Waatea 5th Estate – Housing, warships and Trump
Joining us tonight for our infamous Friday night political wrap of the week…
Author: The Daily Blog
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Our Housing Crisis breaches our Human Rights Obligations
The UN Declaration of Human Rights states in Article 25 that everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for their and their family’s health and well-being including housing. As a signatory to the Universal Declaration and a number of human rights treaties the New Zealand Government is bound to ensure every citizen has the human right to adequate housing
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EXCLUSIVE: Taking back the Remuera golf course – Some thoughts on the housing crisis and possible solutions – #OccupyRemueragolfcourse
We could start building such communities in Auckland today. Auckland city has thirteen golf courses. Just one of those in Remuera is 41 hectares of land in a prime central city location. It is occupied by a private club for a token rental that amounts to a fee subsidy of around $11,000 a year for each of its 1400 members.
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Do not Pass Go- let’s play a game of Auckland Monopoly
Last weekend, we had our first game of Monopoly with the kids in the Carolan household. It was Oisin’s birthday present, and pretty soon both him and his sister Aoibheann were buying up the streets of the old London version, from his cheap 100 pounds fixer upper of the Angel, Islington, to her well appointed exclusive 400 pounds loft in Mayfair.
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Why Trump’s Vice Presidential Pick Is A Missed Opportunity – Hint: It’s Not Just The Logo
The game of vice presidential candidate selection in American Politics is among the single most complex-yet-simple parts of the four yearly quasi-armed-madhouse they call their Presidential election cycle.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 22nd July 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Peace Action Wellington: Oppose the warship visit; oppose closer ties with US military
Peace Action Wellington is opposed to the upcoming US warship visit, and the ongoing building of military ties with the…
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NZ Government “must move fast” to ban killer microbeads – Greenpeace
Environment Minister Nick Smith is set to hold a meeting to discuss options for banning noxious microbeads from personal care…
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Trump – the cultivation of demagoguery
In a brilliant essay, published on ‘Buzzfeed’, McKay Coppins offers his insights into what motivates a man like Donald Trump to ascend the greasy pole of politics to take on the Republican candidacy in the up-coming U.S. Presidential elections.