Let them rent hotels! Housing Crisis – what housing crisis?
The utter denial the Government are in over the housing crisis is becoming absurd.
Martyn Bradbury
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National at 47% – what the new TV3 poll tells us
The Left need a new voter base or will struggle in 2017. The current voter base owns too many rentals to want to change, this means the Left need to reach out to that missing million voters who aren’t participating to bring new voters into the total to grow the Left’s share of vote while decreasing the Right.
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You won’t believe what Nick Smith is now saying about homelessness
This would be funny if it weren’t so terribly sad.
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EXCLUSIVE: Worst case of WINZ debt slavery
…this is beyond political party’s – every political party crucifies those on benefits – it’s as bad under Labour as it is under National – we are being wilfully cruel to the poorest members of our society and the hatred towards those on benefits allows it to occur totally unchallenged.
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Everybody except National and those property speculators voting for National see there is a Housing crisis
Every other political party in Parliament all say we have a housing crisis, even the Governments own allies – but National refuse to – why?
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4 months in prison for taking fish for hungry family vs our own Ministry turning a blind eye to 50 years of over fishing
National will be hoping there is enough smoke in this years budget so that NZers can’t see the mirror, because voters may be disgusted by what the reflection shows them.
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Arts funding under National
Last month Creative NZ warned it may have to cut arts funding because of a drop in Lotto sales which begs the question, should our culture be tied to gambling?
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NZ Media – paying respects when they are due
I am often critical of the mainstream media and the Mike Hosking to Paul Henry wallpaper of right wing arseholishness that passes as news comment in NZ – but respects need to be paid where they are due because for all the genuine concerns about the decreasing quality of Fourth Estate Media, there has been some remarkable journalism recently.
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Hear no poverty, see no poverty, speak no poverty: We have lost what it means to be a New Zealander
For some like the Key family, life is one long party. DJing, modelling, opening pop culture art events in Paris, Hawaiian mansions, foreign trusts, tax havens, property portfolios, Instagram followers and tax free capital gains.
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Earth breaks 12th straight monthly heat record – it’s time to acknowledge we have a run away climate event here
…in my heart I hope we have the ability to turn this around, but my brain tells me we are a greedy and selfish species who lacks the empathy to live in harmony with nature.