The militarisation of WINZ continues
Graffiti attacks on WINZ for the way they are mistreating beneficiaries should be seen as legitimate election protest this year.
Martyn Bradbury
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Government unnecessarily cruel to Domestic Violence Leave
National are trying to claim that Jan Logie and the Greens will actually put at risk victims of domestic abuse by being forced to inform their bosses of the abuse to get the leave.
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Gareth Morgan ups the ante on Education by directly inviting Teachers to policy launch
Morgan’s clever marketing of policy continues, this time by directly inviting Teachers to discuss his education policy…
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Smoking, double bunking and sexual assault in prisons – stand proud Nu Zilind
The news yesterday that Mt Eden allowed a 19 year old to double bunk with a hard core criminal who then went onto sexually assault him is just another example of how our Corrections service are as interested in prisoner rights and safety as the stockmen who feed our abattoirs are with animal welfare.
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Greens strangle off Chloe Swarbrick’s Central Auckland candidacy – National will win the seat
The Greens could have stood Chloe in Auckland Central and had a real chance of beating Nikki Kaye while Labour’s selection wouldn’t have gotten much attention at all. This was their best chance ever of winning the seat.
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Orewa is Maori for ‘Old-white-bigots-slowly-dying-by-the-sea’: Don Brash as relevant as Blink 182
The last time Don Brash was relevant was in 2004. In that year the CIA had just admitted there was no imminent threat from Iraq, disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong was still competing, Shrek 2 and the Passion of the Christ were the big movies and Blink 182 was the biggest musical act.
Most of us have moved on from Blink 182 and Don Brash.
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Rachel Stewart hits the climate change nail on the political head once again
We are entering a phase more dangerous and more damaging to us as a species than at any other time in our short history on this planet. Our exponential population growth coupled with mass inequality, desperation and a huge carbon foot print now out of control is a bleak reality we don’t wish to contend with because we are too busy enjoying the latest gadget, app, or selfie posting.
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The Deep State coup against Trump: Flynn’s firing just the beginning
The Deep State Coup underway against Donald Trump is as terrifying as the coup Trump’s own people are trying to ferment.
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Sanity & MoU prevails – Greens won’t stand candidate in Ohariu
This on paper should be making Dunne nervous, but it doesn’t mean Greg O’Connor will have a free run.
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The denial of our past State abuse and the abuse occurring right now in the present
We refuse to look at abuse in state care because our cultural need to blame the beneficiary for being in such personal circumstances that require state intervention is what most angers middle Nu Zilind , NOT that the state then goes onto abuse, assault and sexually molest the taken children.