The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 21st February 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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$20.20 is the 2017 Living Wage rate
The official 2017 New Zealand Living Wage is $20.20. The 40 cent increase will come into effect on 1 July…
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People to occupy elderly tenant’s house as court date determines her fate – Tāmaki Housing Group
Ioela ‘Niki’ Rauti and her supporters will start another occupation of her home at 14 Taniwha Street, Glen Innes today…
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Maori Party statement on working with MANA Movement
The Māori Party and Mana Party have signed a historic agreement today to unite Māori politically. Māori Party president Tukoroirangi…
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MANA Movement statement on working with Maori Party
“Been a long time coming, but it’s what the people have been calling for” said Lisa McNab, MANA President about…
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TV REVIEW: If Seven Sharp is the McDonalds of Currents Affairs, The Project is Hell Pizza- but it’s still junk food
The 41 000 homeless, the 220 000 kids in poverty, those who can’t get a job, those locked out of home ownership, the working poor, beneficiaries, the vulnerable and the abused found no champion in the Fourth Estate here. The Project won’t hold anyone to account in an election year for them.
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The Daily Poem – Whakarongo mai, listen. By P.Rimmer
The Daily Poem – Whakarongo mai, listen. By P.Rimmer
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Little’s “Broad Church” Widens Labour’s Appeal
The question that cannot be avoided, however, is as straightforward as it is disconcerting: How many more percentage points might Labour have advanced in the Colmar Brunton poll had “discontented party activists” not spent the week prior to its execution demonstrating rank disunity and ideological extremism?
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GUEST BLOG: Paul Moon – Why Willie Jackson could be election decider
Jackson will push the case for urban Maori to receive more government attention, and has the inside knowledge to convert whatever funding is channelled in that direction to achieve something tangible for those who need it most. His work in the area of domestic violence is a good example of such policies in action.
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Media Statement From Dotcom Legal Team
This case is no longer the “largest criminal copyright case”, 1 at least as far as New Zealand is concerned….