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.
Author: The Daily Blog
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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…
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Petition launched to save Cadbury’s Dunedin factory – E tū
E tū has launched a petition calling for a halt to the proposed closure of Dunedin’s iconic Cadbury factory. The…
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Fortune’s Favourite: The Rise and Rise of Jacinda Ardern
The last conspicuous veteran of the plague years of the 1980s has bowed to the irresistible logic of Jacinda Ardern’s by-election victory and announced her retirement. Part of that logic, undoubtedly, was the reaction of Annette King’s caucus colleagues to her spittle-flecked outburst to the NZ Herald’s deputy-political editor, Claire Trevett.
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Senior doctors acknowledge Annette King’s work in health system – Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The union for senior doctors, the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS), acknowledges the considerable work Labour’s Deputy Leader and…
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Malcolm Evans – Three dumb monkeys
Malcolm Evans – Three dumb monkeys
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E tū pays tribute to Annette King following resignation
E tū has paid tribute to the former Deputy Labour Leader, Annette King after her announcement that she is resigning…