Arthur Taylor – How racist are NZ prisons?
You’ve all heard about the massive over representation of Maori in prisons, but you may not know the further you go into the Belly of the Beast the higher that representation gets.
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Dave Macpherson – Public Scrutiny on Mental Health starting to get under Govt’s skin
In perhaps a direct attack on my family, the Report states that “DHB leaders are worried about interest groups who repeatedly call for inspections and enquiries and allegedly run ‘personalised social media campaigns targeting individual clinicians, service leaders and staff’, according to mental health issues reporter Jess McAllen.
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EXCLUSIVE: Arthur Taylor – why I believe Malcolm Rewa is a Police Informant
Senior Police would have known all about this which is why Police have always had good reason not to have Malcolm Rewa exposed to too many questions. That is why Teina Pora went to prison in the first place and why it has been so hard to get him released.
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Kieran Kelly – It is not “Ridiculous” to Reject Hillary, Part 2: Bride of the Monster
A good argument can be made that voting for Trump or Clinton is essentially exactly the same thing.
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Neil Watts – Why won’t the Herald talk about Chinese trade wars and substandard steel?
Doesn’t it seem bizarre that an Auckland based newspaper and its associated website are not just missing, but actively avoiding, a story that every other mainstream news organisation are now reporting on?
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EXCLUSIVE: Vanessa Kururangi – State Housing Action Inc to take Government to Court over privatisation of State Houses
State Housing Action Incorporated (S.H.A Inc.) now officially announces our intention to file for a Judicial Review with the High Court of New Zealand, against the sale of State Houses in Tauranga.
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Arthur Taylor – my private prosecution against prison snitch confessions
It’s important not only because it’s the first time a serving inmate has criminally prosecuted anyone, it’s important because it will show that the Police ought to have done the prosecution themselves years ago
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Martin and Lois Griffiths – A Woman, A Child and A Man
These are just 3 cases , of the thousands Palestinians trapped in the Israeli gulag system. Palestinian prisoners have names and stories that deserve telling.
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Anonymous – the truth about the housing crisis in Auckland
Every week over this wet winter I am being asked to fix substandard structures that are leaking that should not in any way be housing but are being populated by families, couples, the working poor who consist in equal measure of both people born here and recent non-wealthy migrants.
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Sam Gribben – Ask not what the Maori Party can do for Helen Clark
The Maori Party’s announcement that they won’t endorse Clark should at the very least force us to look a bit more closely at the love fest. Notwithstanding the furious reaction of #Helen4SG fans across the political and media spectrums, with accusations of stupidity, betrayal, and even treason, the Maori Party has given us all permission to have a more real conversation