Ministry must front up over centre manager’s abuse of children – ChildForum
As early childhood centre manager Lynn Abraham, who smacked and force-fed children and washed a child’s mouth with soap is…
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Bad Tax Policy Feeding Inequality, Study Shows – Income Equality Aotearoa New Zealand
A new study from Oxfam shows the government’s failure to introduce fair taxes is a key cause of New Zealand’s…
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English ignores child refugees in favour of tax cuts – Doing Our Bit
The Prime Minister’s comments on not increasing the refugee quota because of jobs ignores the large number of children who…
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Bereaved mums ask politicians to have courage – YesWeCareNZ
Three mothers of young adults lost to suicide are calling on politicians to have the courage to end New Zealand’s…
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Greenpeace launches campaign to tackle “gut wrenching” plastic problem
Greenpeace is throwing its weight behind the campaign to ban plastic bags from New Zealand supermarkets. Today, the environmental group…
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If not for yourself Labour, fight for your south!
A couple of dispiriting polls means one thing Labour. Fight. You’re caught on the ropes and you can put your hands up in defence or you can get the swag back into your skip and box your way out. For the people of the south; the truest support known to the Labour Party my message to you is simple and loud. Fight.
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Four Former Prime Ministers Join Forces for Refugees – 500Now
In a rare display of political unanimity four former Prime Ministers of New Zealand are calling politicians from all parties…
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 1st August 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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BREAKING: Before The Flood: Political Ruminations on Labour’s Fate While Waiting For Tonight’s TV3-Reid Research Poll
TONIGHT’S REID RESEARCH POLL promises to be a shocker. Such a shocker that, like Santa Claus in the Christmas song, the journalists at TV3 are making a list of the awful numbers – and checking them twice. If the results of last night’s One News Colmar Brunton (ONCB) poll are confirmed, then Andrew Little’s future can only be described as bleak.
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – If you ever thought that the Māori Party were not going to join National, then think again.
Here, the Minister of Māori Development makes a clear pitch for a Māori Party-National Government. So don’t believe the nonsense that they are interested in doing a deal with us. They want to do a deal with National despite all the terrible statistics that we see with Māori at the moment.