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The Universal Basic Income (UBI) debate is an issue which is very close to my heart: It is quite literally the reason I went to university (I wanted to research it to see if it was really viable) and is also one of the main reasons I got into politics.
The lack of data collected and reported on crucial issues in the MSD space drives me crazy.
April 17 was Palestinian Prisoners day.
The six finalists for the 2015 Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand were, in alphabetical order:
Apple
Bunnings
IAG/State Insurance
MediaWorks
Serco
Westpac
Today many around the world celebrate May Day, International Workers’ Day. In New Zealand we don’t commemorate it officially, we have Labour Day in October to serve this purpose.
Social media has become a means of workers talking to each other and organising around their issues and disputes, but…
The impact of automation was predicted by Karl Marx around the time Aotearoa was being invaded by people with horses and carts.
I grew up in church and consider myself to be a Christian yet finding a church that resembles anything I…
There are good people here in Merivale. People who are resilient and proud and all embracing. They take you as you come and expect nothing in return besides the acceptance of who they are – loyal, passionate, and intimately connected to their community. I move amongst these people. I have come to know them well and they bring colour and light to my World.
The call for an “urgent nationwide enquiry into mental health services” by Green Party Health spokesperson Kevin Hague comes 13 months after the death of our son, Nicky Stevens, while in the ‘care’ of Waikato DHB – and 20 years after the second Mason Report into NZ’s antiquated mental health services.