of the Ombudsmen
Ombudsman releases follow-up prison inspection reports Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier today released follow-up inspection reports of Arohata, Manawatu and Rolleston…
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Culture and capitalism – what’s going on? – Massey University
Cultural Studies experts are gathering in Wellington to share ideas at a conference about capitalism’s impact on contemporary life and…
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Greenpeace Launches Legal Challenge Against Amazon Warrior
A legal challenge against the world’s largest seismic oil exploration ship will be launched at a public rally today on…
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Our Seas Our Future Welcomes Govt Decision on Microbeads
The decision yesterday by the New Zealand Government to ban the sale and manufacturing of plastic microbeads has been welcomed…
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Greenpeace Calls Out Shane Jones on Irrigation
Greenpeace is calling out the new labour-led government for muddying the waters on its promise to end state funding of…
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GUEST BLOG: Dave Brownz – Neoliberalism is naked capitalism on its death bed
Marxist economist Michael Roberts takes on Noah Smith’s claims that neo-liberalism is making a comeback and is actually increasing GDPs and reducing inequality. But to make that claim Smith has to use China and India as examples of successful neo-liberal economies. Roberts says that growth in these two countries comes not from market reforms but from heavy state intervention.
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