Peace actions continue amid concern about police tactics – Peace Action Wellington
Peaceful protests against the weapons industry continued today with a walking tour and picnic. The walking tour showed Wellingtonians the…
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Commissioner uses final speech to urge Climate Change Act – Environment Commissioner
In her final week as Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright will call on the incoming Parliament to…
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The Golden Path Mk.II: NZ First’s Quantum Superposition Of Solitude
Many moons ago – back when the notion of replacing Andrew Little with Jacinda Ardern was the sort of pie-in-the-sky idea dismissed by almost all serious commentators as almost assuredly fatal to both her party and her person, rather than some form of titanic/cthonic masterstroke capable of apparently singlehandedly reshaping the political landscape upon a whim – I sat down to pen a piece entitled “The Golden Path”.
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Talkin’ ‘Bout A Revolution – Or Not?
“THESE TALKS ARE ABOUT A CHANGE in the way this country is run. Both economically and socially.” That is how Winston Peters characterised the government formation negotiations currently drawing to a close in Wellington. But, what could his words possibly mean, in practical terms?
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Election Reflection
Let’s make the next decade about solutions, not about problems. Let’s apply more new thinking to what we are for, less to what we are against. It doesn’t matter who is Prime Minister. We can have a twenty-first century multi-party democracy, through which all good ideas can be placed on the table, and considered on their merits.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 11th October 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Amazing day of peace action disrupts Weapons Expo – Peace Action Wellington
“It has been an amazing day of peace action in Wellington where hundreds of people successfully blockaded the entrance to…
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New World topples under pressure to Ban the Bag – Greenpeace
“A victory for people power”: New World topples under pressure to Ban the Bag Tuesday, October 10: Greenpeace is welcoming…
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Parents’ plea: Don’t let any more of our kids die – PSA
Parents who lost their 15-year-old daughter to suicide two months ago delivered a 30,000-strong petition to Parliament today to mark…
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Lack of financial support and tertiary enrolment decline – NZUSA
The New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA) says that financial support is failing to meet the rising costs of…