Commentary examining neoliberalism, economic inequality, and the political forces shaping modern New Zealand society.
Pax Assadi’s exploration of his life in NZ as a recognisably middle eastern person in the wake of September 11 is very funny. Pretending to be Pacific Island so that he could avoid being seen as a terrorist creates some pure comedy moments.
A generation of kiwis are being locked out of the kiwi dream by out of control house prices and rising rents. We are all being effected, so how can we solve Auckland’s Housing Crisis?
We find it hard to accept that the knowledge we take for granted – like the shape of the world’s continents – can be changed. That the familiar transition of the seasons can be broken. That the planet our ancestors called “Mother Earth” is about to shuck off our species like a skin she has outgrown.
Add your presence and make a difference at the only regular public expression of support for Palestine in Auckland!
Associate Professor Gus Van Harten, Osgoode Hall Law School
Thursday 12 May 2016
6.15 – 7.30 pm
Clock Tower Lecture Theatre 039
With Dom back in the city and Dan’s Uber career in the toilet, the team decided to get things rolling again.
Comrades, to celebrate May Day on Sunday, The Daily Blog is hosting drinks and nibbles at Ika at 6pm. All our bloggers, political whanau and you our dear readers are invited along to mix, mingle and plot political coups.
The 5 Star Comedy Preview + Comedy Gala are the perfect shows to watch so that you get a feel for a comedian. If you can’t stand 5 minutes of them, then locked in for a 1 hour show will be a death wish. It’s not that any of the comedians these days are god awful, it’s just that there is so much very brilliant work out there that you don’t want to waste time on a show where you get 5 belly laughs when others are offering 50.
Events at IKA
Associate Professor Nick Dyer-Witheford is giving a public talk titled “Cyber-Proletariat: Global Labour in the Digital Vortex”.
