Half of children on benefits are food insecure, and need urgent support increases, says CPAG
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that the number of children living in households regularly going without sufficient healthy food…
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The plastic bag ban is virtue signalling garbage
The low, low, low, low threshold of ‘transformative’ that so many on the Left are prepared to accept is why change is glacial.
The time for ‘it’s a step in the right direction’ was in 1980. Leaps are required now.
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A Bit Pointless: Jam TV’s “That’s A Bit Racist” Treats It’s Subject Matter Far Too Lightly
THE TRAILERS for “That’s A Bit Racist” had not filled me with confidence. There was a tone that positively yelled: “Anyone who doesn’t like the sound of this programme is almost certainly part of the problem.” In other words, the programme showed every sign of making huge assumptions about the history, nature and extent of racism in New Zealand. The dumbed-down script, delivered in the overly-familiar diction of the contemporary radio and television host, only deepened my suspicions.
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Waatea News Column: Latest infant death being used in Oranga Tamariki propaganda campaign
I think the manner in which dead infants are being used to justify the deeply flawed child uplift policy by Oranga Tamariki is a new low in this depressing and increasingly ugly debate.
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Political Caption Competition
Trump World
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Tuesday 9th July 2019
5: KAMALA HARRIS CALLED YOUNG PEOPLE “STUPID” IN 2015
4: Iran passes new nuclear deal limit as China blames US for crisis
3: Veterans Affairs Police Are Supposed to “Protect Those Who Served.” They Have a Shocking Record of Brutality and Impunity.
2: U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Wins World Cup, Rebuking Pay Discrimination and President Trump -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 9th July 2019
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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A shiny new Easter egg – but its hollow!
I’m always in two minds about making submissions on parliamentary legislation. Is the time spent worthwhile when the government of the day won’t want to change the legislation anyway?
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Sean Plunket’s Working Group with Bomber Bradbury & Damien Grant: THIS WEEK: Berm parking, Westland Milk & Chinese big money & plastic bag ban
Sean Plunket’s Working Group with Bomber Bradbury & Damien Grant: THIS WEEK: Berm parking, Westland Milk & Chinese big money & plastic bag ban
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Dave Macpherson: Mental Health: The more the people want change, the more the bureaucrats fight to keep things the same….
In a re-run of the 1980’s ‘Yes Minister’ sitcom, Ministry of Health humphreys have absorbed like a sponge the community and Government messages about the urgent need for ‘transformational’ action on mental health, and are busy working out ways to head off any ‘transformation’ of their power and influence.