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It’s been an amazing year as Minister of Employment, and I want to take this opportunity to thank the many tireless workers and dreamers and inspirers I am fortunate enough to meet up and down this great country of ours every single day who are passionate about helping all New Zealanders, from every walk of life, get ahead with work that matters.
The group (who call themselves Rebellion Extinction ) say Environment Canterbury has actively facilitated the expansion of industrial farming practices that are turning our rivers toxic, cutting down trees, killing soil life and emitting dangerous amounts of carbon into the atmosphere.
What simply does not work is the system of severe penalties for producing, transporting and selling substances deemed illegal. Even signs in some airports I’ve past through where signs clearly display the death penalty for trafficking; don’t stop the flow.
Last day today at Ngā Whare Waatea looking after our people of South Auckland.
These latest revelations about a whole raft of Government agencies contracting Thompson & Clark to spy on New Zealanders on their behalf are just the latest in a long, sordid history of the State spying on the people. Go back a decade and you’ll find:
Most of us take it for granted that when we go to sleep at night it will be in a bed, but for a number of our children – not just one or two but several thousand- a mattress on the floor, sleeping on the couch or sharing a bed is the norm. I see, for example, there is a Beds for Christmas campaign running in Whangarei to get some beds for kids who don’t have one.
GDP – Gross Domestic Product- is a figure politicians like to quote to tell you how wonderfully they are managing the economy, but it’s next to useless in that regard. A thief adds to GDP when he steals your car or your bike and you have to buy a new one.
For 6 years I have been publicly naming Thompson & Clark Investigations Limited for having been involved in the political targeting of me for my activism and journalism.
I looked at the stuff recently produced about Cold Cases and by among others, two for whom I have respect as journalists: Carol Hirschfeld and Paula Penfeld. But when it got to the Crewe homicide, I tossed the article aside.
Almost 2 years ago the people of Britain were given what seemed a simple choice. Did they want to stay in the EU or leave? They voted (narrowly) to leave.