GUEST BLOG: Hone Harawira – A very Hone New Year
So many Maori profess a love for Christianity and yet we copped the same shit as our Native American, and African American, and Aboriginal brothers and sisters.
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – My last Christmas in prison?
This is a day when prisoners line up to make phone calls to family and we think of those that can’t be with us. I think of my children – Tyrone , Kane & Siobhan especially .
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GUEST BLOG: Maire Leadbeater – December Violence in West Papua should be a wake-up call
Vanuatu is leading the way in promoting a peaceful diplomatic solution for West Papua and plans to take a resolution to the UN General Assembly next year calling for the West Papua to be restored to the UN list of nations still to be decolonised. New Zealand could be a game changer by ending military ties and instead opting to support Vanuatu’s principled diplomacy. There isn’t much time to waste.
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – All best wishes for a safe, happy and meaningful Christmas.
My best wishes to you all for a safe, happy and meaningful Christmas.
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – Truth about the Christmas prison staff assaults at Pare
Many factors can contribute to violence in prison. Police have commenced an investigation into this instant.
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – Christmas behind the Wire
An occasion like this helps prepare inmates for normal life , making reoffending less likely. When people are treated with dignity, most find it easier to gain insight into the causes of their offending.
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GUEST BLOG: Hone Harawira – a very Hone Christmas
I post a xmas message of me and my moko being happy and all these Maoris send me pictures of snow and holly and fat little white santas and reindeer!
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GUEST BLOG: Donna Awatere Huata – UN Climate change ‘breakthrough’ really appeasement in Poland again
The recent UN Climate talks in Poland have been hailed as some sort of ‘breakthrough’, it is nothing of the sort. Refusing to wean the planet off fossil fuels, no clear target for 2030 and what amounts to little more than vague promises to record existing emissions are not a ‘breakthrough’ and only a ‘step in the right direction’ if the alternative was to do nothing at all.
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – 2018 – What a Year!
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.
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Water is a precious resource
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.