Waatea News Column: Kindness towards South Auckland whanau more important than ever
People are angry.
…seeing as Jan has taken the time to respond, it would be wrong not to reciprocate.
I am honestly not sure who is advising Minister Kelvin Davis, but his surprising decision this week to attack People Against Prisons Aotearoa (PAPA) and refer their pamphlets calling on prison reform to the Police for supposedly inciting the prison riot at Waikeria prison is such a desperately wrong footed move one is left wondering what on earth he thinks he’s doing.
This is appalling journalism from Newshub.
The decision by the Government to step in and stop the anti-Māori petition law from derailing Māori representation at Local Council is true democracy at its best.
Closing submissions in the urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing into the multiple failings of Oranga Tamariki wrapped this week amongst a call to completely dismantle the organisation.
Facebook has clearly been shown to be a dangerous pathogen in the body politic where hate, fear and ignorance are force fed to us via algorithms which manipulate us into staying on Facebook.
And so the most powerful voice on the American Right has died and with him an era and broadcasting propaganda legacy beyond almost anyone else since Leni Riefenstahl.