GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – Are Some People More Human Than Others
After the most recent atrocity committed on Gaza, many were killed, children again were killed.
Guest Blogs & Sponsored Posts
Guest and sponsored opinion pieces published on The Daily Blog, offering diverse perspectives within clear editorial guidelines.
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GUEST BLOG: Tom Frewen – The TVNZ/RNZ merger
What is an open secret? An oxymoron, obviously — a contradiction in terms, capable of being both right and wrong at the same time.
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GUEST BLOG: Julie Webb-Pullman – MFAT and Gaza: Once Were (Rainbow) Warriors
This week, far greater violations of international law and the right to life in Gaza have instead been met in New Zealand government circles with a response reminiscent of the friends witnessing the scene in Once Were Warriors, where Jake “The Muss” brutally beats Beth, and their intimidated “friends” leave her to her fate.
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GUEST BLOG: Barry Coates – Nukes with your KiwiSaver?
Most KiwiSaver funds promised to get out of investments in cluster munitions, landmines and nuclear weapons after a public outcry in 2016. A new investigation by the charity, Mindful Money, reveals that over $100 million of KiwiSaver funds are still invested in the production of nuclear weapons.
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Labour Day and the death of the 40 hour working week
Yesterday was Labour Day – the Public Holiday set aside to celebrate the rights of workers and in particular the right to an 8 hour working day.The great irony is that like many New Zealanders I am working today because I’m a contractor and not an employee with rights to holiday pay.
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – How responsible an employer is Pan Pac?
As part of her defence for giving Pan Pac a free ride for 3 years to buy up to 20,000 hectares of NZ land Minister Sage was reported by RNZ as saying ” Pan Pac had been in New Zealand since the 1970s, was a large exporter of quality timber and needed to secure its wood supply.” also” They’ve got a long standing reputation in New Zealand.”
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Why are we selling and not leasing land to foreign companies?
The government’s decision to allow Japanese-owned Pan Pac Forest Products to bypass the Overseas Investment Office and make up to 25 purchases totalling 20,000 hectares of land for forestry for the next three years tells you how deeply embedded neoliberal thinking is entrenched in our government.
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Quality investigative journalism cannot survive without the support of bold publishers.
More years ago than I now care to remember I was the editor of CANTA, the Canterbury University Student Newspaper. One edition caused a problem because I and a couple of my reporters had done an investigation into aged care in Christchurch and found a couple of residential homes where the standards of hygiene and over -crowded conditions were frankly appalling.
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Two Results And A Foreboding
If you’re not interested in politics or rugby then you probably got more sleep than I did last night.
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GUEST BLOG: Kevin List – State of Play: What’s Happening to Kiwibank and How Many Branches Are Closing?
Evening Report looks into the separation of Kiwibank from New Zealand Post, and considers the impact on the public’s access to banking services in their communities. Kiwibank. What’s going on?