Waatea 5th Estate – the new free trade threat to NZ
Joining us tonight to discuss a new free market threat to NZ’s Democracy
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KiwiRail in court for using Chinese workers in locomotive repair job
The union representing rail workers is returning to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) today arguing that KiwiRail’s decision…
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Dear Paula – if you won’t visit the Marae doing your job, do what you did last time – just lie
Mate, you can’t just not visit the Marae up and down the country who are opening their doors to let the homeless live there. They are doing the job you are so badly mishandling, they are actually housing the homeless, while all you can do is make more homeless and build tax havens.
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Meeting the UK Labour shadow chancellor – a socialist leader of working class
The ban on zero-hour contracts in NZ attracted real interest from the UK media and an invitation for Unite Union representatives to speak to the growing campaign against these employment agreements in that country.
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EXCLUSIVE: China trying to force their version of TPPA on us now!
If you were breathing a sigh of relief that the TPPA may fall to the vagaries of US politics – perhaps the only good thing to come out of either a Clinton or Trump win, if they actually do as they say – I have bad news.
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Guns and hate caused Orlando mass shooting – not ISIS or Islam
The selection of a gay nightclub in Orlando is an assault on the very freedoms a liberal progressive modern society strives for. It angers in a unique way, the premeditated sophistication to understand how such an attack would resonate within the culture.
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: Does the Maori Party need a MoU with the MANA Movement?
The Maori Party need to become a Party of Government rather than a Party in Government. They need to be prepared to sit at every Parliament if they wish to be effective. The speed of the change in internal polling post the Memorandum of Understanding however puts the Maori Party in a difficult position.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday – 13th June 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Housing ‘distribution crisis’ a symptom of inequality
He’s famous only for being the son of someone famous, laying claims to authenticity because his parents both once lived in state houses (lucky them), and using the same inane comments as his dad “at the end of the day”; this week, mainstream media’s focus on celebrity went to new lows. And that’s saying something!