GUEST BLOG:: Willie Jackson – Time to turn the tables on the tobacco companies
We have a violent crime wave in our community and it is time we were honest about it.
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Guest and sponsored opinion pieces published on The Daily Blog, offering diverse perspectives within clear editorial guidelines.
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GUEST BLOG: Gareth Morgan – Time for a Sea Change in NZ Politics
Young people are turning their back on politics in big numbers, and when you look at the current way of doing things it is no surprise. Our two biggest parties make personal digs and squabble over who runs the country when they are the closest together on policy. Meanwhile our potential kingmaker is a one-man band who wants to take New Zealand back to the 1970s. It is enough to turn anyone off.
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GUEST BLOG: Jin An – Tobacco tax bender
Last week, we saw another dairy get attacked by intruders; the latest in a string of attacks in Auckland. The Police say that most of the robberies are due to tobacco prices. While some were quick to jump on the “get tough on crime” band wagon and called for tougher penalties: a political manoeuvre that proved successful throughout the 80s and 90s stemming from Nixon.
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GUEST BLOG: Alex Birchall – Not Māori Prisons, No Prisons! A Response to Duncan Garner
What of those who are alienated from any family or have no family left (one in five Māori report zero tribal affiliation, and many other affiliates themselves have little connection to the tribal structure)? How would this help address the long-lasting social harms and stigmas that come from having been an inmate, even for a very short time? How would they be able to meet and having meaningful relationships with whanau from inside a prison?
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GUEST BLOG: Te Reo Putake – Julian Assange; Justice Delayed is Justice Denied.
The Swedish authorities have confirmed that time has run out to prosecute alleged right wing rapist Julian Assange and therefore the charges have been dropped. A jubilant Assange has appeared on the balcony of the Equadorean embassy in London and bizarrely claimed that this is a victory for freedom and, in an Orwellian misuse of language, a blow against the patriarchy.
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GUEST BLOG: Dave Brownz – Suicide is about Alienation
Good on Mike King for attacking the gutless, shamefaced, official line on suicide as part of the problem not the solution. And cheers to The Daily Blog for acting as a forum on suicide with activists like Dave McPherson and Martyn Bradbury exposing the failures of the health system. While I agree that we need to change the official response to suicide, that should be based on what causes suicide.
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – Mike King is a NZ hero
What happened this week with Mike King quitting the suicide-prevention panel goes beyond politics and demands our focus as a country and as a community.
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GUEST BLOG: Te Reo Putake – Will Winston Put NZ First?
One of the great conundrums of Kiwi politics is the Peters problem. Unless there is a massive drop in votes for National, Labour will need NZ First’s assistance to form the next government. And that support will almost certainly come at the expense of the Greens, who are likely to be sidelined as part of any coalition arrangement.
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GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – SHUSH! DON’T TELL ANYBODY!
SHUSH! DON’T TELL ANYBODY! Could this be the motto of New Zealand mainsteam media, as regards world news that is in any way critical of Israel?
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GUEST BLOG: Tina Ngata – More Greeny-brown than Browny-Green.
What it said to me back then is that even though there are many Green MPs and policies that I love as a Maori, they’re still not ready to step into the space of being our champions yet. So I cancelled my membership.