The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 17th May 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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Poverty in childhood linked to mental health problems: new report – Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and the New Zealand Psychological Society (NZPsS) have long been concerned with the impact of…
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Nats lay the ground for housing bust – Labour Party
Goldman Sachs’ warning that New Zealand has the developed world’s most over-priced housing market, with a 40 per cent chance…
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GUEST BLOG: Te Reo Putake – Will Winston Put NZ First?
One of the great conundrums of Kiwi politics is the Peters problem. Unless there is a massive drop in votes for National, Labour will need NZ First’s assistance to form the next government. And that support will almost certainly come at the expense of the Greens, who are likely to be sidelined as part of any coalition arrangement.
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GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – SHUSH! DON’T TELL ANYBODY!
SHUSH! DON’T TELL ANYBODY! Could this be the motto of New Zealand mainsteam media, as regards world news that is in any way critical of Israel?
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Dave Macpherson – Suicide Prevention Strategy shown to be a fraud
The only problem was, the Government didn’t like even the idea of a target they could actually be held to. Accountability is a concept for others, not them, so they had that removed, and other offending words sanitised, so it read like a pile of “PC waffle”, according to Panel member Mike King, who promptly up and resigned in protest.
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Mike King – my resignation letter to the Ministry of Health
Let’s face it, this plan is only ever going to be window dressing, and is never going to get the public on board without a major, open and independent review of mental health services. Without an adequately funded sector, and a stocktake of the structure and provison of services, we are just fiddling around the edges.
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The looming election: a union perspective – Wed 17 May
Working people in unions made a major advance recently with pay equity. Unions make the difference winning rights for workers, secure hours and being heard in the economy. There is still much to be done though, and many workers are missing out on decent work.
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NO to National selling local parks for housing – Save Our Reserves
Community opposition to a Government plan to sell off nearly 12 hectares of public reserve land for housing intensification is…
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Time to start moving on outdated children’s residences – Office of the Children’s Commissioner
The conditions for children in many of New Zealand’s secure residences are prison-like, dated and bleak, and it’s time to…