GUEST BLOG: Maire Leadbeater – Change in the air for West Papua? Melanesia leads the way.
It is great to watch the Solomon Islands establishing itself as a champion of human rights for West Papua.
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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: Arthur Taylor – suicide inside prison
If you were to listen to the tripe trotted out by corrections spin doctors (which cost you tens of millions) you could be forgiven to thinking all was rosy behind prison walls.
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Andrew Little responds to accusations of racism
The way comments made by me have been reported are baffling. Of more concern, however, is that they may have offended anyone. I would never want for anyone in this country to feel they are being somehow targeted. That’s not what I stand for and it’s not what Labour stands for either.
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Alex Pirie – A Trump Presidency: It Will Never Happen…Until It Does
Many will say, indeed have been saying for many months, ‘It will never happen’. I have been noticing that the chuckle or snigger that usually follows this pronouncement has been sounding ever more nervous and hollow of late.
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Auckland community campaign SOUL: Who profits from the land wars?
Effects on Māori communities — including mana whenua of Ihumātao — from land confiscation were far reaching and devastating, and are now finally well-documented
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Josie Butler – Why I attacked the TPPA roadshow
This week marks the beginning of the Government’s national roadshow on the TPPA, a roadshow that was meant to address the people of New Zealand’s questions and concerns regarding this ‘trade agreement’, with a focus on public consultation.
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More Intrusive Spy Laws Loom for New Zealand
The Government is considering the recommendations of a former Deputy Prime Minister and lawyer as it embarks on designing a new wave of controversial spy-law reform. And again, it looks certain to drive a wedge into contemporary New Zealand.
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Arthur Taylor – a good news story from prison
We’ll keep you updated on any developments.
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GUEST BLOG: Ruby – Apply the nana knit principle
I asked to room again equally interested to see if anyone would promote the lone Maori staff members knowledge of his culture above their rank in the hierarchy and divert the question to him.
But no the senior European staff members continued to blunder their way thru PC quotations spewing out random and inapplicable Te reo in a bid to assert their cultural awareness -
GUEST BLOG: Alex Pirie – Pursuing a Decent Society with Black Dog Snapping at Your Heels
This foul beast of despondency and despair affects people in different ways when it shows up. For some, it lurks in the shadows and nips at their subconscious when they least expect it while for others it is there front and centre, all bristling, energy sapping malice