Ignorance and lack of cultural respect behind denial of karakia at Kaipara Council meeting
Kaipara Mayor Craig Jepson’s refusal to allow a karakia to be said at the beginning of his first council meeting…
John Minto
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How Palestine “won” the World Cup
The power of sport to influence politics has always been a feature of international sporting events, as has the hypocrisy…
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Just how despicable are these corporate bankers – and their council minions?
It’s a rhetorical question I know but further confirmation these parasitical life forms are as bad as we always knew…
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Chief Human Rights Commissioner to speak on human rights breaches in a talk entitled: “Housing as a Human Right”
The Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt is the keynote speaker at a public meeting in Christchurch on Monday to…
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A triple bypass of morals and ethics
As 2022 comes to a close Palestinians face the harsh reality of increased oppression from the most extreme right-wing government…
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British Tories are raging socialists compared to our Labour Party government
Wow! Who would have thought it? The British Conservative Party government has moved to the left of the New Zealand…
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Christopher Luxon – why not a boot camp for tax dodgers?
Christopher Luxon – why not a boot camp for tax dodgers? These are our biggest criminals who steal massive sums…
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Hundreds of millions in state house land sold by Labour in the middle of a housing catastrophe for people on low and middle incomes
Behind the headline “$200m boost for new homes” is a sordid tale of a government demolishing state houses, selling most…
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Why don’t we treat Pasifika the same as Australians when they want to visit Aotearoa New Zealand?
Thanks to TVNZ for putting the spotlight on the government racist immigration policies which discriminate again and again against our…
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“If you want to get tough on crime – get tough on poverty”
The heading of this piece is a quote from AUT Criminal Law lecturer Khylee Quince on Tim McKinnel’s excellent documentary…