It’s Our Children’s Future Hikoi, Day 3
After months of organising, the Its Our Children’s Future Hikoi happily got underway on Saturday October 15th. “Our enthusiasm and…
Most Recent Blogs
-
-
Open reply to Murray McCully – Palestine Human Rights Campaign NZ
Dear Mr McCully, Thank you for your reply of 16 October to our emails concerning the Women’s Boat to Gaza….
-
The horror of Clinton winning vs the horror of Trump winning – voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil
The bizarre gladiatorial orgy of gross absurdity between Clinton and Trump will damage the American psyche in a way I don’t think it can return from. Either candidate will inherit a White House that is smeared with lies and bitter resentment.
-
We can build more private prisons but we can’t build homes for the poor – this is Key’s NZ
We can build private prisons, but we can’t build houses for the homeless. We can’t build affordable housing but we can build tax havens. We can give away billions in tax cuts but we can’t fund suicide prevent programs properly.
-
GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – the most important constitutional law hearing to be held in over 25 years
Next week – 26 & 27 October, a Full Bench of 5 judges of the Court of Appeal will hear the Crown’s appeal against Justice Heath’s Decision on 24 July 2015 to grant a Declaration of Inconsistency on the Act of Parliament which bans prisoner voting. Top silk Victoria Casey QC represents the Speaker.
-
GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – Who Were Those Women?
Poor Israel! A fearsome warship (well, small sailing boat really) was approaching her shores (well, the shores of Palestine under international law really). On board were dangerous terrorists armed to the teeth with all sorts of dangerous weapons.
-
Australia’s regime of cruelty has turned Nauru into an open-air prison – Amnesty International
The horrific conditions that refugees and asylum seekers are forced to endure by the Australian Government inside Australia’s now notorious…
-
On the day our Prison Nation expands by 1800 beds and Suicide rates soar – what are the Editor picks at stuff.co.nz?
You would think that our out of control prison nation expanding by another 1800 bed private prison or our obscene suicide rates would lead any news site in NZ.
-
Emotional Literacy
I was the first one in my family to be waylaid by a mental health speed wobble. Oh LaQuisha, she’s so crazy. But as the decades ticked over, the others started to fall too. This is when I realized I was the canary. The illness was in the family all along, it was just that I was that much closer to the psychic metal than the rest of them.
-
MUST READ: Bill opens door to extensive GCSB surveillance of New Zealanders
I recommend the Select Committee not proceed with this Bill in its present form. Overall it puts New Zealanders in a worse situation than in already existing legislation, in relation to both their personal privacy and their right to untrammeled freedom of expression.