Sweet Rebellion: campaign for a sugar-sweetened beverage tax
Dr. Tiffany Parmenter, BSc(hons), PhD on behalf of Sweet Rebellion. Recently, as part of our undergraduate medical training, we undertook…
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BATTLEGROUND WAIRARAPA
Every Election, there’s a seat or several whose outcomes are fantastically interesting to watch. This is because they are the ones that are actually balanced upon the knife-edge – where a few dozen votes one way or ‘tuther will actually help to determine the shape and course of our politics for years or even decades to come.
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Have you ever asked for help and hated having to ask? Then you can empathise with Metiria.
Thanks to my socioeconomic privilege, it is unlikely (not to say impossible) that I will ever end up as dependent on our corrupt welfare system as Metiria once was. And I don’t pretend to know exactly how that dependency felt for Metiria, because I can’t know. Maybe I can’t know, but I can guess. Because I can guess, I can empathise with her.
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GUEST BLOG: Dave Brownz – Rogercomic: the socialist Aotearoa that might have been…
Rogercomic is a comic published by the Socialist Alliance in Aotearoa/New Zealand in 1986.
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GUEST BLOG: Dr Liz Gordon – Epic media fail in NZ
We had been preparing the story for weeks. A huge research project, a scholarly article in a good journal, a well-known charity behind us. It was our “I, Daniel Blake” story for New Zealand.
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Political Caption Competition
Dad Pizza Delivery Company
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Tuesday 25th July 2017
5: What Young New Zealanders Would Spend Their Free Money On
4: Trump’s son-in-law Kushner denies Russia collusion
3: ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI, TRUMP’S NEW COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, SAID CITIZENS UNITED MADE POSSIBLE A “SLEEPER CELL” OF HEDGE FUND MANAGERS
2: Criminologist Phil Stinson: Police Shoot & Kill About 1,000 People Every Year in U.S.
1: Newly Declassified Documents Confirm U.S. Backed 1953 Coup in Iran Over Oil Contracts -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 25th July 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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EPSOM – STATEMENT FROM THE OPPORTUNITIES PARTY LEADER GARETH MORGAN
There has been some media speculation about The Opportunities Party’s approach to the Epsom electorate. The Party has had…
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CPAG supports housing petition by Medical Students
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) endorses the petition by the Medical Students for Global Awareness (MSGA), calling on Members of…