First ever South Auckland Mayoral Debate
“Vic Crone should come to South Auckland experience cultural diversity properly and not just out her car window on the way to the airport.”
Author: The Daily Blog
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Homelessness – What can the Mayor do?
Every Mayor wants to do something they will be remembered for. Could Auckland’s new one become famous for ending chronic homelessness?
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Sweeney Todd A Horror Story Then and Now – Not Quite A Gonzo Review
A ghastly tale of horror and intrigue looms for Wellington and Christchurch theatre-goers as New Zealand Opera sharpens its knives before its Auckland consumers – but beware, this story of Sweeney Todd may compel you to think.
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Government by slogan and spin
Last night Kevin Hague in his final speech to Parliament talked about all the worthy issues avoided by National and the frustrations experienced from their partisan political approach. I agree with the sentiment and I think it’s clear after 8 years we can say they’ve been a government that makes only a token response to the tough questions. We have a bare minimum government more focused on the spin than substance.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 23rd September 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Auckland Live International Cabaret Season: The Chet Baker Journey A night with the James Dean of Jazz.
The Chet Baker Journey is an intimate show that intersperses fragments of Chet Baker’s prodigious career and self-destructive life amid his musical jewels. Join us for this acclaimed musical biography starring the award-winning singer and actor, Tim Draxl
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CPAG: Grandparent caregivers need greater support
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that If New Zealand’s new Ministry Oranga Tamariki is truly committed to supporting vulnerable…
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Immigration and Auckland Housing – why Unitary Plan is flawed and bubble burst prediction
A prediction. On the basis of the sluggish Auckland rental market, the end of the Auckland property bubble could be sooner rather than later. (I’m picking October 2017, a month or two after the 2017 general election.) The ‘correction’ will come when enough people who have bought in Auckland for capital gain realise that they will have to sell soon, or risk the consequences.
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Government’s failed response to abuse of migrants (Part 4 of 4)
Unions can expose the hypocrisy of employers demanding the right to import labour while paying a pittance to their staff. But ultimately, the only effective way to turn the situation around is to reunionise the sectors of the workforce that have lost union protection and force the bosses to pay.
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GUEST BLOG: Dave Macpherson – ‘Devolution’ of Mental Health services gathers pace
For ‘devolution’, the reader can insert ‘corporatisation’, or ‘’dismemberment’, or a host of other descriptions of the cuts to community and public health services that new right philosophies are delivering.