Unitec survey renews calls for urgent student support increase – NZUSA
A recent survey by Unitec Institute of Technology has renewed calls by the New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA)…
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Political Caption Competition
I am not a crook
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Wednesday 17th May 2017
5: Trump Reportedly Shared Classified Intel with Russia to Show Off
4: Erdogan and Trump discuss expanding cooperation
3: Trump Says He Divulged Intelligence to Russians Because He’s Such a Great Guy
2: An Impeachable Offense? Questions Swirl as Trump Accused of Sharing Top Secret Intel with Russians
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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.
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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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Nowhere for Labour to hide on TPPA in election year
As Prime Minister Bill English heads off to Japan with trade minister Todd McClay in their quest to revive the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) minus the USA, ‘the silence from Labour is deafening’, Auckland University law professor Jane Kelsey observes. ‘In an election year, they had hoped the TPPA was dead and buried. Now there is nowhere for them to hide.’