English ignores child refugees in favour of tax cuts – Doing Our Bit
The Prime Minister’s comments on not increasing the refugee quota because of jobs ignores the large number of children who…
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Bereaved mums ask politicians to have courage – YesWeCareNZ
Three mothers of young adults lost to suicide are calling on politicians to have the courage to end New Zealand’s…
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Greenpeace launches campaign to tackle “gut wrenching” plastic problem
Greenpeace is throwing its weight behind the campaign to ban plastic bags from New Zealand supermarkets. Today, the environmental group…
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If not for yourself Labour, fight for your south!
A couple of dispiriting polls means one thing Labour. Fight. You’re caught on the ropes and you can put your hands up in defence or you can get the swag back into your skip and box your way out. For the people of the south; the truest support known to the Labour Party my message to you is simple and loud. Fight.
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EXCLUSIVE: Whare of Cards meets the Red Wedding – who knifed Andrew Little?
Andrew Little is a good man and would have made an incredibly decent Prime Minister, I believe he has been let down by his advisers and communications team and that once he lost Matt as his backroom head kicker, he was open to undermining by the factions.
The King looks like he’s dead, long live the Queen?
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Government axes suicide help phone line as suicides spike
…we have a suicide rate that may be 3 times higher than officials acknowledge, we have a suicide rate that continues to spike, we have a mental health service that is so underfunded that it is functionally broken and we have a Government who have only this month admitted Government policy has failed.
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Four Former Prime Ministers Join Forces for Refugees – 500Now
In a rare display of political unanimity four former Prime Ministers of New Zealand are calling politicians from all parties…
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 1st August 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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BREAKING: TV3 Poll – National down, Labour down even more but change of Government possible
Whatever the outcome, it needs to be forced or seized in the next 24 hours. 3 damaging polls in a row demands action or it will become a self-fulfilling prophecy. The truth is that National are sinking and running out of political allies. Labour-Green-NZ First could still be the next Government.
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BREAKING: Before The Flood: Political Ruminations on Labour’s Fate While Waiting For Tonight’s TV3-Reid Research Poll
TONIGHT’S REID RESEARCH POLL promises to be a shocker. Such a shocker that, like Santa Claus in the Christmas song, the journalists at TV3 are making a list of the awful numbers – and checking them twice. If the results of last night’s One News Colmar Brunton (ONCB) poll are confirmed, then Andrew Little’s future can only be described as bleak.