New Zealanders need time to upskill for climate change – Council of Trade Unions
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Secretary Sam Huggard says today that he is worried people working in New Zealand…
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Families Package Will Make a Difference to Children – Auckland City Mission
The Government’s announcement of the $5.53 billion Families Package yesterday will have a significant impact on the lives of many…
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What’s in Labour’s Medical Cannabis bill? – Medical Cannabis Awareness NZ
With the looming introduction of a bill by Labour for Medical Cannabis, the patient community is sceptical, and bordering on…
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High Court decision: Kim Dotcom v The District Court
High Court decision Kim Dotcom v The District Court at North Shore Introduction [1] The United States of America (“USA”)…
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Governing For The “Other Half” Of New Zealand
THE LABOUR PARTY has never been very tolerant of dissenters. It is, therefore, unsurprising that very few within its ranks have reacted positively to my recent posting on The Daily Blog. No matter how many private reservations Labour supporters may be harbouring about Grant Robertson’s “fiscally responsible” economic policies, they would rather his critics refrained from giving public voice to their concerns.
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GUEST BLOG: Dr Liz Gordon – Time for new strategies for women’s equality
I can remember many years ago being told my one of my senior academic colleagues that I should not be so impatient for women’s equality – that it would come, but probably take about 25 years. Well, 25 years has been and gone and progress have been sporadic and regression all too common. In particular, men are still mostly in charge of things. In the private sector and the state, most CEOs are men, most board chairs are men and most of the voices heard are males.
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Political Caption Competition
The blind leading the dead
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Saturday 16th 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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Busting the myths around Trump’s Jerusalem declaration
Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has produced a lot of hot air; not only from the President himself, but from the mainstream media, which seems stuck more or less in the same narrative it’s been in for decades.
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Political Caption Competition
We’ve just had confirmation from the Situation Room, Mike Hosking, Sean Plunket, Matthew Hooton and Cameron Slater have all been shot dead by special forces.