Social housing demand up 49% since 2015 – CPAG
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says the Government must urgently deliver a wider range of affordable housing solutions as a…
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Thieves, cheats, and crooks – and that’s just the government – Time to go!
By reducing the real value of Working for families payments since 2010 the National government has taken a cumulative $2 billion out of the homes of working class families.
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – Kaupapa Maori is the new Kiwi socialism
for me, Kaupapa Māori can be the solution to much of the damage the free market has caused our communities and wider society. Instead of the ‘me first, me first’, mantra of the market, the communal values of Kaupapa Māori calls for a holistic view of the individual and their place within the group.
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Suppressed report blames lack of leadership and planning for housing crisis – Labour Party
A report the Government tried to keep secret blames National’s lack of leadership on housing and Ministers’ failure to develop…
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Thursday 2nd March 2017
5: Lorde Just Lit Up Installations Across Auckland With Her New Lyrics
4: Trump Wants You to Think All the Immigrants He’ll Deport Are Criminals. They’re Not.
3: Forced evacuation of east Aleppo was war crime, says UN
2: UN: Both sides committed war crimes in Syria’s Aleppo
1: Bernie Sanders Slams Trump for Ignoring Climate Change, Income Inequality & Voter Suppression -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Thursday 2nd March 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Lock them up
The government has started the election year with a tough on crime message. More police on the beat and more prisons. The government plans to spend $1 billion on a massive prison-building programme in a country that already imprisons a greater proportion of its people than all but a few OECD countries.
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GUEST BLOG: Mike Lee – Auckland’s dirty secret – can we handle the truth?
Sewage pollution of the inner Waitemata harbour is a direct consequence of Auckland’s disproportionate growth. The failure to provide for sufficient basic sanitation infrastructure is something the Auckland Council and the government driving these growth policies would rather the public know as little as possible about.
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In Defence Of Ron Mark’s Record
In all of my dealings with Ron over the last few years, and from my ongoing observation of the ‘second phase’ of his Parliamentary career, if I could pick but two phrases to sum him up they would unquestionably be “man of principle”, and “fighting for a just cause, to defend our country”.
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Amnesty International – Response to Ombudsman’s report on treatment of prisoners
In response to the Chief Ombudsman’s report highlighting that the Corrections Department’s treatment of prisoners has breached international torture prevention…