Why Marama Davidson needs to be the new co-leader of the Green Party
Marama has the intelligence, leadership skills and vision to retain the social justice and environmental values while Shaw can woo small and ethical business.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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The madness of Manus Island and what NZ should be doing
I think attempting to rehabilitate 700+ highly traumatised male refugees when we have 10000+ in our own prison system with barely any rehabilitation services, let alone the hundreds of thousands within the community who are being let down by the non-existent mental health system would be a huge call that could easily implode in public anger.
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Why the TPPA will be a test for the new Labour Māori Caucus more than it will be for Jacinda
So what happens if Jacinda and David get snookered into having to sign the TPPA?
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What the 2017 youth quake really means for 2020
Let’s look at what this small increase in turn out by young people in NZ actually meant for the election result. With a modest increase of 6.5% and more Maori voting, they managed to throw out the National Party despite the National Party getting an incredible 44%.
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Meanwhile – the planet is melting
…the current political template that us focused on quarterly profit margins simply can’t produce policy to protect us from this new reality.
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The horror of the Ministry for making Vulnerable Children
…when the State can steal your baby with impunity, at what point do we demand massive reform inside these neoliberal welfare agencies who only serve to damage and punish the most vulnerable amongst us?
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100000 new houses, ban on foreign land buyers, re-entering Pike River & sugar tax – this is what political leadership looks like
I have said it once, I’ll say it again – pundits still don’t understand how radical this Government intends to be.
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What Jacinda Ardern is really doing with the TPPA
…I think that keeping their heads down and allowing the TPPA to implode all on its own to escape an open confrontation with the elite rich of NZ is a smarter move for a new Government than declaring war on the neoliberal establishment on day one.
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What NZ First Chief of Staff appointment really means
The truth is that this Government intends to be far more interventionist and radical than others before it and the corporate punditry are tactically in denial about that so that they can express faux outrage when the free market neoliberalism on steroids gets challenged.