The profits of porn: how can we keep children safer? – Dr Caroline Keen
Why don’t Western democratic governments typically regulate the porn industry, internet service providers (ISPs) or other internet services who make…
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Save The Date! Food For Our Future – Environmental Defence Society
5 & 6 August 2020 (pre-conference workshop on 4 August) Grand Millennium Hotel, Auckland New Zealand has an exceptional reputation…
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Media Statement by Renae Maihi
I welcome Sir Robert Jones’ decision to abandon his defamation proceedings against me today. This has always been about highlighting…
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What does it say about us as a people where we will legalise Euthanasia to put you out of your misery, but we won’t legalise cannabis to alleviate that pain?
I will fight tirelessly to get cannabis reform in this nation not just because prohibition is a failure, not just because locking people up doesn’t work, not just because it provides economic progress, but because I also believe we as a people need desperately to get stoned.
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National’s nothing tax announcement highlights the appalling double standards of NZ political media
If Labour in Opposition had announced something this empty, the mainstream media would be destroying them and screaming ‘Labour are not ready for Government’, yet National pull this stunt and the crickets are chirping.
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Soooooo, isn’t it about time we found out who is funding Family First? Don’t let the God squad steal your joint!
Family First are the far right Christian pressure group who are currently running campaigns against the Cannabis referendum. Previously they were all about the legal right to beat the fear of God into children, now they are the moral custodians trying to kill off the cannabis debate.
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Political Caption Competition
Not one dodgy $100k donation, but TWO dodgy $100k donations.
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Wait, what? 2 dodgy $100k National Party donations now under investigation? How a measly $10m per year would save NZ Democracy
Screw writing new donations laws, or enforcing the joke ones we have now – they don’t work! We need public funding of political parties NOW to stop those with wealth from influencing our policy!
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Waatea News Column: With NZ First sliding into political irrelevance, can the Maori Party save Jacinda?
The latest political poll spells real danger to the Labour-led Government. After ruling NZ First out as a possible coalition partner by National, NZF has slumped to 3%.
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – No not all cops are “bad”
No not all cops are “bad”, but unfortunately too big a proportion of them are power trippers and let the uniform, car, taser, pepper spray, gun go to their heads. They let down all the good cops.