UN Human Rights Council debate: New Zealand’s voice absent
“All victims of human rights abuses should be able to look to the Human Rights Council as a forum and…
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E tū welcomes Regional Council Living Wage vote as a major step forward
E tū has welcomed today’s unanimous vote by Wellington Regional Council to support the Living Wage. The current New…
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Christchurch needs a mayor with the will to dream and courage to fight
The Christchurch earthquakes that violently shook the ground underneath our feet did not distinguish between the rich and poor, East and West.
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GUEST BLOG: Dave Macpherson – Mental healthcare heading for privatisation
Dave Macpherson is The Daily Blog’s mental health blogger after losing his son to mental health incompetence. He is also a candidate for the Waikato DHB.
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GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – Globalised Solidarity
The Standing Rock Sioux and those who have joined them have been met with violence from private contractors , including pepper spray and attack dogs, one of the contractors being the large British multinational security contractor G4S.
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Women’s flotilla leaves Sicily – heading for Gaza
Women representing 13 countries spanning five continents began their journey yesterday on Zaytouna-Oliva to the shores of Gaza, which has…
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Barriers to educational success must be removed – Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that distribution of resources to schools must be better targeted to ensure that all…
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New power station shows energy policies failing – Gareth Hughes MP – Green Party energy spokesperson
Every day when you open the newspaper it seems there’s a new study, record broken or super storm related to climate change. Alongside 190 other nations, New Zealand has agreed to start reducing our emissions, but the country’s next power station looks like it will run on gas and release climate-changing pollution.
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Political Caption Competition
Your two candidates for President are darkling shadow beings of self interest from another dimension
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The Corporate Plutocracy and Mega Oligopolies are still plotting TPPA
Politically, the champions of neoliberal globalisation are under siege, not always in ways we would welcome. This is evident in the US presidential contest, the vote for Brexit and the re-election of Jeremy Corban as Labour leader, but also in the rise of racism and fascism in other parts of Europe, including in the imminent Austrian re-election, and the support for Donald Trump.