The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 21st April 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Most Recent Blogs
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The ugly side of win-at-all-costs sport
The Warriors rugby league club is to be commended for helping one of its star players, Kieran Foran, through his mental health problems. Foran has been frank about his gambling addiction and his suicidal feelings.
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KFC, Pizza Hut, Carls Jr and Starbucks workers to strike today – Unite Union
KFC, Pizza Hut, Carls Jr and Starbucks workers will strike tomorrow after negotiations broke down over a new collective agreement.
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Long delay in ambulance funding review putting patients at risk – First Union
Long delay in ambulance funding review putting patients at risk – union The union representing approximately 1000 ambulance professionals in…
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What NZers don’t seem to understand about the last 9 years of National
What NZers don’t seem to understand about the last 9 years of National is how ideologically driven it has been. National pretend to be moderate and balanced when the truth is they are hard core believers in underfunding the State so that it can’t afford its social obligations.
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Another emergency housing grant blow out – Labour Party
Emergency housing grants data released today show another blow out in spending on putting homeless people up in motels, says…
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Proposed funding model could do more harm – CPAG
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that axing the current decile funding system on the basis that it is too…
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THEATRE REVIEW: Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat – 4.5 stars
I never thought for one second that I would be a lover of live musical theatre, but having a 7 year old daughter changes that perspective. The pure magic and joy she gets out of going into the City at night with me to watch singing and dancing on the stage of the magnificent Civic is a priceless moment that makes me Dad of the year while keeping her relatively quiet for 2 hours.
It’s a win win.
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Tribute to Bill O’Reilly as he is forced to stand down from Fox News
Tribute to Bill O’Reilly as he is forced to stand down from Fox News
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NZ International Comedy Picks – I’m an Apache Attack Helicopter
Identity Politics and trans issues might be taking headlines worldwide, but click-bait journalism barely touches the heavy barrage of internet memes, youtube cringe compilations, insult comedy, and trolls of all kinds engaged in a war to bait and mock micro-minorities out of existance.