Paula Bennett’s 3000 ghost beds for the homeless
…so it’s 3000 existing beds. How spiteful to sell it as a solution while desperate families huddle in cars.
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We shouldn’t begrudge lenient sentences against 4 pakeha teens
We should not be outraged that 4 pakeha teenagers were given a lenient sentence, we should be outraged that leniency isn’t handed out to every teenager.
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GUEST BLOG: Maire Leadbeater – Jose Ramo-Horta cheerleader for Indonesia’s rule in West Papua
It would be hard to overstate the importance of the role that Jose Ramos Horta played during the long dark years when Timor Leste was occupied by Indonesia. As ‘foreign minister’ in exile he developed quite extraordinary advocacy and diplomatic skills that other liberation movements could only envy.
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Why media are so surprised by housing crisis poverty
National have no interest in solving the housing crisis because they need the speculative bubble to generate fake growth so our GDP numbers don’t dip. Escalating homelessness, poverty, inequality and over crowding is all just collateral damage to keep the speculators happy and voting National.
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CIA destroys evidence of torture
The United States of Torture spawns more terrorism than it ever catches.
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Musicians band together to End Child Poverty
Musicians are banding together to raise funds towards ending child poverty in New Zealand, with a series of collaborative performances…
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Waatea 5th Estate – Is our justice system racist?
Joining us tonight to discuss if the justice system is racist in the wake of 4 teenage pakeha being sentenced leniently…
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Why WINZ is far worse than just their Motel debt slavery
We have a broken welfare system that is doing more harm than good to the very people it’s supposed to care for. The PM claiming WINZ can help the homeless exemplifies the mix of delusion, neoliberal mythology and wilful ignorance that drives all National Party social policy.
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