The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 21st November 2017
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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Malcolm Evans – New Auckland Valuations
Malcolm Evans – New Auckland Valuations
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Spoof Coke ad showing the scale of ocean plastic – Greenpeace
Greenpeace has produced a spoof Coke ad showing the scale of ocean plastic As Coca Cola launch their new ‘Holidays…
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Judith Collins owes an explanation to voters
It is unquestionably the role of the Parliamentary Opposition to question the government and hold it to account. Along with the media (as flawed as it sometimes is), a strong Opposition is a necessary function of a healthy democracy. But having someone like Judith Collins, who has so many unanswered questions hanging over her, demanding accountability undermines the effectiveness of the Opposition.
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GUEST BLOG: Damon Rusden – The kinda-new TPPA: We should have cautious optimism
If New Zealand is going to actively push this, then let’s hope the zombified agreement is one that benefits New Zealand and the people of the countries involved, and is not a Frankenstein-monster Labour regrets. I have hope that it will be, but the devil is in the detail.”
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Fonterra ‘Desperate’ to Restore Public Support for Dairy – NZ Fish and Game Council
Fish & Game says Fonterra has now realised it must act quickly to meet public demand for better water quality…
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Former Green MP Denise Roche selected to contest Waitematā Local Board by-election
City Vision is pleased to announce that former Green MP Denise Roche has been selected as their candidate for the…
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Political Caption Competition
Judgmental Map of Auckland
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 20th November 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Not Quite An Act Of War: Analysing Australia’s Push-Back Against Jacinda’s Manus Island Outreach
YOU HAVE TO GO BACK A LONG WAY to find anything remotely resembling Australia’s current treatment of New Zealand. For a supposedly friendly government to deliberately inject inflammatory disinformation into the political bloodstream of its supposedly closest neighbour is an extraordinarily provocative act. Not quite an act of war, but the sort of intervention that can all-too-easily provoke a catastrophic loss of trust.