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In December 2013 the proportion of working age New Zealanders receiving job seeker support was 4.8%
A year later in December 2014 this had fallen to 4.5%
Now in December 2018 despite an average 2.1% population growth rate every year the proportion is still 4.5% and Simon Bridges is outraged.
He is outraged because he blames kindness towards people on inadequate incomes.
My High Court claim against the Crown (as agent for Corrections Dept) for numerous abuses in custody and arbitrary withholding of inmates’ mail without lawful grounds and without informing the , begins February 11.
The “Peters is rogue on Foreign policy” wedge theory has no compelling evidence to support it and neither Patrick Smellie, Professor Robert Ayson nor Matthew Hooton have furnished any.
Māori Climate Commissioner, Donna Awatere Huata, has said the latest research from the U.S. journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) shows we need urgent climate action now.
The latest report from the Drug Foundation finds that Māori are more likely to face prison after a low level drug conviction. Between 2007 and 2017 there were 62,173 drug convictions and 61% of these were for personal use or possession of a drug utensil.
Yesterday’s overwhelmingly decisive vote against the Theresa May EU leave deal in the British House of Commons raises the question -what will happen next?
Graham Adams wrote an agenda setting article about how Winston was in an uncomfortable position regarding immigration because he signed the UN Migration Pact and had not fulfilled his election manifesto promise to sharply reduce immigration.
Mr Pompeo, who has been seeking to reassure allies following Mr Trump’s surprise announcement, said: “America will not retreat until the terror fight is over. We will labour tirelessly alongside you to defeat Isis [the Islamic State group], al-Qaeda and other jihadists that threaten our security and yours.”
He said that the US was a “force for good” in the Middle East, adding: “Where America retreats, chaos follows.”
Excuse the florid lexicon, but this claim is utter CRAP.
Is this the same Kelvin Davis who said he “doesn’t get involved in operational issues” as his excuse for not viewing video of me being assaulted by Auckland Prison staff while being transferred to Waikeria last Xmas ?
“If you wait by the river bank long enough you will see the body of your enemy float by”