The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 15th 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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Labour Fiddles While National Turns a Blind Eye on Housing Inequality – The Opportunities Party
The Opportunities Party says Labour’s promise to ban negative gearing on rental properties is a purely symbolic move that won’t…
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Ambulance service needs trained ambulance officers, not assistants – Ambulance Professionals First
Ambulance Professionals First, the union representing the majority of New Zealand’s ambulance professionals, is calling on the Government to end…
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CPAG stands behind figures showing $2.8 billion cuts to Working for Families
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is standing behind figures it has published which show the Government has cut over $2.8…
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GUEST BLOG: Tina Ngata – More Greeny-brown than Browny-Green.
What it said to me back then is that even though there are many Green MPs and policies that I love as a Maori, they’re still not ready to step into the space of being our champions yet. So I cancelled my membership.
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GUEST BLOG: Mothers day anguish, “Failing mental health system killed my son”
Mother’s day has become a day of anguish for our family since our son Nicky Stevens died while in the legal care of the Waikato DHB. This last week has been particularly difficult as we have had to witness the death of another young person in similar circumstances to our son. Our Mental Health system is failing too many of our young people.
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Mother’s Day protest to grill Bill on housing, welfare and work
Welfare activists will be protesting outside the National Party Northern Regional Convention today to demand universal access to state housing…
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Political Caption Competition
Happy Mothers Day
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Sunday 14th 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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Fertiliser causes social injustices in Western Sahara and environmental injustices here
New Zealand farmers are out of step. As a developed agricultural nation selling our produce and our brand to the world, our companies should be among those showing social responsibility in refusing to buy rock phosphate fertiliser from Moroccan occupied Western Sahara.